This essay focuses on unmet needs of the elderly, and attempts to identify ones that are not addressed in the current context. According to John Rowe and Robert Kahn, successful ageing has three main components – lower probability of illness, injury or bereavement, high cognitive and motor functions, and active social participation and engagement with life. To follow through this successfully, it is imperative that one takes a look at unmet needs of the elderly. One barrier to this is identification of the needs themselves, as more often than not, such needs are not communicated because of pessimistic behaviour (withdrawal, resignation) or low expectations on the part of the elderly. However, these are indeed critical; a study in China showed a 10% difference in mortality rates between elderly individuals whose unmet needs were taken care of, opposed to those whose needs weren’t. Assessing unmet needs is another task in itself; however, the Camberwell Assessment for the Need of the Elderly (CANE) addresses most relevant factors in this regard, accounting for both unmet needs, as well as levels of help received from formal and informal carers. While CANE is very inclusive in its approach, it is not necessarily complete in all contexts. This statement is made from the observation that there is a noticeable difference in unmet needs depending on socioeconomic factors, as well as environment. In developed countries, while most financial, medical and structural needs are met, the elderly are left in want of social needs, interactions and participatory programs. In contrast, the developing countries show a sufficiency of social needs being met, while being behind in terms of the material needs. Thus, the individual perspective is always the priority in such cases, obstructing universal studies or innovations in this field. However, the natural question that occurs is, could there be an unmet need that encompasses the entire elderly populace, irrespective of gender, age, economic and social state, mental and physical health, and race or religion? The obvious answer is love; but since that is beyond anybody’s control, it is best to accept our failure at comprehending it, and move on in search of a different answer. One such needs, we believe, is in context of social participation, given that a lot of is now dependent on technology. And just like health, the elderly vary greatly in terms of performance with modern tools of socialising. Some are flexible and adaptive, some aren’t. Some are resilient along the stubborn learning curve; some get impatient or give up. The ones down the final road of their lives seek familiar comforts; they seek environments or companions they can relate to, share stories with, places they feel home at. Loneliness and a feeling of abandonment are notable plagues of the older mind. A solution could be a device, that, apart from monitoring medical and physical needs, takes care of the social factor in a simple interface. It ought to be a light, portable device with extensive accessibility options, including voice and touch inputs, hologram and audio outputs, incorporating a simple GUI that is easily configured, and helps the user keep in touch with everyone they care about. And what sets it apart from the hundred such devices that exist? It will be connected to a social program – where young people volunteer – that addresses their personal needs and urgent requirements. This solution is an integration of the pluses derived from the safety and security of old age homes, the facilities of own home care, the functionality of NGOs dedicated to this cause, and the happiness found from people who care. So far all these agents operate separately, with no coordination, and sometimes conflicting with each other. An integration of these would provide a simple, low-cost, effective module for elderly care. This eliminates the loneliness and helplessness factors, and most importantly, it empowers the youth by helping them make a difference, and giving them a chance to learn a lot from the experienced minds.