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Apple Watch Offers Helpful Reminders and One More Menu
· New York time
Apple Watch offers health-related alerts that can be useful to older adults, including medication reminders and fall detection. The features may be especially relevant for people who live alone, where a timely prompt or alert can matter. The two functions address different situations. A medication reminder helps someone keep track of a routine, while fall detection addresses an unexpected event. Both take advantage of a device that can be worn during the day instead of being consulted only when a person remembers to open an app. Their usefulness also depends on choosing and setting up features in a way that fits the wearer. A reminder has to correspond to the person's routine, and an alert is one part of a broader approach to support rather than a replacement for one. The small device can offer meaningful assistance, but it still needs a human to decide what assistance is wanted. That is a familiar challenge for wearable technology. Manufacturers can fit an impressive number of functions onto a wrist, then leave the owner to find the useful ones among the settings. The watch can help remember a routine, provided someone first remembers to introduce the routine to the watch.
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