There is a general expectation that seniors are wise and respected and receive a warmer welcome if they move back in with their children. One point that he makes forcefully is that most other countries treat their senior citizens much better than we do here in the US. Ken’s been a minister for many years, is working on a PhD in international relations and spent a lot of time visiting other countries and seeing how they do things. I caught up with Founder and CEO Ken Dupin for a chat and we discussed his motivations for getting into this market, how they work, and his thoughts for the future.Īmerica’s uniquely negative approach to aging
KEN DUPIN GRANNY PODS INSTALL
Call them what you will, it’s an interesting approach that meets a very real need, and they’re just about to hit the market – the first install happens next month. They have sophisticated medical equipment but are primary staffed by family members rather than professional care givers. They can literally drive a flat-bed truck with a house on top through this gap – they make portable ‘granny flats’ (as us Brits call them), or the more 2.0 equivalent ‘elder pods’ – self-contained, portable living residential units designed to be placed primarily in the gardens of their adult children. But there is a large amount of ‘blue ocean’ between souped-up PCs connected to pill dispensers and weigh scales, and the full service model of residential care. Sure, the aging-in-place movement is picking up steam, and for good reason. The gap between senior living nursing homes (with monthly costs of $7k-10k per month) and ‘ aging-in-place‘ is wide enough to drive a truck through.
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