Jen: Senior care and aging are taboo topics largely ignored by society
Sandy Jen · a16z Podcast | Tackling Senior Care with Help from Technology · Jan 2, 2019 · at 16:34
Sandy Jen, co-founder of senior care company Honor, explains why senior care was underserved when she and Seth Sternberg were researching societal problems to solve.
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“We don't talk about senior care much in society. We don't, it's generally a very taboo subject. We don't talk about death. We don't talk about things like, oh, you know, my mother can't go to the bathroom by herself anymore. And these are issues that, you know, a lot of people face, but no one wants to talk about it. No one wants to put it in front and center. No one wants to solve these problems.”
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