The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a Project Grant of $306,872 under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) to Booklillicares, LLC. The grant funds a 1-year project to implement a technology platform for training and consumer access to nanny agency-sourced caregivers as a nascent elder companion care workforce. The project aims to (1) conduct customer discovery with nanny agency owners to grow or develop elder companion...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $490,262 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to Plans4Care Inc. to develop and test a digital platform called Activities4Care. The platform aims to provide customized, evidence-based activities to enhance the well-being of caregivers and improve quality of life for people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The 1-year project will create a clickable prototype mapping activities to the characteristics of...
This Project Grant award of $326,382 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), is for the development and testing of "SEEINME" - a consumer-generated, HIPAA-compliant digital personal health profile for persons with dementia (PWD). The goal is to foster person-centered coordinated care and reduce caregiver burden by enabling assisted living/memory care communities to partner with and empower family members, informal...
The National Institute on Aging, under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), awarded Careyaya Health Technologies Inc. a $505,042 Project Grant on Sep 22, 2025. The grant supports the development of YAYAGUIDE, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, personalized training platform for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The YAYAGUIDE prototype utilizes a micro-learning curriculum, a conversational agent, and machine learning algorithms to...
The Project Grant award of $499,938 was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to Photozig Inc. for the "CARINGGPT: EMPOWERING DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS WITH PERSONALIZED AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES TO MATCH THEIR NEEDS, ENHANCE COPE WITH CAREGIVING, AND REDUCE STRESS" project. The project aims to develop an innovative AI-powered solution, "CARINGGPT," that will deliver personalized assistance and curated,...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), has awarded a $499,651 project grant to Carevirtue Technologies, Inc. to develop a novel, AI-enabled dementia care agent. This agent will provide 24/7 personalized education and support services to rural caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The goal is to address the higher caregiving burden and lower social support experienced by rural ADRD care...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) provides $499,396 to Bellage Inc. to develop the AWC-PRIME (Personalized Reinforcement Interface to Motivate Engagement) platform. The AWC-PRIME product builds upon Bellage's existing Adult Wellbeing Checkup (AWC) platform, extending it with a dynamic companion app to support care partners of people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The app aims to help care partners...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $499,996 Project Grant under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to Beaver Health, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, to develop a prototype of the COMPASS conversational AI assistant. COMPASS is designed to provide personalized, culturally responsive support and coordination for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) caregivers in real-time. The 12-month project aims to develop and test the initial...
The U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $1,089,329 Project Grant to Homecare Hub US Inc. under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) to scale a network of small community-based care homes as a high-value alternative to institutional long-term care. The project aims to demonstrate improved health outcomes for seniors by leveraging a technology platform that facilitates personalized, cost-effective care through a decentralized network of 2-12 person residential care...
The Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging awarded $865,905 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to Careband, Inc. to develop the Appraise to Assist system. This project grant will support Careband and its partner Eperture LLC to engineer a system integrating Careband's wearable device and Eperture's tablet platform. The system aims to passively and unobtrusively monitor, empirically measure, and facilitate engagement...
Silverbills Inc. received a $5,008,774 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging to develop Version 2 of its Silverbills financial and legal management tool tailored for caregivers of persons with dementia. Under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), Silverbills will enhance its existing proprietary technology platform to simplify bill payment and budgeting, provide a supportive messaging system, and securely store critical legal documents for caregivers. The company will also develop enhanced reporting, fraud detection, and financial planning capabilities within the application. In collaboration with researchers at the University of Denver, Silverbills will evaluate the tool's effectiveness in reducing caregiver burden and improving caregivers' physical, financial, and emotional well-being. The two-year project aims to demonstrate an easy-to-use customizable tool that decreases caregiver stress and increases quality of life.