Is tracking your adult children OK or should parents learn to let go? Is it caring or overbearing? Many parents are turning to their phones to keep tabs on their adult children - but is this OK (if they agree to it) or is it a sign of mums and dads struggling to let go? Dad-of-two Steven Medway, 53, has his whole family set up on a tracking app and couldn't understand why it was such a divisive subject among fellow parents. He said it became particularly useful when his daughter Martha moved 100 miles away from home for university.

The world population is ageing, and on average we are living longer. A person aged 65 years in 2015-2020 on average will live up to 82 years. By 2045-2050, this figure is expected to reach 84 years, an additional 2 years. Digital tools and services can play critical roles in and enabling healthy and active ageing by promoting independence, enabling social participation and ensuring healthcare access. In 2017, the global technology market for older adults' care was worth $5.6 billion and it is estimated to reach $13.6 billion by 2022 - a huge market opportunity to create products and services to support the increased life expectancy and empower older adults.

Robotics is already changing how we live, shop, invest, travel, and soon, robo-caregivers will transform how we provide care. Advances in AI will deliver extraordinarily innovative services in support of our loved ones. However, the use of robots to care for our children, elderly and disabled will also give rise to some very human questions. Caregiving is social science jargon for providing unpaid support to a family member or friend who has physical, psychological or development needs. Most caregivers do not know what a caregiver is or even know that they are caregivers.