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.

Digital Skills Training with GetSetUp, Koelsch Communities, Saltbox TV, OATS, CarterJMRN, Lives Well Lived, Brett Adler, Joan Green, Frances West, Daniel Marrello and Gary Barg

By Linda Sherman / August 4, 2024

This episode focused on digital skills training for older adults, emphasizing the importance of making technology accessible and engaging. GetSetUp, a video social learning platform, tailors tech training to different skill levels, fostering confidence through peer communication. Aging Connected and Senior Planet provide virtual technology training, addressing the digital divide among older adults. Debbie Howard…

How to Publicize a New Book in the AgeTech and Caregiving Space

By Linda Sherman / August 3, 2024

This episode focused on raising awareness for books on aging and caregiving. Linda Sherman and Debbie Howard discussed the importance of social media for book promotion. Debbie shared her publicity strategy for her upcoming book, “The Caregiving Crisis,” which includes LinkedIn, podcasts, and webinars. Keren Etkin highlighted her pre-order campaign on Indiegogo and the success…

Dementia Product Startup Challenges and Marketing Advice

By Linda Sherman / August 2, 2024

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…

Health Monitoring with Hon Pak MD, SVP Samsung Electronics

By Linda Sherman / August 2, 2024

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…

Rethinking Aging Club on Clubhouse History

By Linda Sherman / October 25, 2022

Updated March 2025; December 2024; November 2023; May 2023. We reported Clubhouse feature updates through 2023. Clubhouse has continued to make changes, we hope for their survival. Their audio recordings are still excellent and we will continue to host our live podcast episodes there where we can have a live audience interacting through their chat…

Caregiver Resources Rethinking Aging Club Nov 4 Discussion

By Linda Sherman / November 9, 2021

It’s National Family Caregivers Month. 75% of caregivers also work full-time. This November 4th Clubhouse session generated a great discussion and list of service companies, community-based orgs, start-ups and more. The Rethinking Aging Club has been pleased to host topics related to products and services for older adults weekly Thursdays at noon Eastern time since…