About CuttingAge
CuttingAge helps older adults, caregivers, and families find trustworthy information without the frustration of navigating multiple websites and complex systems. We make information easier to find, easier to understand, and easier to use—helping people stay informed, connected, and independent at every stage of life.
We believe that access to clear, reliable information is essential to healthy aging, informed decision-making, and participation in community life. Everyone deserves information that is easy to understand, practical, and available in the language they understand best.
Why CuttingAge Exists
CuttingAge was created in response to a personal experience shared by many families.
When our founder's father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, her family searched for reliable information, treatment options, and community support. Instead, they encountered scattered resources, confusing medical language, and websites that were difficult to navigate. If finding trustworthy information was challenging for the family, it is even more difficult for someone living with Parkinson's, whose energy, attention, and motor skills could change from day to day.
Her family had previously experienced the challenges of dementia and understood how isolating brain disorders can be for both individuals and those who care for them. They also saw how clear communication, patience, and familiar language could help people remain connected and engaged.
These experiences revealed a broader problem. Too often, older adults and caregivers are expected to navigate fragmented information scattered across many different sources and websites. Valuable services exist, but they are not always easy to find or understand.
CuttingAge was created to help bridge that gap.
What CuttingAge Does
Today, CuttingAge brings together trusted information, community resources, government services, and practical guidance in one accessible place for older adults.
Rather than replacing the organizations that provide these services, we help people discover and understand them more easily. We organize information in plain language, highlight practical details such as eligibility, accessibility, contact information, and next steps, and present resources in ways that are easier to browse and compare.
Our goal is to reduce confusion, save time, and help people make informed decisions with greater confidence.
We also support community organizations, nonprofits, healthcare providers, and businesses that serve older adults by helping people discover the programs, services, and resources they offer.
What Makes CuttingAge Different
Many organizations provide valuable information. CuttingAge helps people find, understand, and use that information.
We bring together resources from trusted organizations into a single, easy-to-navigate experience designed around the needs of older adults and caregivers. Every effort is made to present information in plain language, reduce unnecessary complexity, and make important details easier to identify.
Our approach is guided by principles of accessibility, inclusion, respect, and independence.
What CuttingAge Doesn't Do
To maintain transparency, it is important to be clear about our role.
We do not provide medical advice, diagnoses, or treatment recommendations.
We do not provide legal or financial advice or represent government agencies.
We do not guarantee the quality, availability, pricing, or outcomes of third-party programs or services.
We do not provide emergency assistance.
Designed in Consultation with Older Adults
CuttingAge has been shaped with the participation of more than 100 older adults representing different backgrounds, cultures, and languages.
Through interviews, conversations, and usability testing, participants shared their experiences using computers, tablets, and smartphones to search for information online. Their feedback influenced the organization of information, navigation, language, and overall user experience.
This collaborative approach continues to guide the development of CuttingAge.
Our Vision
Technology should do more than help people search for information. It should help people understand it.
At CuttingAge, we believe artificial intelligence should be held to a higher standard when people are making decisions that affect their health, independence, and daily lives — and it should always respect each person's freedom to choose.
Today, that means a simple, conversational experience in eight languages that helps people discover trusted local resources.
As the platform evolves, we aim to help people ask better questions, understand what services actually offer, and navigate community resources with greater confidence.
Our Commitment
We are committed to making trusted information more accessible, more understandable, and more useful for older adults, caregivers, and families.
Our aim is not only to help people find trusted information, but to support them as they make informed decisions for themselves.
Collaborate With Us
CuttingAge welcomes collaboration with researchers, community organizations, healthcare providers, nonprofits, technology partners, and others who share our commitment to making trusted information easier to discover, understand, and use.
We are interested in research collaborations, pilot programs, community partnerships, usability studies, and other opportunities to improve how older adults discover and navigate trusted information.
If you share our vision, we'd love to hear from you.
Man Nga Chan, MPH, Founder of CuttingAge
support@cuttingage.co