"Making older people an integral part of the process of creating products and services will be a catalyst to identify new ways of interacting, caring, monitoring health, and communicating using mobile technology."

"It is argued telecare can help to reduce hospital and residential care admissions, and enable individuals to remain in their own homes for longer, which is often cited as an aim as we age."

"How can we make the health care system work better? The key is innovation: creative, positive change in how we organize and provide health care every day throughout our vast health care system."

"We are working toward potentially putting these devices into everyday use, bringing Honda one step closer to realizing our dream of enriching people’s daily lives."

"The pioneering development of domestic robots by scientists in Japan is a direct response to the looming collision of an ultra-aging society and a shortage of caregivers."

Frank Leyhausen and Thomas Appel interview Chief Inspector Joachim Tabath on his successful walker training program in the north western city of Duesseldorf, Germany.