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How technology could be a solution to caregiver shortage for seniors

  • Written by Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, Adjunct Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Seniors are embracing technology as a means of improving their health.Rocketclips, Inc./Shutterstock.com

Young people may roll their eyes at older people who can’t use technology as fast as they do, but it’s wrong to say that older Americans can’t use technology. Remember, a baby boomer, Tim Berners-Lee, invented the World Wide Web...

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