Platform as a service featuring voice command and recognition software, and voice-enabled software applications for use in enabling caregivers to monitor and communicate with seniors and others needing assistance in order that they may live independently in their homes; wireless communications software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for voice, audio and data transmission; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable voice recognition and voice command software for customizing, enhancing and personalizing cloud- connected and voice-controlled software applications; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for contacting and transmitting emergency assistance services of any type; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable, proactive, voice-controlled software for use in providing remote medical diagnostic and treatment services in the nature of transmitting medical triage and assessment instructions to individuals requiring and individuals providing medical care, treatment, and diagnoses; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for controlling and interfacing with automatic medicine dispensers; Providing temporary use of non- downloadable computer software for interfacing with telemedicine software applications; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for monitoring, recording and measuring cognitive function in healthcare patients; computer software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for mobile phones, tablets and other wireless devices, namely, software for use in monitoring safety of patients in a healthcare setting and recording and transmitting sound and speech recordings to remote locations; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable personal assistant software for use in and with a voice-enabled virtual caregiver which is configured and controlled by a person other than the senior or other needing assistance in their home for providing check-ins, reminders or voice services and for transmission of voice and data in order to communicate with the user; personal companion software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for cognitive stimulation, simulated social interaction and cognitive functional monitoring of medical and other patients; computer software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software used for controlling voice accessible information and personal assistant and companion devices; Providing temporary use of non- downloadable software for interfacing with cloud-connected and voice-controlled smart consumer electronic devices and telemedicine software applications; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable home automation and home device integration software for use in initiating reminders for seniors and others needing assistance through a two-way dialog, and for use in monitoring, through internal and external sensors, their health and mental acuity and detecting falls, and for use in interfacing with off the shelf home automation and telehealth devices