Devices Such as Smart Caps and Sensor-Activated Room Lights Are

question 60

Multiple Choice

Devices such as smart caps and sensor-activated room lights are __________.

• A) too technically complicated to be useful to most older adults
• B) cost-effective and available to most older adults in industrialized countries
• C) not usually covered as essential medical equipment by U.S. medical insurance
• D) considered invasions of privacy by the majority of older people with disabilities

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