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What if we designed products and services in Brain Change, AgeTech, and Care with an emphasis on the humans they support?
This podcast from Slide UX spotlights innovators, clinicians, caregivers, researchers, advocates—and people with lived experience—who are shaping the future of AgeTech and human-centered care.
Through honest, curious, and deeply human conversations, host Erin Young explores how thoughtful design can enhance autonomy, connection, and quality of life for people navigating aging or brain change. Each episode surfaces lessons that bridge technology, empathy, and impact.
This podcast from Slide UX spotlights innovators, clinicians, caregivers, researchers, advocates—and people with lived experience—who are shaping the future of AgeTech and human-centered care.
Through honest, curious, and deeply human conversations, host Erin Young explores how thoughtful design can enhance autonomy, connection, and quality of life for people navigating aging or brain change. Each episode surfaces lessons that bridge technology, empathy, and impact.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 38 days
Average audio length:
51 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
8 episodes
since Oct. 11, 2025
episodic
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What would passive monitoring for older adults look like if nobody had to wear a device or remember it was there?
Frank McDermott's 98-year-old grandmother-in-law won't leave the Augusta, Georgia, home she's lived in for 50 years, and her laundry room is in the basement. Now a smart plug down there…
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What separates the brain health startups that last from the ones that raise big and flame out?
In 1988, Steve Ardire's older brother had surgery for a brain tumor, and for 26 years his MRIs came back normal. In 2016, the tumor regrew about two and a half months after a clean scan, and the second su…
Why does so much technology built for older adults look like it was designed for a four-year-old?
Erin went looking for a fidget product for her dad, who had advanced Alzheimer's disease and kept trying to take apart the mechanics of his wheelchair. Almost everything she found was oversized and pri…
What happens when a family plans for care and the plan falls apart in a week?
Holly Larson spent two decades writing about technology for some of the largest companies in the world. Then her father was injured on a trip to Italy, and she and her sister found themselves running a care system at warp…
What does it take to truly understand the people you are designing for in aging and care?
What if your voice could reveal what is happening in your brain years before any symptoms appear? In this episode of Designing for Dignity, host Erin Young sits down with Kara Uchtman, Clinical Research Officer at Vibes AI, a company building low-friction cognitive health tools based on voice and s…
How important is technology when it comes to top-tier senior care?In this episode of Designing for Dignity, Erin Young interviews Christy Rockefeller, a caregiving veteran and with extensive experience at tech companies focused on improving home care. Christy shares her journey into senior care, an…
What happens when virtual reality becomes a bridge between generations? In this episode of Designing for Dignity, host Erin Young talks with David Wyatt, Head of Communications and Business Strategy at Mighty Coconut, about how the hit VR game Walkabout Mini Golf unexpectedly became a favorite amon…
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