John Ramsay: Founder of Social Ability

About this episode

John Ramsay discusses his journey in transforming dementia care through innovative and joyful approaches.

John Ramsay is the founder of Social Ability, a health-tech company dedicated to revolutionising care through joyful, interactive, light-based activities. John joins Elliot to talk about how the experience, aged 12,  of caring for his father when he was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, led him to transform the way we think about dementia care - not as something clinical and routine, but human, joyful, and deeply creative. 

People in this episode

Host: Elliot

Guest: John Ramsay

Topics covered

• health-tech
• dementia care
• interactive activities
• joyful care
• personal experience

Keywords

• dementia
• health-tech
• care
• interactive
• joyful
• light-based activities
• John Ramsay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Social Ability

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