Avanlee Care, a startup focusing on elderly care coordination, released its new “all-in-one” app, Avanlee.
Built from founder and CEO Avanlee Christine’s past of caretaking for her grandparents, the app intends to improve on existing eldercare technology by combining necessary tools and services in one location.
“My grandfather fell ill when I was young, and I spent years watching my family...
Understanding the trajectory of someone’s death to provide appropriate end-of-life care is a complicated process that researchers from Project Big Life, a Canadian health calculation research group, hope to make easier with their Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool (RESPECT).
The RESPECT calculator predicts frail people’s survival to assist caregivers in...
Audio equipment maker Bose is wading into the world of hearing loss with the launch of its FDA-cleared SoundControl hearing aids.
The hearing aids were developed for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss and are available direct-to-consumer without a prescription.
When paired with the connected Bose Hear app, users can fit, program and control their SoundControl hearing aids...
Renovia, a digital therapeutics maker for female pelvic floor disorders, today shared the closing of its Series C-1 financing round worth $17 million.
The round included previous backers including Perceptive Life Sciences, Longwood Fund, Ascension Ventures and OSF Ventures, in addition to new investor Parian Global Management.
WHAT THEY DO
Renovia's flagship product, leva, is an FDA-cleared...
The on-demand senior care and companionship startup Papa announced today $60 million of new funding through a Series C raise led by Tiger Global Management.
Coming in just more than six months after its $18 million Series B round, Papa now boasts $91 million in lifetime funding.
WHAT IT DOES
Papa got its start in 2017 by matching young adults, called Papa Pals, with seniors to provide assistance...
Yesterday Best Buy announced that it has brought a collection of senior-focused emergency-response services to the Apple Watch via its Lively brand, and plans to add fall detection down the line.
Apple Watch Series 4 device owners who are signed up with a Lively Health & Safety plan (which starts at $19.99 per month) can download the Lively app for on-the-wrist access to three of the service'...
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