Our second Caregiver Friendly Products episode in November featured innovators supporting families navigating dementia care, including community and peer-based programs and music-driven therapeutic connection. We also highlighted stylish personal emergency response technologies designed to help older adults live independently. This episode continued our recognition of 2025 National Family Caregivers Month, National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, and National Home Care and Hospice Month.

Patti LaFleur explained how Lorenzo’s House supports families facing younger-onset dementia with peer “Matches,” age-based Clubs for kids and young adults, grief groups, and a Youth Summit to heal, advocate, and educate.

Christina Tadin shared how Memcara offers web-based, therapist-guided music sessions using familiar songs, imagery, and prompts to spark presence, ease communication, reduce agitation, and create daily “anchor” moments for people with memory loss.

Mara Perlmutter showcased Trelawear’s approach to fashion-forward emergency pendants linked to a monitoring app and call center, turning stigmatized PERS devices into stylish, affordable safety tools that help active older adults age at home confidently.

Recorded on November 20, 2025, this episode is part of our Caregiver Friendly Products Series. Speakers are listed in order of appearance.

Patti LaFleur, Programs Lead, Lorenzo’s House
(AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP portfolio company)

Christina Tadin, Founder, Memcara
(Pitch contestant at CES 2026, “After Dark Pitch Competition” from the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP)

Mara Perlmutter, Founder, Trelawear
(Powered by FallCall Solutions, an AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP portfolio company)

Resources:
11-6-25 Caregiver Friendly Products Rethinking Aging Club Podcast

Provided by Patti LaFleur:
Blue Cross Blue Shield Report: Early-Onset Dementia and Alzheimer’s Rates Grow for Younger Americans, Feb 27, 2020

JAMA Neurology Article: Global Prevalence of Young-Onset Dementia 2021

Press and Podcast:
Shining Light on Younger-Onset Dementia with Lorenzo’s House, 2-11-25, on the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Podcast

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We discussed Nick Larson’s Ageless Evolution Longevity Summit which had 763 attendees including Linda Sherman and reached over a million people digitally. Nick highlighted the summit's focus on health, longevity, and biotech, and introduced TUOM, a company developing dissolvable oral strips for mood regulation. He also spoke about TrueBinding and Galactin-3 for dementia. Carelle Woerz introduced Evolve Brava, a wellness ecosystem including a wellness marketplace app, zero proof Brava Bars, and Brava Resorts, aimed at integrating technology and lifestyle for health. Mary Furlong gave us updates on her upcoming What’s Next Longevity Innovation Summit in Wash DC December 15-17 in collaboration with AARP. Linda’s photo journal article for Boomer Tech Talk about her Ageless Evolution Longevity Summit experience on Oct 10, 2025 is in progress.

Recorded on November 13, 2025, this episode is part of our Longevity Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Nick Larson, Co-Founder and Host, Ageless Evolution Longevity Summit, Silicon Zombies Podcast and Live (community), Partner, TUOM; Columnist, TechCrunch
Nick mentioned his work partnership with his beautiful wife Sandra Larson

Ageless Evolution Longevity Summit 2025 Presentations

Carelle Woerz, Co-Founder and CEO, Evolve Brava
Carelle’s panel “Breaking the Silence - the Language of Women’s Health” at Ageless Evolution Longevity Summit 2025
Nick’s post about “Breaking the Silence - the Language of Women’s Health" panel with Carelle Woerz; Anastasia Chemeritskaya, MD, MHA; Lisa Lambie

Mary Furlong, Founder and CEO, Mary Furlong and Associates
Mary Furlong Podcasts What's Next: Living Longer Better Smarter and What’s Next: Longevity Deal Talk
Mary Furlong What’s Next Longevity Summits
What’s Next Longevity Innovation Summit Wash DC Dec 15 - 17 National Press Club

Debbie Howard's summary of this show.

BoomerTechTalk.com episode page

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This Caregiver Friendly Products episode honored National Family Caregivers Month and National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. We had four outstanding speakers all of them representing AgeTech Collaborative from AARP portfolio companies. AI elements were highlighted. Cost of care reduction and care enhancement were featured.

Neal Shah introduced CareYaya Health Technologies, a tech-enabled platform connecting vetted pre-med and nursing school students with older adults. Neal also covered the necessity of Counterforce Health to help fight claim denials. Ashish Agarwal PhD explained JubileeTV, a TV-based system enhancing family connection and caregiving. Matt Golden presented Map Habit, a platform helping neurodivergent individuals with daily routines. Kendra Seavey explained care.coach, offering interactive avatar companions for older adults, addressing loneliness and health needs.

Notable new word “learned helplessness” from Matt Golden.

Recorded on November 6, 2025, this episode is part of our Caregiver Friendly Products Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Neal K. Shah, CEO and Founder, CareYaya Health Technologies; Chairman and Co-Founder, Counterforce Health; Author, “Insured to Death: How Health Insurance Screws Over Americans - And How We Take It Back.”

Ashish D. Aggarwal, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO, JubileeTV

Matt Golden, Co-Founder and CEO, MapHabit

Kendra Seavey, CEO, care.coach

Press:
Wirecutter, 9-12-25 The Best Universal Remote Control

Emory Health Digest, Summer 2025 - MapHabit and NeuroTrack

Forbes, May 16, 2025 - AI Companions Are Redefining Elder Care: 3 Ways They Fight Loneliness, Boost Safety And Scale Support - care.coach

CNBC 10-28-24 CareYaya

NBC Chicago 10-8-25 Counterforce Health

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Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman

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 software for digitizing and restoring photos, improving medication compliance by 50% and creating intergenerational connections.

Garrett Ozar of Eterneva explained their process of growing diamonds from ashes or hair, with 40% of orders for pets, and an average order cost of $10,000.

The episode emphasized the importance of capturing and preserving family memories for future generations.

Two of our three speakers got Shark Tank investments from Mark Cuban. Eterneva in October 2019 and Remento in March 2025.

Recorded on October 30, 2025, this episode is part of our Ending Well as well as our Caregiver Friendly Products Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Charlie Greene, Co-Founder and CEO, Remento
Remento is an AgeTech Collaborative from AARP (ATC) portfolio company

Rick Voight, Co-Founder and CEO, Vivid-Pix - "Don’t Let Your Memories Fade"

Garrett Ozar, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Eterneva - Memorial diamonds

Debbie Howard's summary of this show.

Related Press
Charlie Greene with Remento on Shark Tank 3-7-25 ABC Season 16, Episode 12
The Startups in the 2026 CES ATC Pavilion. Remento is one of those
Maureen Taylor The Photo Detective 10-16-18 podcast with Rick Voight, Vivid-Pix
New York Times 8-22-19 Engagement Rings with a Deeper Significance
Forbes 7-26-21 Eterneva raises 10m

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Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman

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 admirable. Benjamin Surmi was very helpful asking questions as co-host. We thank Peter Murphy Lewis for his People Worth Caring About Docu-Series. Stacey Eisenberg brought perspective as a Home Care Agency owner and someone deeply involved with care in Austin. This was a departure from our usual format introducing products and services to our community.

Our speakers:

Erin Hart, Strategy Director, Ohio Health Care Association

Peter Murphy Lewis, Marketing Pro and former CNA; Creator and producer People Worth Caring About
Ohio YouTube Playlist
Long Term Care on People Worth Caring About website
Peter Murphy Lewis Strategic Pete website

Stacey Eisenberg, Owner - A Place at Home (home care) North Austin
Community Educator through Alzheimer’s Association in Central Texas; Advisory Board Member Adult Protective Services
Reviews: No Country for Old People - a Nursing Home Expose Stacey's review title begins "My Honest Take".

RESOURCES:
Report: Access to Nursing Home Care AHCA/NCAL 8-22-24
Changing Aging Bill Thomas
Believe in Something You Could Be - Embrace an Entrepreneur's Mindset with Dr. Bill Thomas
Skilled Nursing News June 2025 Pain of Medicaid Cuts to LTC included quotes from Erin Hart

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Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman

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 highlighted the importance of addressing bone health early, noting 50% of people over 50 have bone loss, and advocated for lifestyle changes and functional lab testing over DEXA scans.

Recorded on September 25, 2025, this episode is part of our Longevity Series, our Falls Prevention and Balance Series and our Bone Health Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Jim Brown, Balance and Fitness over 50 Influencer and Coach, A Balanced You
A Balanced You: on Instagram 196k followers; on TikTok 80k followers; On our Rethinking Aging Club podcast 5-30-24

Dr. Edythe Heus, Doctor of Chiropractic, specializing in fascial manipulation and functional neurology; Creator and Founder, Rev6
Rev6.Fit Instagram
Dr. Edythe Appearance on Ageist July 2025

Debi Robinson, Functional Bone Health Specialist, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Functional Health Coach (FDN-P); Host, Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast
DebiRobinsonWellness Instagram

Debbie Howard's summary of this show.

RESOURCES:
Favorite quote from Jim Brown “they begin to see themselves as someone who exercises.”

(Dr. Edythe) Interoception is the sense that provides information about the internal state of your body. It involves sensory signals from organs and tissues being processed by the brain to help maintain homeostasis.

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Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman

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 annual for individuals and $59/month month to month for organizations.

Evan Edelis discussed environmental gerontology, focusing on the relationship between aging adults and their physical and social environments.

Linda Sherman introduced this show with comments from her Streaming TV Recommendations for, about and with older adults.

Phrases we loved: Aging Authentically (Lori), Resurfacing (Lori), Social Prescribing (Anthony), Environmental Gerontology (Evan)

Recorded on September 11, 2025, this episode is part of our Film Series with important Marketing. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Linda Sherman
Streaming TV Recommendations 2025 Highlights including Aging Gracefully genre

Lori Schwartz, CEO and Principal, Curator of Experiences, StoryTech
CNN Contributor
Host, Advisor Infinity Festival Hollywood October 9-10 2025

Anthony Cirillo, Founder, Sage Stream; President, The Aging Experience
Sage Stream is an AgeTech Collaborative from AARP portfolio company

Evan Edelist, Care Manager, LiveWell
(Owned by The Key - The remarkable CEO Lily Sarafan was mentioned)
Evan’s Ayla home equity solutions for environmental gerontology upgrades
The Mr. Smalls documentary film that Evan is working on

Debbie Howard's summary of this show.

BoomerTechTalk.com episode page with mentioned resources links

LinkedIn Show Post

Co-Hosts: Linda Sherman and Debbie Howard

We continue to record new Rethinking Aging Club podcasts live on Thursdays. How to join live.

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Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman

Recorded on August 21, 2025, this episode is part of our Wellness Series.

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 - How to create beautiful spaces that promote meaningful interactions" emphasizes early planning for aging in place, balancing financial considerations with personalized home modifications and the perspective of an Occupational Therapist. The speakers underscored the importance of technology, music, and home design in enhancing wellness. Some great AgeTech start-up tips in our founders’ journeys.

Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Miri Berger, CEO and Co-Founder, 6Degrees

Dr. Namrata Bagaria, CEO and Podcaster, Music and Memory Junction

Carol Chiang OT/L, CAPS, ECHM, CHAMP, Founder, EvolvingHomes;
Author, Age in Place or Find a New Space – How to create beautiful spaces that promote meaningful interactions launched July 4, 2025. Verified purchase book reviews are greatly appreciated during this launch period.

Debbie Howard's summary of this show.

BoomerTechTalk.com episode page

LinkedIn Show Post

Co-Hosts: Linda Sherman and Debbie Howard

We continue to record new Rethinking Aging Club podcasts live on Thursdays. How to join live.

Please follow both of our podcasts including News for the Ages by Rethinking Aging Club.

Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman