Tendercare Partners With Assisting Hands Home Care, Vivo Fitness

NEW YORK—Tendercare, the free family caregiving platform, announced two new national trusted network partners: Vivo Fitness, the evidence-based virtual strength and fitness program for adults ages 55 and up, and Assisting Hands Home Care, a national non-medical in-home care network with 134 offices across the United States and Canada. With Vivo as the national anchor, tendercare is also formally launching health and fitness as its newest Trusted Network category.

According to tendercare, 80% of older adults want to remain at home as they age, and there is a growing spectrum of professional services and other offerings to help them do it well.

Providers who pass tendercare’s vetting and auditing process and are selected as trusted network members are matched with families seeking help through AI-based personalized recommendations.

“At tendercare, we believe the core anchors to aging well start with our health and our trust in the services we rely on,” said Shauna Sweeney, founder and CEO of tendercare. “Health, fitness and trusted homecare are pillars of the aging experience for every American family, and yet finding providers families can actually trust has always been harder and scarier than it should be. There’s no shortage of options, but there’s also no great way to quickly tell who is legitimate or which eldercare services might be best for you. Vivo Fitness and Assisting Hands have passed our ‘family test.’ With every category partner we add to the tendercare platform, we build a better, safer and more trusting way to age.”

Assisting Hands Home Care operates 134 offices across the United States and Canada in 33 states and provinces, with 14 additional offices set to open next. Their caregivers deliver 24/7 support across the full spectrum of in-home needs: companionship, personal care, Alzheimer’s and dementia support, Parkinson’s care, post-surgical recovery and hospice.

Vivo Fitness brings evidence-based, live virtual strength training to adults 55 and over through small-group sessions led by certified trainers. Grounded in clinical research, including a $2.3 million National Intstitute of Health-funded study conducted in partnership with Duke University, participants report significant gains in strength, balance, agility and endurance in as few as eight weeks. Classes are taught live via Zoom in groups of six or fewer, with personalized modifications for each participant. With a 98% monthly renewal rate, the impact speaks for itself.

“The hardest part of what we do has never been the training—it’s getting people started,” said Eric Levitan, founder and CEO of Vivo. “Too often, families don’t find us until after a fall or hospitalization, when the window for prevention has already narrowed. But it’s never too late to start, and when families take that first step together, it can be a powerful way to support someone they care for. tendercare changes that equation by helping families discover Vivo earlier and engage alongside their loved ones. That’s what this partnership is about—meeting people sooner, building strength together and helping older adults stay independent while there’s still everything to gain.”

“We are honored to be selected by tendercare as a national homecare partner at such a pivotal time in our industry,” said Deanna Keppel, vice president of Assisting Hands Home Care. “Their commitment to transparency and simplifying the care journey aligns deeply with our own values at Assisting Hands. We’ve spent years building the kind of reputation that earns trust before the first call is made, through our caregivers, our training, our standards and the families we’ve shown up for. Together, we are helping families move forward with greater confidence, knowing they have access to trusted information and compassionate, dependable care when they need it most.”