Rather than retire, this over-50 caregiver bootstrapped a business to help older adults
“My mother and father both had a chronic falling problem,” the former tech worker said in a phone interview. “It got to the point where in one four- or six-week period, I had to go to my mother’s house five times. The fire department went a sixth.”
Powell’s obese father suffered from osteoarthritis in his knees. Consequently, his knee would frequently go out, so he fell often and, at over 300 pounds, it was very difficult to get him off the floor.
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