'Grey technology' should be the new black

When the elderly can't access services or communicate, we all lose

My dad seems to have a propensity for breaking the all of the kit we've given him to allow us to have a trans-oceanic video chat pretty much any time either of us wants. Apple's Facetime came along just around the time I moved to Australia. Skype wasn't far behind. Between these two we've been able to keep our relationship going strong, even at a 13,000 km remove. The tyranny of distance has been just a little less tyrannical as a result."