Hopeful Aging

12/02/2025

✨ This Giving Tuesday, let’s give the gift of connection. ✨

At Hopeful Aging, we believe that every person living with memory challenges deserves moments of meaning, joy, and true connection. Today is a reminder that small acts can spark big change in the lives of families navigating dementia with a loved one.

If you’re looking to make a difference this Giving Tuesday, we invite you to explore the tools we’ve created to support dignity, engagement, and connection every day:

💛 Hopefulaging.com — Learn how we’re helping care partners, families, and senior-living teams create more purposeful, person-centered moments through evidence-based dementia education.
📱 Theconnectapp.com — Discover CONNECT, our adaptive storytelling and engagement platform designed to meet people exactly where they are in their dementia journey.

We are on a mission—and your engagement, your shares, and your voice help us bring these resources to more families who need them.

Let’s spread hope, connection, and compassion today—and every day. 💛

11/27/2025

11/25/2025

Starting Thanksgiving Week with Gratitude 🍁
To kick off this special week, we’re sharing one more free Insight Article from the Hopeful Aging CONNECT platform all about Thanksgiving and gratitude.

This Insight Article is designed for individuals in the early stages of cognitive change who enjoy learning, reflection, and meaningful conversation. It’s a wonderful way to spark discussion, strengthen connections, and start the week with intention.

Download the Thanksgiving Insight Article here: https://bit.ly/ThanksgivingInsightArticle

Whether you’re gathering with family, visiting loved ones, or creating a moment of calm during a busy holiday season, we hope this brings warmth and insight to your week.

11/22/2025

A Thanksgiving Gift of Connection ✨

As we head into Thanksgiving week, we’re sharing something special from the Hopeful Aging CONNECT platform— designed to support meaningful connections at every stage of memory loss.

This week, we are offering free Thanksgiving stories, each adapted for different cognitive needs:

💛 Viva Story (Later Stage Dementia):
A photo-rich, easy-to-follow story adapted for people in the moderate to later stages of dementia created to be engaging, accessible, and enjoyable for shared reading.

🧠 Insight Article (Early Stage Dementia):
A longer, engaging read for individuals in the early stages of cognitive change who enjoy learning, stimulating topics, and deeper conversations.

These make wonderful Thanksgiving activities whether you're gathering with family, visiting loved ones, or looking to create a quiet moment of connection.

✨ FREE DOWNLOAD ALL WEEK:
https://bit.ly/GratitudeInsightArticle
https://bit.ly/ThanksgivingVIVAStory

11/14/2025

At Hopeful Aging, we believe connection is the heart of well-being, the moments that make us feel seen, valued, and truly here. For some, it’s a shared laugh. For others, it’s a quiet cup of tea, a memory sparked, a hand held, or a story told.

We want to celebrate those beautiful moments. 💛

👇 Drop your photos or share a story below that captures what meaningful connection looks like to you. Whether it’s with a loved one, a friend, a neighbor, or someone you care for — your experiences inspire our community.

Let’s fill this space with hope, warmth, and connection. 🧡

11/10/2025

This is "Family Testimonial" by Hopeful Aging on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

11/03/2025

Connection is more than conversation — it’s care, presence, and purpose.

The CONNECT Platform helps people living with dementia and their care partners build moments that matter, through experiences backed by science and designed for joy.
Born from over two decades of clinical research, CONNECT brings evidence-based engagement tools to homes and care communities around the world.

This week, we’re revisiting our why — because meaningful connection isn’t just our mission. It’s our proof of impact.

Follow along as we explore how science and social connection come together in CONNECT.

Learn More: https://www.theconnectapp.com/our-solution

10/20/2025

We’ve been quiet on Facebook… but we’ve been growing something meaningful behind the scenes.

This week on Tech Tuesday, Steve Moran sits down with Sharon Johnson— Brand Experience Manager to Hopeful Aging, Executive Director of the I'm Still Here Foundation, and Co-Founder of Always There, LLC.

💡 They’ll explore how one connected tablet is transforming engagement for people living with dementia—and what it really takes for technology to support dignity, autonomy, and joy.

If you care about innovation with heart, this conversation is for you.

📅 10/21/25 @ 10:30 am PT
Click Here to Join Live: https://www.linkedin.com/events/reimaginingconnectionforpeoplew7384701421121810433/theater/

Let’s reconnect—and keep aging hopeful. 💬