Caregiving
This episode celebrated International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month by sharing insights and experiences of women in the Rethinking Aging Club community. Key speakers included Sky Bergman, who discussed her film “Lives Well Lived,” which highlights positive aging stories and her discussion guide; Susie Singer Carter, who shared her film “My Mom and the…
This episode focused on caregiver-friendly and mobility products. Key presentations included John Debenedette’s Abby, a lightweight, foldable smart wheelchair, and Dr. Puja Viswanathan’s Brave Mobility blind spot sensors for wheelchairs. Daniel Rumack discussed Robotics Care’s bathing machine for independent hygiene. Maxwell Cohen introduced Peel Away Labs’ multi-layered bed sheets for easy changes. Dor Skuler highlighted…
In this episode we featured two dementia care products and asked several caregiving professionals and fellow entrepreneurs to offer advice for their start up challenges. Most of the issues centered around marketing. Benjamin Surmi introduced the two companies: Zinnia TV and elovee A consistent marketing challenge for these products is the need to reach both…
We were very pleased to feature Hon Pak MD, SVP, Samsung Electronics. The concept for this episode was to discuss the importance of establishing baselines of health numbers so that we will have them when there is an incident. The discussion migrated to how tech can help with monitoring health. Dr. Pak detailed how wearables…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon, and Debbie Howard Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed, followed by Debbie’s summary of this show. Presented by Ray Gordon, Architect / Urban Planner / Futurist AARP Magazine June/July 2024 Your Hands Can Tell You A Lot About Your Health by Beth Howard https://www.aarp.org/publications/magazines/aarp-the-magazine-june-july-2024/page23 Apple News Access: https://apple.news/AginXEAg5ShebSRcLJEPyjw Comment…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, and Ray Gordon Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed. Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, LifesEncore.com Wall Street Journal Wellness 4-27-24 Millions of American Kids Are Caregivers Now by Ansberry Clare https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/child-caregivers-caring-parents-2b956149 Apple News Access https://apple.news/APE244aKKS2m894jSqQG3gQ American Society of Caregiving Youth https://aacy.org/ Presented by Ellen Khalifa, Tiny Habits Coach for…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon, and Debbie Howard Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed, followed by Debbie’s summary of this show. Presented by Debbie Howard, Aging Matters International Toronto Star 2-21-24 Prepare to Be an Unpaid Caregiver by Renée Sylvestre-Williams https://www.thestar.com/business/personal-finance/more-of-us-are-becoming-unpaid-caregivers-to-our-aging-parents-heres-how-to-prepare/article_e3ea672e-c1d5-11ee-818f-cf5b6aca60d3.html Presented by Benjamin Surmi, Koelsch Communities McKnight’s Senior Living…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon, and Debbie Howard Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed, followed by Debbie’s summary of this show. Presented by Ellen Khalifa, Tiny Habits Coach Focused on Improving Health Span NPR 1-29-24 Longevity Testing at Human Longevity Lab at Northwestern Univ by Allison Aubrey https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/29/1226911278/thrive-age-longevity-lab-healthy-aging-live-better-longer Presented by Benjamin…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, and Ray Gordon Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed. Presented by Ray Gordon, Architect / Urban Planner / Futurist Fortune Wellness 11-19 Superaging by Liz Seegert https://fortune.com/well/2023/11/19/superagers-fight-off-age-related-diseases/ 95+? Join the Study (study for US residents only) https://www.superagersstudy.org/en/group/571/home Presented by Elizabeth Magallon Fleury, LifesEncore.com Business Insider 12-6-23 by…
Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon, and Debbie Howard Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed, followed by Debbie’s summary of this show. Presented by Ray Gordon, Architect / Urban Planner / Futurist WSJ Health 11-17-23 They Made It to the Top 0.2%-in Age. Here’s What Helped Them Get There…
