We are finally here! I am excited to announce the launch of our flagship product the CAN Go™, the world’s smartest cane.

How did we get here? Well, our product tells the story.

How it all started.

I got into this space more than a decade ago after a personal experience with my grandmother. Growing up, my grandmother was my inspiration, and I was always very close to her. She was a strong, independent woman, but as she was getting older, she started to struggle with her mobility. I saw her using a cane, a walker, and then a wheelchair. Even with all these devices, she needed more care as her mobility declined.

The Silver Tsunami and the Falling birth rates

Clearly my experience was not unique. We will all get old one day. However, future generations face a new challenge: the number of older adults continues to rise, while birthrates continue to fall.

More than 10,000 Americans are turning 65 every day and one in three seniors uses a mobility aid device. Mobility challenges are hindering the independence of older adults and are threatening their quality of life and sense of wellbeing.

This, combined with the caregiver shortage and the lack of modern solutions to help people with mobility limitations, may leave many seniors without proper care, impacting their life and that of their loved ones. In short, we face a future with a lot of seniors and no one to take care of them.

How Technology could help

We can’t take people out of the caring process, and there will always be a role for the human touch in caregiving. However, we need to leverage modern technology to help address the uncertain future for older adults. Technology can help us solve this problem by doing two things:

1. Help people stay independent longer. 90% of older adults want to stay in their homes as they age, and maintaining mobility is key to living independently. Older adults who lose mobility are less likely to age in their homes, require costly institutional care, have higher disease rates, and have a poorer quality of life.

2. Make the caring process more efficient. Technology-enhanced solutions can efficiently transform the process of caring and address the growing demand for home care and caregivers. So instead of one human taking care of another, one human could take care of 10, 100 then 1000 humans.

That’s the purpose behind CAN and why I started the company. At CAN, we advance human mobility and address the challenges hindering the independence of our older adults. Our goal is to unlock solutions to help people with mobility limitations stay active, live independently longer, and make caregiving more efficient and accessible for those who need it.