Entrepreneur seizes on an unmet need in senior health care

When Kerri Johnson located her biological father in 2017, it was a personal milestone. It also served as inspiration for a new business venture for the longtime nurse and medical salesperson.

“He had advanced dementia at that point,” says Johnson, 53. “It was kind of a lightbulb moment: He was living alone and had the means to travel, but he wasn’t able to travel on his own. This thought came upon me that he was not the only one in this situation.”