A robot at the 2018 Elderly Care fair in Germany. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved.
Across suburban America, cheerful advertisements and roadside billboards market idyllic retirement communities and state-of-the-art facilities where grandma can live out her last days in comfort and peace. In Japan, adorable robotic seals are sold as companions for lonely seniors. A recent Amazon ad shows grandma overcome with emotion, video-chatting with distant relatives.
