AARP has posted a special section to their web site listing a collection of tools to help elderly individuals live independently, such as:

• Hi-tech pill boxes with alarms to signal when to take medicine,
• Faucets that automatically turn off,
• Voice-activated phone dialers,
• Clothing with Velcro fasteners,
• Vibrating alarm clocks to place under your pillow at night,
• Talking watches, clocks, timers, calculators, scales, heart and blood pressure monitors, etc., and
• All sorts of other neat gadgets to help you see, hear, remember, and get around.