# Voice-Activated Wellness Apps Cuida Health's 'LiSA' is a Friendly Senior Wellness App By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2018-10-30 | Life-Stages Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/senior-wellness References: [xconomy](https://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2018/10/26/cuida-health-launches-voice-based-social-wellness-app-for-seniors/) & [cuidahealth](https://cuidahealth.com/lisa/) San Diego-based start-up Cuida Health introduced LiSA (Learning Interface for Senior Adults) as a voice-activated social wellness app for seniors that can be used with popular smart speakers like the [Amazon](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/agentic-health-assistants) [Echo](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/teladoc) and [Google](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/luna-band) Home. Technology can be overwhelming to many seniors but since LiSA takes the form of a voice-based system, it can be used to send and receive messages without a phone or computer. As well as helping to keep seniors connected to their friends and family, LiSA also has the potential to be used as an all-in-one wellness system to keep tabs on one's sleeping habits and hydration levels, and also offer medication reminders. On top of being branded as a connector and a health coach, LiSA is also touted as an entertainer, as the app can suggest fun things to do both inside and outside of the home. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.8/10 - Popularity: 43% | Activity: 64% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Life-Stages](https://www.trendhunter.com/life-stages) > [Seniors](https://www.trendhunter.com/seniors) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Voice-activated Senior Wellness Apps:** Developing voice-based wellness apps for seniors can address the technological challenges elderly people face and provide all-in-one wellness systems that offer creativity and entertainment. - **Smart Speaker Integration for Social Wellness:** Integrating wellness apps with popular smart speaker devices such as Amazon Echo and Google Home can potentially allow for seamless voice-activated communication and social connections among seniors. - **AI-powered Wellness Assistants:** Using AI technology and voice-activated features can potentially lead to the development of personalized senior wellness apps that provide medication reminders, sleep tracking, and hydration monitoring in an easy and accessible way. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Healthcare and Wellness Industry:** Creating innovative wellness apps that cater to the elderly demographic can potentially be a lucrative and disruptive opportunity for healthcare and wellness providers. - **Smart Home Device Industry:** Collaborating with app developers to create customized apps and voice-activated systems for seniors can potentially lead to new market opportunities for smart home device manufacturers. - **Artificial Intelligence Industry:** Incorporating AI-powered features into senior wellness apps can potentially lead to disruptive innovation opportunities in the AI industry as well as in healthcare and wellness. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Elderly Wellness Monitoring](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/callcare.md) - [AI-Powered Caregiver Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aiwatchfulcompanion.md) - [AI-Powered Caregiver-Supporting Companions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-companion-for-family-caregivers.md) - [Anti-Senior Loneliness Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/elliq.md) - [AI Health Companions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/life-time-app-l-ai-c.md) - [AI Dementia Care](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-dementia-care.md) - [AI-Powered Care Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/always-best-care.md) - [Senior-Focused Health Applications](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lg-smart-tv.md) - [Senior-Focused Wearable Health Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/carepredict.md)