I'd Still Like to Pick Your Brain
Customer Discovery for Sage Stream
I recently entered Sage Stream in an accelerator program. While I passed the first round and was interviewed, I was ultimately not selected. However the door is not closed. I have been encouraged to reapply to this accelerator in July.
The feedback I received is that I need to do more customer discovery to refine the problem and solution.
So by now you probably know that Sage Stream is a Senior Education and Entertainment Network that provides daily live-stream programming for older adults in all settings. It was conceived to help relieve social isolation in seniors while solving a key staffing issue for senior living.
If you work or consult in senior living, whatever your role, and would be interested in learning more about our vision and share your thoughts about what the marketplace needs, I would welcome a conversation.
Please consider a short phone call.
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Light exposure during sleep linked to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure in seniors
McKnight’s - Older men and women who are exposed to any amount of light while sleeping are more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity than their peers who sleep with no light, a new study has found.
Don’t keep the lights on at night. If a light is needed for safety, make it a dim light that is closer to the floor.
Ensure that necessary light sources are amber or a red/orange in color to be less stimulating for the brain. White or blue light should be kept far away from the sleeping person.
Use blackout shades or eye masks can help control outdoor light.
Move the bed so the outdoor light isn’t shining on the face.
Amyloid-busting drug for early Alzheimer’s fails to stop cognitive decline, long-term study concludes
McKnight’s - A drug tested for over a decade in patients with early-onset Alzheimer’s did not slow or prevent cognitive decline, Swiss drugmaker Roche announced late last week.
The new findings for crenezumab are another blow to a dominant research theory that targeting brain beta amyloid plaques may alter the Alzheimer’s disease course, according to observers.
7 ways to make using a smartphone easier
TECH - Not everyone is comfortable with technology, and whether it's the small text, complexity of the user interface (UI), or simply that the interface has a habit of changing with every new OS update, older users are often the least comfortable with smartphones.
Observation - common sense article.
Nursing home COVID-19 infections quadruple as booster rate slows
McKnight’s - COVID-19 infections in U.S. nursing homes quadrupled between mid-April and mid-May, according to an ongoing AARP analysis of federal data. But the rate of protective COVID-19 booster vaccinations, while still ticking upward, has slowed to a trickle.
About 72% of residents and 48% of staff members had received a booster shot in addition to their original vaccination series by the week of May 22. That leaves 330,000 residents and 1 million workers still unboosted, the elder advocate reported late last week.
Observation - Event though these current cases are not as severe, nonetheless, senior living can never get back to anything resembling a normal state as long as Covid is still running rampant.
Willingness to Give Away Money Among Older Adults Linked to Cognitive Profile of Early Alzheimer’s
Neuroscience - Willingness in older people to give more money away appears to correlate with cognitive decline associated with dementia. The findings may explain why many older adults could be more prone to financial exploitation.
Observation - In Japan, and this goes back years, bank tellers are trained to spot the signs when older folks are having trouble with their money. They caught on early that this could be a telltale sign of developing dementia.
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