2 Aging in Place | Meet Addison, 24-7 Virtual Caregiver

From Answers For Elders Radio Network by Suzanne Newman

November 16, 2025 · 15 min · Episode 1523

About this episode

The episode discusses Addison, an AI-powered virtual caregiver designed to support seniors with health monitoring and companionship.

Addison is an AI-powered virtual caregiver for a senior loved one designed to provide 24/7 care and safety support from home. Addison provides real-time health monitoring, continuous support for the at-risk, aging and ill, designed with tons of built-in tracking and monitoring features like GPS, fall detection, insulin tracking, and more. Addison helps patients better manage their health, improve the efficacy of caregivers, and improve their quality of life. Addison also helps to overcome social isolation and poor mood as a companion. Meghan Phelan joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders podcast to talk about the benefits of bringing Addison into the home of a senior loved one. Meghan says, "It's a monitor, like an iPad. So you get the monitor and then you pick as many devices as you want to go along with it. It comes with two. So that can be for monitoring. It could be like insulin checks, it could be there's other GPS trackers. So it's all these little gadgets that come with it. But you personalize what you want. I think a lot of the most sought after are the fall monitoring. So they'll plug in the sensors, set up reminders, and they'll set up the vitals that you want to…

People in this episode

Host: Suzanne Newman

Guest: Meghan Phelan

Topics covered

aging in place
virtual caregiver
health monitoring
senior care
technology in healthcare

Keywords

AI caregiver
health monitoring
fall detection
insulin tracking
TeleHealth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PocketMD

Products: Addison