Aggies Develop Mobile Solution for Finding Senior Care

Texas A&M Today reports that Texas A&M University researchers are developing a mobile solution to find senior care in the United States. Through their Olera application, the team hopes to provide a resource for children or spouses of aged individuals needing professional care and connect them to local care options. "This not only lowers the stress involved with finding care, but it drastically reduces the time that this process would otherwise take," said Texas A&M's Carter Radocha. "Upon logging in, users will have the ability to filter local options by price, location, and offered medical services, information that would otherwise be time consuming to obtain." Radocha added that the researchers expect Olera "will redefine how people seek senior care. Having one consolidated resource that is simplified and easy to use for anyone can significantly reduce the time spent seeking out care and increase first time matching of a care option for a senior." The team intends to roll out a limited beta test and refine the product, and is engaged in the process of organizing an LLC and reaching out to early adopters. "Currently, we have a hardworking team of eight students, a prototype, and several early adopters who are eager for our product launch," said Texas A&M's TJ Falohun. "By keeping the needs of our users first, we believe we can overcome any obstacles that may arise and create a digital platform that will revolutionize senior and dementia care."