[This post is from Aging2.0 team member Wen Dombrowski, MD] The first ever Health 2.0 Chicago Local conference was held this past weekend. It brought together entrepreneurs, clinicians, technologists, and investors to foster health tech innovation in the Midwest and beyond. One of the recurring themes I heard was the importance of entrepreneurs having first hand [...]
Aging2.0 is a proud media sponsor of AARP’s Health Innovation@50+ Live Pitch event. Here’s a press release / update from our friends at AARP. Congratulations to the Live Pitch finalists! We hope to see many of you in New Orleans on September 21st. Use the promo code Aging2 for FREE admission ($295 savings!). WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 5, 2012 – AARP [...]
[This is a guest post by Ryan Frederick, founder and Principal of Point Forward Solutions, a strategic consulting and financial advisory firm dedicated to Seniors Housing & Care and related Health Care Services industries. Prior to founding Point Forward Solutions, Ryan was Senior Vice President at Erickson Living. Ryan can be reached at rfrederick@pointforwardsol.com and @ryanefrederick.] This past week San Francisco [...]
At our May Meet Up we had the honor of introducing three older adults who reside at The Hallmark. These three not only represent the people Aging 2.0 exists to serve through innovation, but also the people we aim to involve in the innovation process itself. It was clear that the Aging 2.0 network of [...]
Source: Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions Spotted in Springwise, what seems like a fairly extreme solution; this new concept electrocutes patients every few minutes to stop them having pressure ulcers. Humorous imagery aside, pressure ulcers and bed sores are a huge issue for long term care, so this alternative approach with its cute name - which [...]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvo6aDD4Uro] Aidin is the kind of company I was hoping – and expecting – to find when I started Aging2.0 – a small team of enthusiastic, mission driven zealots using technology to improve the quality of life and lower costs for the aging demographic. It’s not yet live, but has a minimum viable [...]
Am looking forward to speaking at the Health2.0 NYC meetup tonight in Upper East Side. There’ll be a number of promising aging-focused startups that straddle the health and aging space (eCaring, Aidin, Renewal Care Partners) and a good crowd of like-minded individuals. Come along if you can. If you’re in NYC, you should also join [...]
4sum is the working name for an approach to senior living that we’ve been talking about for few weeks now, and would like to explore in more detail. It’s a concept that involves communal living with shared services and support staff, but at a micro-scale. Matthias Hollwich first proposed the idea to me during our [...]
