照料爸爸生活的电脑程序(5)（在线收听）

VICTOR WANG CARE.COACH's CEO was studying humanmachine interaction at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CARE.COACH的总裁王先生在麻省理工学院研究人机交互时，

when his grandmother in Taiwan was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia,

他在台湾的祖母被诊断出患有路易体痴呆，

a disease that affects memory and movement.

这是一种影响记忆和行动的疾病。

On Skype calls, Wang watched her grow increasingly debilitated.

通过Skype，他看到祖母的身体越来越虚弱。

After one such call, a thought struck him: Could he tap remote labor to comfort her and others like her?

打完电话后，他突然有了一个想法：远程安慰祖母和像祖母一样的人?

In 2012, he launched Care.coach with a fellow MIT student.

2012年，他和麻省理工学院的学生推出了Care.coach。

The company's tablets are now used by hospitals and health plans across the country.

该公司的平板电脑现在被投入到全国各地的医院健康计划当中。

In a study conducted by Pace University, Care.coach's avatars were found to reduce subjects' loneliness, delirium, and falls.

佩斯大学的研究发现，Care.coach的替身可以减少受试者的孤独、谵妄和落寞。

A health provider in Massachusetts was able to replace a man's 11 weekly in-home nurse visits with a Care.coach tablet.

马萨诸塞州的一名健康服务人员用Care.coach 的平板电脑代替了医护人员每周11次的上门护理。

(The man said the pet's nagging was like having his wife back in the house