Digital healthcare for seniors shouldn't have junior status

Perhaps, like me, you have recently had parents die, passing through the ignominies of the death process--loss of hearing, loss of sight, loss of mobility, and decreased cognitive power. Maybe you are in your late 50's and your parents are in their early 80's and you are considering how to maintain a high quality of life for them. You might even be someone in your 80's thinking about how to improve the life of your children who are constantly worried about you. The future of a quality existence for seniors is not about the stupendous achievements in artificial intelligence with respect to robotic surgery, virtual nursing assistants, clinical judgments, or administrative workflow as suggested in Bernard Marrs article on How Is AI Used In Healthcare. It is about those basic social constructs and safety measures that give us purpose, make us feel loved, provide confidence, and enhance our diminishing senses, and AI is one of many players that will play a critical role in improving all our lives.