Amazon's Echo devices will be used to offer care and support to the elderly in a pioneering project by UK local authority Hampshire County Council. The devices, customised specifically for the project, will be delivered to 50 testers by the end of the year for a trial that will run throughout 2018. Councillor Cllr Liz Fairhurst, Hampshire County Council's Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Health, said the technology could "help support and manage their needs within their own homes and avoid the need for additional care packages".
Amazon's Echo devices will be used to offer care and support to the elderly in a pioneering project by UK local authority Hampshire County Council. The devices, customised specifically for the project, will be delivered to 50 testers by the end of the year for a trial that will run throughout 2018. Councillor Liz Fairhurst, Hampshire County Council's Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Health, said the technology could "help support and manage their needs within their own homes and avoid the need for additional care packages".