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care, and some of this ch
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involved in caring for Al
Joining us to fill us in
CEO of Care Ya Ya. Great
doing? Thanks, Roxanne. U
here, uh, doing really we
uh to expand our platform
a lot of, uh, the aging p
and Neil, let's talk abou
is launched from in the i
Why is that the case? Yes
and, and, you know, Roxan
my personal story. You kn
leave behind my career in
become a caregiver, um, a
how difficult it is to fi
for aging parents. Um, so
people, what they call in
are going through this ri
country, um, as their par
people with dementia. And
elder care in many areas
over $35 an hour. Um, you
companies with national f
typically paying the care
of that money, so it beco
for the family and not th
So a lot of people burn o
and the care quality is o
poor. So we thought there
here to improve and build
care, and, you know, I'm
you more about how we did
you able to deliver this
the costs? Sure. One of t
during my own experience
which I, I and many famil
know, uh, shared about wi
support groups, was to hi
specifically nursing stud
students, you know, peopl
the healthcare field as a
would go around and post
campuses and find these s
um, you know, and, and th
a great job because they'
the money. but really by
helping people, you know,
be future doctors and nur
So we thought, why not bu
kind of like Uber or Airb
have to do that much work
you know, the busy middle
for care for your mom or
a site and book and we wi
nearby to come help you.
all that hard work for yo
run. Whole thing complete
totally grant funded and
or markups, so the famili
directly. So in the Tampa
for help, you can get a w
from the University of Ta
you for 20 bucks an hour,
them directly and use our
technology. That's so coo
are are helping people ri
patients right here. It's
Oh, it's happening now, y
stories are just really w
we actually had um a stud
care platform go viral on
uh, and I'll send you the
to check it out, um, but
views and it was a um a p
who's um uh helping a 90-
dementia and, you know, b
calls her adopted grandmo
she surprised her with fl
was just like really hear
you know, tons of people
loved it. Right now in Ta
across the country, we ha
on our platform, includin
area and you know it's re
to see, um, not just the
frankly the intergenerati
you know, 20 year olds in
year olds in that you jus
mind because I, I was thi
you feeling this need, bu
about it is there's, you
someone's suffering with
to value those old, the o
you're really bridging th
that appreciation for the
love what you're doing an
on the screen where folks
Thank you so much, Neil.
really appreciate it. Hap
