CNBC November 11, 2020
Christina Farr

Key Points

– More seniors than ever are choosing to remain at home and live independently.

– Amazon wants to make it easier for caregivers to check in on their aging relatives.

– It has a new feature called “Care Hub” to help provide some peace of mind to family members.

Amazon Alexa is introducing a new feature called Care Hub, designed to make help people to care for aging family members.

The company said it has been hearing from customers for years about using Alexa’s voice assistant to monitor aging relatives, who are increasingly looking to stay in their residences rather than move to a nursing home. The shift has created a more than $30 billion market for assistive...

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