Brazil’s first mobile health ecosystem is presented at Aging2.0 São Paulo, edited by Alisa Rodriguez

Text and photos: Simone Jardim, edited by Alisa Rodriguez On Tuesday, 9/30, Antônio Nogueira Leitão and Simone Silva Jardim, hosted Sao Paulo’s Aging 2.0’s monthly meeting at the Hub Paulista. Guests included entrepreneurs, researchers from academia, gerontologists, and professionals in communication and marketing. Immo Paul Oliver, co-founder and CEO of the startup CareNet Longevity, prompted […]

Technology Applied: Helping the Helpers of the Aging

It is so easy to find services that employ people to assist the elderly with heir daily routines, but why is it so difficult to find updated electronic and mechanical devices to assist with daily routines? There seems to be a gap in product offerings: Either there are services-only options that are a wasteful use […]

Communication and Home Environment for Elders

Research on caring for the elderly in their homes has aimed to help alleviate the natural anxiety and increased work load felt by everyone involved. The research ranges from environment to personally embedded electronic devices. Here are a few examples: – Studies show that music and singing with or for a person with dementia can reduce […]

“An Ounce of Prevention… “

It seems that the current solutions available to deal with the aging population are like putting Band-Aids on a bleeding artery. The socio-economic system in America is bleeding out fast, and we need to plan a surgical strike to deal with the upcoming problem. How do we prevent some of the issues that come up […]

User Centered Design in the Aging Space

How does an entrepreneur who has little in common with their target market, best develop a successful product? Since the world of startup companies are, generally speaking, a young person’s game, innovators of products for older adults may have a distinct age gap with their end user. Coffee and Clicks is part of Aging2.0’s response to […]

What’s the big fuss about?

How about we start with some basics, and keep moving forward on this subject as this blog gets traction? Here’s the basic rundown, in case you did not know: Medicaid = Blanket name for government subsidized health care program for all ages with particular income limits. Financed by state, federal, and local monies. Medical = […]

For or Not For Profit: How Do We Sustain Healthcare Innovation for the Elderly?

Non-Profit One interesting funding group I stumbled upon for healthcare innovation in California is the California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF). This foundation was created from the Blue Cross transformation to a for-profit business. The government directed Blue Cross to use their left over funding for its original purpose. CHCF funds innovation in products, billing, integration of […]