Rethinking Aging Club Podcast

This Rethinking Aging Club Podcast episode featured marketing tips for founders. Shel Symonds emphasized the importance of customer testimonials and humor in marketing, sharing her experiences with her first start up as well as Theora Care's AI-powered situational awareness platform.  Jessica Tillery highlighted the effectiveness of traditional media and direct mail for aging audiences, stres...

Valerie Larochelle of Eugeria highlighted their consumer facing e-commerce platform for vetted, dignifying products for dementia care as well as a B:B offering for memory care including the Idem smart calendar clock, the CRDL and Geri Gadgets. Elli Kaplan of Neurotrack emphasized their digital tools for early detection and monitoring of cognitive impairment, used in primary care settings. Ask your...

Estelle Yang presented Birdfy, a smart bird feeder that captures bird activity and identifies species, raising over $400,000 to support both society and nature, contributing to causes such as bird conservation, social welfare programs including elderly care centers, educational birding initiatives, and accessibility-focused networks like Birdability that help people with disabilities enjoy birdwat...

This episode focused on social isolation and connections. Victor Wang introduced Friendi.fi (pronounced “friendify”) a platform using AI to combat loneliness among older adults, highlighting its success in PACE programs and its mission to scale to millions. Friendi.f i was a spin-out from Care. Coach, Victor’s first startup.  Fernando Dellepiane shared Vermut’s marketplace of activities for older...

May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month. Debbie Howard provided an introduction to the hearing topic. Bill Schiffmiller highlighted the shift from traditional hearing aids to more inclusive designs, emphasizing the importance of auditory accessibility. Andy Bellavia spoke about Auracast, hearing aid fashion and the impact of Apple's FDA-approved hearing aid software. Brian Maguire intro...

We focused on Smart Home for our 12th CES 2025 Highlights show.  Zac Selmon from Brava Home introduced a smart countertop oven that uses coordinated pulses of infrared light for pinpoint fast cooking. Putting a great deal of intelligence in the app in order to make it accessible for low vision and blind users has set the stage for further development. Melissa Kieling from hyve Security presented a...

This episode featured three AgeTech Collaborative from AARP Portfolio Companies. Our theme was Wellness. Sathya Elumalai from Aidar Health discussed MouthLab, a non-invasive health assessment device measuring 10 parameters in 30 seconds, aimed at long-term care facilities.  Devon Lodge from Wesper presented their clinical-grade at-home sleep testing system, which provides detailed sleep reports an...

This was our 11th CES 2025 Highlights show.   Brian Yang from Ceragem International explained their home health care platform, which includes massage bed and chair personalized wellness devices, available at Costco and through their 11 wellness centers, with plans to expand to 200. Ceragem won six product innovation awards at CES 2025. Veronica Woodruff from Travelsist introduced a platform provid...

This was our tenth CES 2025 highlights show. This time we focused on brain health with two great speakers. Amir Bozorgzadeh introduced Enhanced VR, a cognitive training app that uses VR to improve attention and concentration, and Cogniclear VR, a cognitive screening tool. Enhanced VR has shown therapeutic benefits in ADHD, mild cognitive impairment, and emotional regulation.  Monique Andrews, Doct...

We honored World Parkinson’s Day (April 22, 2025) and Parkinson’s Awareness Month with this episode focused on Parkinson’s Advocacy and Speech Therapy. We also got an update on the Whispp app which provides AI Assistive Voice Technology but is not specifically intended for Parkinson's patients. Follow PD Avengers on their social media links to learn the latest in what is going on in the world...

Our ninth CES 2025 Highlights show celebrated the National Month of Nutrition with special attention to Diabetes. Jonathan Fitch introduced GlucoSense, a digital health app integrating CGMs, Apple Health, Peloton and more than 8 other devices to simplify diabetes management into a single glucose score, aiming to improve patient compliance. This free app can also analyze food photos. Inspired by Di...

Our eighth CES 2025 Highlights show. This time we featured AgeTech Atlanta with its co-Founder Jeff Gray and two exhibitors from the AgeTech Pavilion in the Venetian at CES. Our discussions began with an overview of AgeTech Atlanta from Jeff followed with a discussion about AgeTech ventures that don’t make it. Jeff had several very useful things to say about that.  “Early stage founders in our spa...

This was our Seventh CES 2025 Highlights show. We honored the National Month of Nutrition, National RDN Day and International Women’s Day. Linda met both Carolyn and Noosheen at their excellent CES Nutrition panel .  Carolyn O’Neil RDN provided an introduction to the topic of nutrition. She stressed the need for variety, moderation, and balance in diet. She addressed special nutrition concerns as...

Our sixth CES 2025 Highlights show, we focused on Femtech in honor of International Women's Day. Sam introduced Embr Wave, a stylish wristband wearable providing both heating and cooling to manage hot flashes and stress with 200,000 customers reached. The Embr Wave retails for $299 or via a $20/month rental option. AI to predict hot flashes is in development.   Laura described the Perry app,...

This was our fifth CES 2025 Highlights show. Steve Ewell, CTA Foundation Executive Director spoke about Costin’s CTA Foundation 2025 Innovation Challenge win.  Austin Isburgh from Kami Vision introduced their fall detection AI technology, which uses cameras to detect falls and prevent them. The B2C product costs $100 for the camera and $45/month for the subscription, covering up to four cameras. C...

Our fourth CES 2025 Highlights featured three great speakers.  Tim Balz from Kalagon introduced smart seating technology to prevent pressure sores, clinically proven to reduce pain and fatigue, and fully reimbursable under Medicare.  Rajeev  Ramanath from Blueberry Technology presented BBGo, an autonomous wheelchair initially for airports, achieving 98% satisfaction and reducing personnel-to-vehic...

Our CES 2025 highlights shows continued with this third episode featuring caregiver-friendly products for aging adults.  Ted Fischer from Ageless Innovation discussed their Joy for All brand, which includes robotic pets and games designed to combat loneliness and isolation. They introduced a new game for CES 2025 - Yahtzee Slots.   Lisa Lavin from Ōmcare introduced their Home Health Hub, a device...

This episode continued our CES 2025 Highlights with part 2. Kota Ageiwa of Thinkie Inc. discussed the development and testing of their Android / iOS app, which, with a brain activity sensor, uses neurofeedback to improve cognitive function. Bryce Folsom of eLife Health introduced a system that integrates health information into driver's licenses for faster emergency response, emphasizing the...

Our first CES 2025 Highlights show featured three Vision Tech expert speakers. Cornel introduced .lumen, a self-driving headset for the visually impaired, which uses haptics and audio feedback, aiming for a cost of about $10,000. .lumen was part of the Nvidia Inception program in 2021. Roland discussed eSight, a $4,950 device for central vision loss, fully reimbursed by Veteran Affairs. And descri...

Both speakers agreed on the significance of personalized nutrition and the role of fresh, nutrient-dense foods in maintaining health and managing chronic conditions. Mischulaikah explained micro and macro nutrients and how the OrthoFoodie app works. She brought up inflammation and there was a general discussion on foods that are good and bad for inflammation including turmeric.  Cris Carter emphas...

This is a meaty discussion with actionable tips from excellent speakers. To learn the details please listen to the podcast. We discussed: The need for a consultative approach in selling agetech products and the importance of creating an aging in place marketplace. The importance of combining traditional marketing methods with digital strategies. Segmenting the aging market and understanding the di...

Linda Sherman kicked off this Smart Home episode and asked Mary Furlong to make some introductory comments. David Eby introduced Cooktop Safety, a predictive and preventive technology for kitchen fires, emphasizing its low cost and scalability. Francisco Lasta discussed inclusive design in public architecture, highlighting the importance of technology in supporting diverse needs. Cameron Carter pr...

Don’t miss this special episode with Eloy van Hal co-founder of The Hogeweyk and Mary Pitsch co-founder of Livasu Village. Do you want to visit The Hogeweyk? Learn more about what that entails.  Important facility planning considerations especially for countries that traditionally lock in dementia patients.  Eloy shared the development of The Hogeweyk, a dementia village in the Netherlands, emphas...

In this episode, we continued to explore caregiver friendly products and services in recognition of November as the month for both National Family Caregivers and Alzheimer’s Awareness. Recorded on November 14, 2024, this show featured (in order of appearance): Natalie Elliott Handy , CEO, CareForward and Heroes Caring for Heroes on PBS and Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver Podcast Caregiver Res...

In this episode, we explore caregiver friendly products in recognition of November as the month for both National Family Caregivers and Alzheimer’s Awareness. Speakers highlight a broad range of tools for easing caregiver stress, improving planning tools, patient care, and ensuring better quality of life for both caregivers and receivers. Recorded October 31, 2024, this show featured (in order of...