I'm 65 and raising my two teenage grandsons on $40,000 a year. I can't afford to retire or get legal custody.

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Carol Leonard and her grandsons.
Carol Leonard has been raising two of her grandsons for the past few years.

Carol Leonard

They struggled to care for their aging parents with dementia and cancer. They built what they needed themselves.

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Srdjan Stakic with his parents
Srdjan Stakic vibe coded a security system for his parents.

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My aging family kept falling for scams. For $20, I built a no-code app to protect them.

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Matt Sanner and his parents
Matt Sanner, 54, vibe coded ScamSkeptic, an app to help his aging family members who have fallen for scams.

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I went to a conference on aging. Concern about AI — along with cautious optimism — came up in almost every conversation.

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I spent four days at one of the country's largest aging conferences.
I spent four days at one of the country's largest aging conferences.

Noah Sheidlower

She fell in her 80s and lives in a nursing home. A VR headset is giving her hope.

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Carol Foster
Carol Foster, 82, said she wanted to travel the world after trying Mynd Immersive's VR headset.

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Carol Foster inched her walker toward the front of a senior living meeting room and paused while a virtual reality headset was strapped onto her face.

I vibe coded time-saving tools for boomers like my parents. It's made their lives less lonely and easier.

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Bill Atienza has helped dozens of older Americans with their technology.
Bill Atienza has helped dozens of older Americans with their technology.

Bill Atienza

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