AARP Health Innovation@50+ Live Pitch (April-27-2016) Finalists

It’s really too bad that AARP ended its national events. The last one was in Miami last year – it was a good one – and Atlanta must still be reminiscing about that spectacular 2013 Life@50 event – which provided a pavilion and ramp-up for its AARP TEK training program.  From 2013: “AARP TEK’s activities in Atlanta also will include youth volunteers known as “Tech Wizards” from 4-H Clubs of America and local colleges and universities, who will help boomers and seniors learn technology basics and how it can enhance their lives day-to-day."

Oh well, that was then. This is this now.  Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch at PlugandPlay is in Sunnyvale this Wednesday (27. Odds are you will not be attending – it’s sold out. Here is the list of finalists to mull over and speculate a) how this list was assembled and b) which of these offerings will be selected by the judges. Content is from the LivePitch website:

• Cake. "Cake is the easiest way to do end-of-life planning. We break down a daunting and difficult task into simple, bite-size chunks, and provide experts who can answer your questions. Your online CAKE profile is a living document of your end-of-life preferences that is easy to access, update, and share." Learn more at JoinCake.
• CareAngel. "The world's first artificially intelligent caregiver, her award winning, patent-pending, caring personality is infused into a Voice-Powered Telemonitoring platform. ANGEL's high touch, low-tech approach delivers high quality eldercare through simple check-in Care Calls on a regular phone, eliminating the need for a senior to have a smart phone, costly hardware or confusing software. This enables her to reach ~90% of seniors aging at home on their regular landlines or cell phones, as 75%+ do not have smart phones or technology to help them adhere to medications, care plans or receive much needed guidance."
• Medivizor. “Medivizor provides people with serious or chronic medical conditions, or their medical teams, all the cutting edge information they need know – personalized just for them.”  Learn more at Medivizor.
• Penrose Senior Check-in Services. "Penrose provides the first and only app-enabled senior care auditing service, called Penrose Check-Ins, to ensure seniors are okay and provide families peace-of-mind. During the Penrose Care-Check, an auditor visits the senior and using the app, assesses 150-items related to their well-being and reports back to the family. Other auditing services include the Penrose Pre-Check, Quick-Check, Inventory-Check, and Safety-Check." Learn more at www.penrosecheckin.com.
• PicnicHealth. "PicnicHealth helps patients and their families manage their medical records. We collect records on a patient’s behalf, maintain a single up-to-date medical chart, and coordinate between providers." Learn more at PicnicHealth.
• Savor Health. "For people with cancer whose nutritional issues cause poor clinical and quality of life outcomes, Savor Health is a technology-enabled provider of cost effective, personalized nutrition solutions. Through its smart, personalized recommendation engine and a network of distribution partners, Savor empowers cancer patients and their caregivers to take control of their nutritional needs." Lean more at Savor Health.
• SafeWander.  "SensaRx is an NYC-based startup, emanating from the Founder’s family struggles to care for his grandfather with Alzheimer’s disease. The company launched the SafeWander Button Sensor in November 2015, and is focused on patient safety and caregivers’ wellbeing in both assisted living facilities and the home." Learn more at SafeWander.
• SingFit. "SingFit combines a growing body of scientific research on the health benefits of prescribed singing with a proprietary music platform in order to mass distribute the benefits of music as medicine. Focused on dementia care, our debut product SingFit PRIME is the winner of the USC Keck School of Medicine Body Computing Prize." Learn more at SingFit.
• UnaliWear.  "Kanega Watch allows discreet support for falls, medication reminders, and a guard against wandering in a classically-styled watch with an easy-to-use speech interface rather than buttons. Works wherever you are, 24×7 – and doesn’t require a smart phone (because it’s built in). Artificial intelligence learns the wearer’s lifestyle to provide predictive, pre-emptive support." Learn more at UnaliWear.
• Well Beyond Care.  "Well Beyond Care is the only company that teaches families and individuals how to find and manage affordable non-medical in-home care, while solving the chronic problems of caregiver truancy and turnover, and at the same time offering a pathway to transitional care to help HHAs accomplish their Clinical Outcomes and Customer Service goals." Learn more at WelBeyondCare.