Designed specifically for elderly persons living independently, Mirrorgotchi is an intelligent home smart mirror that utilizes a cloud based facial recognition engine to analyze and detect the emotional state of the person in front of the mirror. Together with a multitude of Internet-of-Things sensors and personal healthcare devices, it forms a Cloud-based, “Aging-In-Place” platform that empowers any caregiver of the elderly persons or even his friends and family, via a custom notification App, with timely and periodic update of the elderly person’s emotional and health related status. Furthermore, through the built-in video chat function, the elderly person can seek out and engage with other elderly persons with similar hobbies and interests to form ad hoc “Supporting Circles” that encourage them to become one another’s caring buddies. Mirrorgotchi will alert his buddy (or buddies) if the person is feeling depressed or angry, when an emergency button is triggered, or when he is having a fever. Many such smart application scenarios can be implemented effortlessly. In short, the ultimate goal of Mirrorgotchi is to encourage the silver generation to use ICT to connect via a special social network that encourages mutual support and communication.