Parkinson’s
This episode highlights innovations from the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that support vision, hearing, and speech comprehension improvement for older adults, as well as overall simplified digital communications for avoidance of social isolation and telehealth. Recorded on January 18, 2024, this show included the following guests in the order they presented: Taylor Speegle, Co-Founder…
Kicking off our recognition of November as National Family Caregivers Month, we focused on the scale and urgency of caregiving in the U.S. and why product innovation matters amidst the context of family caregivers providing hundreds of billions in unpaid support while juggling work and complex conditions—making practical, affordable tools essential. Mary Furlong previewed her…
This episode focused on products and solutions for Parkinson’s Disease and essential tremor. Emile from Steadiwear discussed the Steady 2 device, which helps manage tremors with features like weight reduction, affordability, and interchangeability. The device has a 60% success rate in reducing tremors by up to 80%. Sidney highlighted NexStride’s effectiveness in treating freezing of…
October is Physical Therapy Month and October 27th is World Occupational Therapy Day. We honored these topics with a discussion of products and training. Michael Phillips from AARP spoke about the importance of Digital Skills Training in the fields of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy during our introduction. Brett Adler won the Amazon Alexa skills…
Six different aspects of fitness for older adults are discussed. You will learn about some great innovations. Recorded on 6-23-22, this episode is part of our Fitness and Wellness series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance. Andy Tubman, Co-Founder and Chief of Music and Therapeutics, Musical Health Technologies aka SingFit SingFit is an…
