About Us
The HomeHealthTech™️ software platform was designed by care managers for care managers. We know the challenges involved in coordinating home-based care and services. Our founders set out to leverage technology and automation to encircle a senior at home with a connected virtual village providing support to seniors as they age in their own home, safely and independently.
Our story began in Honolulu, Hawaii where co-founders, former hospital administrators, Dew-Anne Langcaon and Bonnie Castonguay, started a senior care navigation service called Ho-okele. Ho’okele means navigator in Hawaiian and is the revered role on a voyaging canoe held by one who navigates using the stars, ocean currents and other natural elements to guide ancient ocean voyagers. For families navigating the complexities of senior health care, it can often feel like a stormy voyage with no help to guide them. Inclusion of family is another value that drove our founders to find ways to better connect the families of their clients to be part of the care team.
Helping seniors stay heathy and safe at home is a formidable undertaking. It is highly labor-intensive, demanding of personalization and compassion, typically paper-based, and as a result tedious and costly. We knew that smart technology would be central to the transformation of the delivery of services to seniors in their homes. Yet, workflow barriers to adoption of automation by the very providers who need it has long been an obstacle in solving this problem. So we focused on making technology easy to use by the in-home providers of care, more readily leading to acceptance and success.
The founders sought the expertise of technology experts in Seattle, Washington to bring their vision to reality through a new software platform company called iHealthHome. This platform is now used by over 35,000 clients in 23 states across the US.
In 2021 Gilbert Scherer established HomeHealthTech™️ in British Columbia for the purpose of providing the iHealthHome platform to the Canadian home care industry and the seniors it serves. The new company acquired exclusive rights to provide the iHealthHome platform in Canada and began operations in 2022.
The values of the founders guide us. Our Team is dedicated to making it easy for senior care providers to go paperless, be more efficient, support and supervise their caregivers in clients’ homes, better communicate with the entire care team the tasks that need to be performed to support clients, and so much more. And, ultimately, it is all about enabling the senior to stay in their own home as they age, safely and independently.
Who Are We
Healthcare and technology experts with a genuine passion for improving seniors’ quality of life.
Our Mission
Create a software platform to encircle a senior with a virtual village.
Our Vision
Seniors thriving at home
What We Do
Empower care communities with software that uniquely anticipates needs and addresses the special operational requirements for connecting the entire care team to cover the “last mile” – in the home.
Meet the Team
Gilbert Scherer
Managing Director, HomeHealthTech™️, Canada
Gilbert has been an active entrepreneur, business executive, and volunteer for non-profit organizations since 1976. He has founded, acquired, and grown numerous marketing and media companies, both private and public, including Seattle Film Works, American Passage Media Corp., Physicians’ Weekly, Media Passage, and Rally Marketing Group. He has served on the boards of various non-profit organizations including the Seattle Symphony, ACT Theater, Seattle Academy, Jewish Family Services, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, and co-founded Pups for Peace. Scherer holds a B.A. from the University of Texas and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Washington.
Marlyn Friedlander
Principal, HomeHealthTech, Canada
Marlyn Friedlander has been an active volunteer her entire life. Beginning at an early age Marlyn worked with underserved communities in the areas of healthcare, social services, patient advocacy, and senior care at Country Doctor Community Clinic of Seattle. Marlyn also worked for many years in human resources, in global health, fundraising and 1:1 care of hospice clients. She has served as director on numerous boards including Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation, and within her faith-based community. She is the mother of three adult children and resides in Seattle, Washington and Vernon, BC.
Dew-Anne Langcaon
Co-Founder & CEO, iHealthHome
Co-Founder with over 25 years of healthcare leadership experience in healthcare finance, hospital and physician group operations, and strategic planning. Eight years as an owner operator of a private home care agency and care navigation service. Prior to co-founding iHealthHome, served as EVP and Chief Strategy Officer for Hawaii’s largest hospital system, Hawaii Pacific Health.Bonnie Castonguay, RN
Co-Founder, iHealthHome
Bonnie is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years of experience in healthcare. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality by the National Association for Healthcare Quality and a Certified Geriatric Care Manager. More than eight years as an owner operator of a private home care agency and care navigation service. Prior to co-founding iHealthHome, served as Vice President of Patient Safety and Quality for Hawaii Pacific Health.Kara Mayeda
Vice President and Customer Success Officer
Over 20 years specializing in customer service in the retail and senior care sectors. Prior to joining iHealthHome, Kara served as the Director of Home and Community Based Services with Keiro Northwest in Seattle where she started, operated, and grew their private home care business. Using iHealthHome’s software, Kara implemented a fully paperless process that enabled rapid growth of the agency across the state of Washington.Dan Fredericks
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Co-Founder and principle architect of the iHealthHome software solution. Dan is an experienced business intelligence solution architect with an extensive background working with and managing all areas of technology with a focus on designing and developing various data warehouse strategies. Prior to joining iHealthHome, Dan was a lead architect at TIBCO.