October is National Family History Month. November is National Family Caregivers Month and National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. This Ending Well themed episode of the Rethinking Aging Club Podcast featured three speakers discussing memory preservation innovations. Charlie Greene of Remento shared how his platform helps families preserve stories of aging relatives through AI-powered interviews, achieving 500,000 recorded stories. Rick Voight of Vivid-Pix detailed their sof...

October is Long-term Care Residents Rights Month October. October 9, 2025 is Ageism Awareness Day. Recorded on October 9, 2025, this episode is part of our Living Choices Series. Our goal was to explain through discussion with experts what “nursing homes” are as the term is used far too generically by many journalists. We touched on alternatives to nursing homes for long term care. Thanks to Erin Hart, we learned a lot about what Ohio is doing in this field, which is in many ways admira...

September 25th, our focus is Longevity — a broad theme that touches every part of healthy aging. September 22–26, is Falls Prevention Week, we explored how balance, movement, and mindset can help us stay strong and steady. Jim Brown emphasized making exercise less intimidating, noting only 5% of Americans engage in strength training. Dr. Edythe Heus introduced her Rev6 program, which combines balance and functional neurology, and is being studied for fall prevention. Debi Robinson...

The Rethinking Aging Club meeting on September 11 featured discussions on streaming film and sound entertainment and edutainment for aging populations. Lori Schwartz highlighted the rise of niche streaming services targeting older demographics, such as PBS Passport and Brick Box, and the growing importance of entertainment and edutainment on YouTube. Anthony Cirillo introduced Sage Stream, a live, interactive (shout outs and requests) music network for seniors, priced at $16/month on an...

August is Wellness Month. We focused on Wellness Products. Miri Berger from 6Degrees explained their technology converting human motion into digital commands, aiding independence and pain reduction, with ongoing clinical trials at the VA and Mass General Brigham. Dr. Namrata Bagaria from Music and Memory Junction highlighted their nostalgia-based music engagement for cognitive and emotional well-being, sold in season passes. Carol Chiang's new book "Age in Place or Find a New Space" emphasize...

With a special introduction by Benjamin Surmi, Mikkel Wad Thorsen from Teton.ai presented an AI-driven system for personalized care in senior living and hospitals, aiming for a 4-5x return on investment. Gerard Ibarra introduced Keep It Saved, a digital legacy platform offering free and $10/month plans to organize critical data. Chris Henry discussed his The Art 2 Aging podcast, featuring inspiring stories of active older adults. Our discussion highlighted the importance of ...

We featured three great self-care offerings all available at home. Dr. David Middaugh from El Paso Manual Physical Therapy made a clear case for non-surgical alternatives for osteoarthritis, emphasizing exercise and lifestyle changes. Utku Pehlivan from Houston Bionics introduced exoskeleton technology for in-home stroke rehabilitation, highlighting its potential for Medicare reimbursement. Lindsey Williams of My UTI.com presented a PCR-based UTI diagnostic service, offering fast ...

This Rethinking Aging Club Podcast episode featured marketing tips for founders. Shel Symonds emphasized the importance of customer testimonials and humor in marketing, sharing her experiences with her first start up as well as Theora Care's AI-powered situational awareness platform. Jessica Tillery highlighted the effectiveness of traditional media and direct mail for aging audiences, stressing the need for educational content and strong messaging. Andreas Mueller advised using p...

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 primary care settings. Ask your GP for a Neurotrack test. It's a self administered, time efficient test. Linda Buscemi Ph....

Estelle 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, educational birding initiatives, and accessibility-focused networks like Birdability that help people with disabilities enjoy birdwatching. Takafumi Kawano showcased yoctoMat, an IoT yoga mat with pressure sensors, enhancing yoga...

This episode focused on social isolation and connections. Victor Wang introduced Friendi.fi (pronounced “friendify”) a platform using AI to combat loneliness among older adults, highlighting its success in PACE programs and its mission to scale to millions. Friendi.fi was a spin-out from Care.Coach, Victor’s first startup. Fernando Dellepiane shared Vermut’s marketplace of activities for older adults, illustrating its success in Spain, partnerships with healthcare companies and plans fo...

May 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 self-fitting over-the-counter hearing aids and Eargo's nearly invisible CIC model...

We 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 set the stage for further development. Melissa Kieling from hyve Security presented a smart delivery pod addressing $20 billion in package theft annually. “At the end of the day...

This episode featured three AgeTech Collaborative from AARP Portfolio Companies. Our theme was Wellness. Sathya Elumalai from Aidar Health discussed MouthLab, a non-invasive health assessment device measuring 10 parameters in 30 seconds, aimed at long-term care facilities. Devon Lodge from Wesper presented their clinical-grade at-home sleep testing system, which provides detailed sleep reports and customized treatment plans. Camilo Barcenas from GOES Health introduced their freemi...

This was our 11th CES 2025 Highlights show. Brian Yang from Ceragem International explained their home health care platform, 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 Woodruff from Travelsist introduced a platform providing on-demand human assistance for travelers with disabilities, seniors, and families curre...

This was our tenth CES 2025 highlights show. This time we focused on brain health with two great speakers. Amir Bozorgzadeh introduced Enhanced VR, a cognitive training app that uses VR to improve attention and concentration, and Cogniclear VR, a cognitive screening tool. Enhanced VR has shown therapeutic benefits in ADHD, mild cognitive impairment, and emotional regulation. Monique Andrews, Doctor Natural Medicine and Neuroscientist presented cōpe, a subscription-based app that integra...

We 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 the latest in what is going on in the world of Parkinson’s: X, IG, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook: @PDAvengers ; Linkedin.com/company/pd-avengers The...

Our 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 analyze food photos. Inspired by Diabetes Type 1. Ranjan Sinha discussed Digbi Health's precision biology approach, using genetic ...

Our eighth CES 2025 Highlights show. This time we featured AgeTech Atlanta with its co-Founder Jeff Gray and two exhibitors from the AgeTech Pavilion in the Venetian at CES. Our discussions began with an overview of AgeTech Atlanta from Jeff followed with a discussion about AgeTech ventures that don’t make it. Jeff had several very useful things to say about that. “Early stage founders in our space tend to be story led ventures with lots of passion and maybe not enough research into the pr...

This was our Seventh CES 2025 Highlights show. We honored the National Month of Nutrition, National RDN Day and International Women’s Day. Linda met both Carolyn and Noosheen at their excellent CES Nutrition panel. Carolyn O’Neil RDN provided an introduction to the topic of nutrition. She stressed the need for variety, moderation, and balance in diet. She addressed special nutrition concerns as we age. Carolyn is a nutrition commentator for CNN, Forbes and others. Noosheen Hashemi in...