Designing for Dignity 

A podcast by Slide UX

 

Designing for Dignity spotlights innovators, clinicians, caregivers, researchers, advocates—and people with lived experience—who are shaping the future of AgeTech and human-centered care.

Through honest, curious, and deeply human conversations, host Erin Young explores how thoughtful design can enhance autonomy, connection, and quality of life for people navigating aging or brain change. Each episode surfaces lessons that bridge technology, empathy, and impact.

You’ll find Designing for Dignity on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, iHeartRadio, and Pocket Casts.

Latest episodes

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Technology for Better Senior Care: Lessons in AgeTech from Caregiving Veteran Christy Rockefeller
Technology for Better Senior Care: Lessons in AgeTech from Caregiving Veteran Christy Rockefeller

How important is technology when it comes to best-in-class senior care? In this episode of Designing for Dignity, Erin Young interviews Christy Rockefeller, a caregiving veteran and with extensive experience at tech companies focused on improving home care. Christy shares her journey into senior care, and her experiences at nursing homes, memory care, hospice, and home care.

Connecting Generations through VR Gaming with David Wyatt of Mighty Coconut
Connecting Generations through VR Gaming with David Wyatt of Mighty Coconut

What happens when virtual reality becomes a bridge between generations? In this episode of Designing for Dignity, host Erin Young talks with David Wyatt, Head of Communications and Business Strategy at Mighty Coconut, about how the hit VR game Walkabout Mini Golf unexpectedly became a favorite among older players. They explore how VR, aging, and accessibility intersect—and what game designers can learn from older adults who are embracing play in digital spaces.

 

Designing for Dignity Podcast Host, Erin Young

About our host, Erin Young

Erin Young is the founder of Slide UX, a nationally recognized user experience design agency that partners with organizations to create digital products that are both intuitive and deeply human-centered.

With more than 20 years of experience leading UX research and design for clients in health, technology, and aging services, Erin brings both professional expertise and personal perspective to the conversation.

Erin’s family carries a rare genetic mutation that causes Familial Alzheimer’s Disease. This discovery has profoundly shaped her purpose and Slide UX’s focus on innovation in brain health, aging, and care.

Erin also serves on the board of Youngtimers, a nonprofit for families facing inherited Alzheimer’s, and she uses her voice to advocate for dignity, empathy, and inclusion in design. Her leadership bridges strategy, storytelling, and lived experience—helping shape the next generation of products that honor the complexity of brain change and aging

More about Erin’s Story

About Slide UX

Slide UX is a user experience design firm specializing in brain change, AgeTech, and care. We help teams research, design, and ship products and services that honor dignity and deliver measurable outcomes.

Working in AgeTech? Let’s talk.

If you’re working to shape the future of AgeTech and human-centered care, let’s chat. We"‘re actively seeking innovators, clinicians, caregivers, researchers, advocates, and people with lived experience in the space of brain change and AgeTech as guests for this show.

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