Beverley Lake, 84, has a one-bedroom apartment in TigerPlace, an intermediate care senior community where her health is monitored around the clock.
But she never notices.
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Beverley Lake reads her Kindle in her room April 8 at TigerPlace. Lake spends most of her day reading or playing computer games. She has three different sensors in her room.
N. Andrew Dent III/Missourian
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