George E. McKechnie, Ph.D. is president of Axiom Home Theater in Monterey, Calif., and founding editor of SyncMyHome.com. He is a contributing editor to CustomRetailer magazine.
Home integration dealers who wish to work in this new sector will need to learn about the varying special needs of the aging-in-place population, work closely with senior health- and home-care specialists, and develop adaptations of standard home integration applications that target very specific needs—reliably and cost-effectively.
