Rethinking Aging Club Podcast
We support the creation of products, education, advocacy and services that better the lives of people aged 50 plus, including older adults and their caregivers.
We feature a different theme and live panel twice monthly with founders and leaders of global AgeTech products and services. Topics include Smart Home, Marketing, Fitness, Caregiver Support, Robotics, Social Isolation and Ending Well.
Our lively discussions, including comments and questions from our audience, are always full of valuable content.
We have published our 2024 – 2025 shows and are working through publishing 2023 and 2022 shows. We currently publish live podcast recordings the next day.
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…
Read MoreEstelle 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 and welfare institutions, educational birding initiatives, and accessibility-focused networks like Birdability that help people with disabilities enjoy…
Read MoreMay 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 introduced Lexi Hearing’s…
Read MoreWe 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…
Read MoreThis episode featured three AgeTech Collaborative from AARP Portfolio Companies. Our theme was Wellness. Co-hosts Linda Sherman and Debbie Howard are participants in the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP. Linda through the Rethinking Aging Club Podcast and Debbie Howard through both Carter Group JMRN and Aging Matters International. We both look forward to the ATC Summit…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read MoreWe 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…
Read MoreOur 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…
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