Nonprofit product lab
Practical products for families caring for aging parents.
TheirTMRW is a nonprofit product lab that creates digital tools and connected products for families managing the care of aging parents and other older relatives.
We started with elder care challenges in our own family.
My wife and I have encountered many of the challenges that come with caring for aging parents. Some are significant. Others are small, recurring problems that existing products do not address particularly well.
I'm Marc Scibelli, a designer and builder. I began creating tools for problems we were experiencing ourselves. TheirTMRW is a nonprofit home for that work: a place to develop these ideas, talk about what we are learning, and make useful products available to other families.
The goal is not to turn these products into businesses. If something makes caring for an aging relative a little easier for another family, it is worth sharing.
Small, useful responses to real caregiving problems.
Our work may take the form of software, AI assisted tools, simple connected hardware, or an idea shared openly for someone else to build. We begin with the needs of family caregivers: staying connected, coordinating help, sharing responsibility, and handling the everyday work that accumulates around an aging relative's care.
We expect to build and ship some products ourselves. Over time, TheirTMRW may also become a home for outside ideas and projects that share the same purpose.
- 01Start with a problem families actually encounter
- 02Reduce work instead of adding another system to manage
- 03Respect the older adult's independence and privacy
- 04Keep products affordable and understandable
- 05Share useful work even when it is not a business
Our first product
PrintSender
A simple way to send something tangible.
PrintSender lets family members send photographs, notes, reminders, and other useful information to a small printer near an aging relative. The recipient does not need to open an app, remember a password, or navigate a screen.
We built it because we wanted an easier way to share useful and personal things with an aging parent. We are now working toward making it available to other families who may have the same need.
This work can begin with a conversation.
If your family has faced a problem that existing products do not handle well, we would like to hear about it. You can also get in touch if you are interested in PrintSender, have experience relevant to this work, or want to help make a useful idea available to more families.
Prefer email? Write to us directly at
info@theirtmrw.com