Tech Times | Smart Home Solutions for Aging in Place: Technology for Independent Living
As the elderly population continues to increase, so does the demand for solutions enabling older adults to age with dignity and autonomy--enter, GrandPad.
McKnights Senior Living | ‘Grandie’ lends an AI-enabled ear to seniors looking for a virtual companion they can relate to
It’s less than a week old, but it carries the wisdom of one who has lived for decades: A new artificial intelligence tool offers older adults a companion that engages with them on a peer-to-peer level.
Health Works Collective | GrandPad’s ‘Grandie’ Will Improve Healthcare Through Tech
Grandie can help seniors get the most out of technology, which can help them improve their health.
Woman's World | The Isolation Pandemic: 5 Ways GrandPad Keeps Seniors Safe, Secure and Smiling
Loneliness and social isolation are a serious concern for seniors, with nearly one-fourth of adults age 65 and older being socially isolated.
PC Guide | Best tablet for seniors in 2023 – our top picks
Here are some of the best tablets for seniors available on the market today.
Best Product Reviews | 10 Best Tablets For Seniors In The US - Christmas 2023
Learn why we rated GrandPad the #1 tablet for seniors.
TCB | Leveraging Small-Town Minnesota Nice
On a mission to simplify technology for seniors, GrandPad recruits customer service agents from rural communities, where the pace is slower and patience lasts longer.
Waverly Newspapers | GrandPad and NEI3A partner to empower older adults with technology and safeguard against scams.
As the digital landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, older adults find themselves grappling with new challenges that demand heightened awareness and resilience.
Facts Chronicle | 10 Best Tablets For Seniors Reviews & Comparison
Check out the 10 Best Tablets For Seniors with Reviews & Buying Guide!
IoT World Today | How IoT Is Helping Seniors Age in Place
KORE is collaborating with GrandPad to roll out accessible communication devices to 1.7 million seniors
Star Tribune | As seniors buy more tech, the market for Minnesota-made devices expands
By 2030, older adults are expected to spend $120 billion on tech, per AARP.
Wired Magazine | The Best Tablets for Work and Play
We’ve tested all the top slates, from Apple’s iPads to Android and Windows devices, and rounded up our favorite accessories.
The Sun Times News | Chelsea Senior Center Unveils "Grand Pad" Communication Program to Enhance Connectivity for Seniors
The Chelsea Senior Center has recently launched the "Grand Pad System," an innovative communication program aimed at helping seniors stay connected with family, loved ones, and friends.
TCB Magazine | By All Means Podcast
Driven to help seniors stay connected, the father-son duo behind GrandPad created a platform that simplifies technology with an emphasis on user experience. The need, they say, continues to grow.
GrandPad Origin Story: CEO Scott Lien sits down with Luther College's Ellen Modersohn
CEO and Co-Founder Scott Lien '87 talks with Ellen Modersohn about his formative years at Luther College and GrandPad's origin story.
Turn Your Market Research into Positioning Strategies With
Join us as Pragmatic Institute and Diane Pierson, visiting instructor and founder of Innovate on Purpose welcome Scott Lien, CEO and co-founder of GrandPad.
Meet the business leaders, trailblazers, and newsmakers poised to make an impression in 2023.
Every summer, the editors of TCB sit down and make a list. A list of the people in and around Minnesota business likely to make news and drive change in the year ahead.
Agency for Change Podcast and changemaker, Granpad Founder, Scott Lien
Changemaker and GrandPad Founder Scott Lien talks all things GrandPad with Lyn Wineman of the Agency for Change Podcast.
Learn How GrandPad Can Make Life Better for Seniors with Scott Lien, Episode 128
GrandPad founder Scott Lien is talking with us about GrandPad’s best features and how it keeps older adults connected. Older adults often feel isolated, and the pandemic separated them even more from family and friends. The GrandPad device is simple for seniors to set up. Customers can access white glove customer support with questions 24/7/365. Offering things like games, video chats, simplified Zoom capability, email, and mood-enhancing apps, the GrandPad has something for every senior.
GrandPad is a tablet created to protect seniors from scams
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – GrandPad is a tablet designed specifically for seniors older than 75 who are unfamiliar with or who have difficulty using current technology.
The goal of GrandPad is to keep elderly seniors connected to family, friends and caregivers while also helping with security and social isolation.
Innovate On Purpose | “GrandPad” Grand Example of 360-Degree Innovation on Purpose
I’m always looking for tech product innovation that goes beyond the product. Today, I found a good example: the GrandPad.
Scott is the co-founder and CEO of GrandPad, the purpose-built tablet for people over the age of 75. Scott has served in executive-level technology leadership positions for Fortune 100 companies. He started GrandPad just eight years ago with his son Isaac, and the device is now being used to connect more than 1.4 million people — including seniors and their families, friends, and caregivers — in 120 countries.
Caring.com Review: The Ten Best Tablets for Seniors
These days, Internet connectivity is considered a basic necessity, and for seniors, it can be a major source of protection against social isolation. Up to 90% of seniors have an internet connection through a home desktop or laptop computer, according to Pew Research Center, and a majority of seniors have begun to adopt mobile technologies as well.
How GrandPad makes communicating easier for the elderly
Isaac Lien had trouble communicating with his grandmother as she got older. She had difficulting using smartphones, which were designed for people who grew up with them. She found them complicated, and the interfaces were confusing.
The New Normal for Office Work
How many times have you watched employees shuffle into their workspace, drop their heads, put in earbuds and focus on the screen in front of them?
If you've ever wished you could infuse energy into their routines, now may be your chance.
Despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, human resource leaders are embracing opportunities to influence how work is done once employees return to the office.
Consider that 38% of adults over age 65 have difficulties with telemedicine visits, or that 72% of individuals 85 and older lack the experience necessary to participate in video visits. Additionally, there are a number of reasons that seniors struggle with using technology. In most cases, it is because solutions are designed with younger patients in mind and these design elements leave many seniors out in the cold.
GrandPad's users stay socially connected with Orange Belgium and Ericsson IoT Accelerator
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), GrandPad, and Orange Belgium have partnered to make connectivity more accessible for the elderly to stay socially connected with family, friends, and caregivers. GrandPad creates connected tablets and services for seniors with managed connectivity from the Orange Belgium IoT service, powered by the Ericsson IoT Accelerator platform.
Dr. Kerry Burnight, Ph.D. - The Growth of Telehealth in Geriatric Medicine
As home health care companies, nursing homes, hospitals, and clinics shut down to all but critical care needs when COVID-19 hit, two crises took hold across the country: reduced access to health care services, and increased loneliness.
A Senior-Friendly Tablet … With A Streaming Radio Feature
Music is a powerful thing: Not only does it help people of all ages preserve and enjoy memories, but studies have also shown that music can help manage conditions like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and reduce depression and anxiety in older adults.
Family gatherings on Zoom and FaceTime. Online orders from grocery stores and pharmacies. Telehealth appointments with physicians.
These have been lifesavers for many older adults staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic. But an unprecedented shift to virtual interactions has a downside: Large numbers of seniors are unable to participate.
New Telehealth Bill; Remote COVID Care Outcomes; Up Next: Telesurgery?
Many older patients are unable to participate in telemedicine, Kaiser Health News (KHN) reported, but solutions are emerging.
One solution is GrandPad, a tablet with apps designed for people 75 and older, KHN noted. These devices have been "remarkably successful" in facilitating video-streamed interactions and allowing nurses and social workers to address patient needs, said Roger Anderson, director of operational support and innovation of the PACE Southeast Michigan program for older adults.
Technology Divide Between Senior ‘Haves’ and ‘Have-Nots’ Roils Pandemic Response
Family gatherings on Zoom and FaceTime. Online orders from grocery stores and pharmacies. Telehealth appointments with physicians.
These have been lifesavers for many older adults staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic. But an unprecedented shift to virtual interactions has a downside: Large numbers of seniors are unable to participate.
Technology Divide Between Senior ‘Haves’ and ‘Have-Nots’ Roils Pandemic Response
During the pandemic, which has hit older adults especially hard, this divide between technology “haves” and “have-nots” has serious consequences.
Older adults in the “haves” group have more access to virtual social interactions and telehealth services, and more opportunities to secure essential supplies online. Meanwhile, the “have-nots” are at greater risk of social isolation, forgoing medical care and being without food or other necessary items.
Seniors who struggle with technology face telehealth challenges and social isolation
Family gatherings on Zoom and FaceTime. Online orders from grocery stores and pharmacies. Telehealth appointments with physicians.
These have been lifesavers for many older adults staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic. But an unprecedented shift to virtual interactions has a downside: large numbers of seniors are unable to participate.
Her Nursing Home Got 5 Stars, but She and Dozens More Got Coronavirus
Nina Brown, 87, is feisty and always has been. She chats up everyone around her, won't put up with nonsense and is quick to share an opinion or dole out orders. It's why her son Michael, who used to care for her in his home, calls her “the mayor of her facility.”
GrandPad Helps Support Virtual Care for Seniors
GrandPad, creator of the first purpose-built tablet for people over 75, announced the addition of connected device capabilities to its mobile device and telehealth platform to support virtual care and remote monitoring for health care providers. The expanded capabilities come at a time when an increasing number of home health agencies and other health care companies are turning to GrandPad to facilitate video visits during COVID-19 restrictions that prohibit in-person care.
Computer pad can help Michigan seniors use telehealth during coronavirus
Handed super simple technology, more than a 100 seniors in southeast Michigan have swiped their way past one long-held stereotype — chatting online with loved ones, discussing aches and pains with doctors, picking away at crosswords or popping into a casino game.
GrandPad, creator of the first purpose-built tablet for people over 75, announced today the addition of connected device capabilities to its mobile device and telehealth platform to support virtual care and remote monitoring for healthcare providers.
A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors
Now more than ever, in the midst of a pandemic, healthcare IT leaders can use a comprehensive listing of companies that make technologies that help keep tabs on patients from afar.
GrandPad’s Incredible Tablet for Super Seniors with Scott Lien
Logan chats with Scott Lien, CoFounder and CEO of GrandPad about the Grandpad’s tablet for super seniors and how effective it has been during the COVID -19 crisis. Super seniors, defined as anyone 75 or older, “have the most life experiences, have lived through so much and are the wisest amongst us as a group,” Lien notes. However, he adds, many of the super seniors suffer from physical, cognitive, and mental health issues, and thus have unique needs when it comes to technology. GrandPad developed its product with the advice of a board that included 10 super seniors.
Prospero Health’s Tech-Facilitated Breakthrough in Care-Managing Seniors with Chronic Illnesses
The leaders at Prospero Health recently partnered with the leaders at the Orange, California-based GrandPad, a firm that has developed the first purpose-built tablet for people over 75, to improve access to care for vulnerable seniors during the COVID-19 crisis.
Dr. Kerry Burnight, Ph.D: Let’s talk about you: COVID-19 self-care tips for caregivers
Caregivers are truly unsung heroes. As frontline workers, you provide an invaluable service to the elders you care for, as well as to broader society. Just as we are instructed to do in airplane emergencies, put your own mask on first. This refers not only to your literal coronavirus mask, but also the metaphorical mask of self-care, self-forgiveness, recovery and rejuvenation.
A Tablet for Seniors – GrandPad
We take a look at GrandPad, a tablet made for the older senior population that doesn’t have a Smart Phone or Internet Connection at Home.
The Tablet comes equipped with a 4G LTE Connection and has an interface with Larger ICON for the most common task. Users can Send and Receive Email, Photos, Listen to thousands of Included Songs, and visit favorite websites.
Isolation: The Hidden Risk of Social Distancing
The abrupt shifts in routines, the distance from grown children, and the cancellation of everything from church services to coffee dates can leave seniors feeling lonely, which raises stress levels, impedes sleep, and triggers depression and anxiety.
Prospero Health, a team-based home health care company, has partnered with GrandPad, the first purpose-built tablet for people over 75, to improve access to care for vulnerable seniors during the COVID-19 crisis.
People over age 65 are at a higher risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. In many countries, they've been encouraged to stay home as much as possible — even moreso than other age groups.
Home health-care workers in US at tipping point amid coronavirus outbreak
The nation’s 3.3 million home health-care workers are the other front-line heroes in the war against the coronavirus. While hospitals’ physicians and nurses tend to the sickest COVID-19 victims, the in-home workforce is caring for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation
The coronavirus pandemic could sharpen the health risks of loneliness. But there are ways to connect.About a quarter of people over 65 living independently in their communities are considered socially isolated, and 43 percent of those over 60 report feeling lonely — and that was before public health officials instructed older people, and everyone else, to stay home.
TechtalkRadio Talks with CEO Scott Lien of GrandPad
“We recently had a listener call in that had a dilemma. Jim told us he was 71 and not very Tech Savvy however he was still able to go to the Green Valley Public Library and will an email set up by his grandchild he could email relatives and keep in touch. Jim did not have a Smartphone, nor a Laptop, Desktop or Internet Connection at his home.”
Balancing Work and Elder Care Through the Coronavirus Crisis
For these working daughters and sons, setting boundaries, employing technology and routines, asking for flexibility (and some forgiveness), and managing well-being will be critical. And while many of these recommendations are similar to what working parents can and should do, others are unique to working sons and daughters.
GrandPad keeping seniors connected to their loved ones
During these uncertain times, we are leaning on technology to stay connected to each other. For the older population there's a device called the GrandPad to help.
Serving Super Seniors: How Are Older Adults Really Using Technology?
CEO and co-founder of GrandPad, Scott Lien, contributes an essay to a leading source of news for the longevity market about how older adults are really using technology.
GrandPad Partners with Home Instead Senior Care to Provide Integrated Care Solution
Home Instead Inc. — the international franchise company behind the Home Instead Senior Care network — is joining forces with senior-friendly tablet startup GrandPad in an attempt to reduce client loneliness and improve connectivity.
4 Ingenious Technologies To Help Aging Adults Stay Connected and Engaged
GrandPad is a tablet designed just for seniors with a simplified set of 11 apps that use large, clearly labeled icons (for video and voice calls, photos, email, music, games, news, weather and search).
Dr. Kerry Burnight Discusses Benefits of Generations Aging Together
Late-life risk factor, loneliness, can be reduced when aging parents live with their adult children.
GrandPad's Minnesota support team helps 'super seniors' get online
A high-tech device for seniors relies on Minnesotans to create a personal connection.
Dr. Kerry Burnight Highlights Technologies that Help Seniors Connect
GrandPad is the one product on the market that has engineered out all points of frustration for seniors.
GrandPad Named in Tech Tribune's List of Best Tech Startups in Orange 2018
Leadership, brand, and competitive advantage earned GrandPad a spot on the Best Tech Startups list.
Keep the Whole Family Connected.
Put this Lab-tested tech tool on your what-to-buy-for-the-holidays list: GrandPad is a device specially designed to be used by seniors, who often feel left out of our Instagram world. Its simple interface makes it a snap to take and send photos, access music, do video chats, dictate (instead of type) emails and more.
Gift Guide 2017: What to Buy for Hard-to-Shop-for People
Up Grandma’s selfie game with the GrandPad, the first tablet computer designed for older seniors. It's perfect for a video-chat with family, using voice email in real time, sharing photos, playing games, making phone calls and more. Plus, GrandPad just partnered with Lyft, so it’s easy for him or her to request rides to see their friends, go shopping and more. No confusing buttons, passwords or pop-up ads, and wireless connectivity is built-in.
Bernadine Winter’s daughter introduced her to a GrandPad. Now Ms. Winter, 85, has weekly video calls with her children and grandchildren, posts photos and listens to country music. She also plays her favorite games, solitaire and blackjack, on the GrandPad.
– Constance Gustke in The New York Times
As Aging Population Grows, So Do Robotic Health Aides
The ranks of older and frail adults are growing rapidly in the developed world, raising alarms about how society is going to help them take care of themselves in their own homes ... there was growing evidence that staying connected, even electronically, offsets the cognitive decline associated with aging.
Internet, tablet and smartphone systems such as GrandPad, a simplified tablet for older adults ... are emerging to help with care and staving off isolation.
– John Markoff in The New York Times
FOX News talks about GrandPad in their article about Senior citizen-friendly gadgets, calling it a tablet "Designed for family members to include grandparents in the social media conversation" and highlighting the "thorough onboarding process that even includes loading custom music."
Such an interesting product ... the company has put in an amazing amount of effort to ensure that the tablet works for people over 75.
I'd forgotten all about the GrandPad's Facebook-feed feature and took photos at a recent auto show. My dad called to tell me he liked the pictures I'd taken of the new Bugatti on display, and I suddenly realized he was being included in my day. It was amazing, given how little my dad understands technology, that he enjoyed using this device.
– John Brandon of PCWorld