Caregiver Friendly Products

Our Caregiver Friendly Products Series features leaders from AgeTech and other companies that provide innovative solutions to improve the lives of both family and professional caregivers, as well as their care recipients.

CES 2025 Highlights with Ceragem, Travelsist and Jelly Drops

CES 2025 Highlights with Ceragem, Travelsist and Jelly Drops

By Linda Sherman / April 25, 2025

This was our 11th CES 2025 Highlights show. Brian Yang from Ceragem International explained their home health care platform, which includes 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…

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News for the Ages Robotic Pets Help Dementia and Depression, Memory Care Challenges for Couples 3-11-25

Robotic Pets Help Dementia and Depression, Memory Care Challenges for Couples, NIC Conference Value Based Care 3-11-25

By Linda Sherman / March 12, 2025

Presented by Debbie Howard, Aging Matters International Forbes 2-26-25 Robotic Pets Can Dramatically Improve The Lives Of Older Adults With Dementia And Depression by Tom Chiodo https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomchiodo/2025/02/26/robotic-pets-can-dramatically-improve-the-lives-of-older-adults-with-dementia-and-depression/ Ray Gordon mentioned seeing Sony’s aibo dog 20 years ago in an Economist Group meeting in Japan. “Beginning in 2021, Capital Caring Health, a non-profit hospice and palliative…

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CES 2025 Highlights with Kami Vision, ONSCREEN and Tech Commentator Jared Bendis

CES 2025 Highlights with Kami Vision, ONSCREEN and Tech Commentator Jared Bendis

By Linda Sherman / February 28, 2025

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…

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CES 2025 Highlights Caregiver Friendly Products with Ageless Innovation, Omcare and Threshold

CES 2025 Highlights Caregiver Friendly Products with Ageless Innovation, Ōmcare and Threshold Care

By Linda Sherman / February 7, 2025

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…

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Dementia Friendly Villages The Hogeweyk and Livasu

Dementia Friendly Villages The Hogeweyk and Livasu

By Linda Sherman / November 21, 2024

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…

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CareForward, CaringonDemand and Keep in Mind Caregiving Services

CareForward, CaringonDemand and Keep in Mind Caregiving Services

By Linda Sherman / November 14, 2024

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…

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Caregiver Friendly Care Managers, GUIDE program

Caregiver Friendly Care Managers, GUIDE program, Bedsheets

By Linda Sherman / November 13, 2024

In this episode, we explore innovative caregiver friendly products and services that support family caregivers – and their care receivers – in recognition of November as the month for both National Family Caregivers Month and Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. A broad range of resources (both tech and analog) are required to manage the diverse needs of…

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Hearing Innovations with Charlotte Yeh

Hearing Innovations with Charlotte Yeh

By Debbie Howard / November 11, 2024

Highlighting the importance of addressing auditory health across all age groups including aging populations, and its significant impacts on quality of life. Awareness and routine hearing checks are essential to address this universal issue effectively. Recorded on October 10, 2024, this episode is part of the Fitness and Wellness Series. Speakers are listed in order…

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Aging Workforce Benefits

Aging Workforce Benefits

By Debbie Howard / November 10, 2024

Debbie Howard kicked off this episode by pointing out the benefits of embracing aging workforce members in terms of both corporate profitability and productivity, as well as in terms of employee engagement. Sally Pace commented about the demographic imperative within the context of our aging population and the advantages of multi- and inter-generational collaboration within…

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Self-Care Planning, Respite and Ayurvedic Practice

Self-Care Planning, Respite and Ayurvedic Practice

By Debbie Howard / November 2, 2024

In this episode, we learned about the importance of planning for all aspects of caregiving as part of ensuring your own self-care needs as a caregiver (or caregiver to be), Ayurvedic nutrition and lifestyle practice as a proven tool for self-care, and dementia-friendly cruise travel as a respite option that benefits both caregivers and care…

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