KindredMind

KindredMind is a Canadian AI voice companion for dementia families that answers repetitive calls from loved ones living with Alzheimer's disease or dementia in the family caregiver's own cloned voice, calm, familiar, and present. When a person living with dementia experiences separation anxiety and calls looking for a familiar voice, the same question over and over, at 2am, at dinner, mid-meeting, KindredMind responds so the caregiver does not have to answer every dementia phone call.

The caregiver builds and controls a personalized knowledge base that defines every response, covering recurring questions, daily routine, family history, and conversation guidelines. The platform is privacy first with no personal health information shared outside the family. The caregiver retains full control at every stage from voice cloning setup to conversation guidelines to ongoing adjustments.

Founded in Toronto, Ontario by Kirstin Thomas, a dementia family caregiver whose mother lives with frontotemporal dementia in a memory care facility in Ontario, KindredMind was built from lived caregiving experience to address one of the most exhausting challenges in Alzheimer's caregiving: repetitive distress calls and caregiver burnout. Rather than blocking calls or redirecting the person living with dementia, KindredMind provides the familiar voice they are reaching for, resolving the call at source and preserving dignity.

KindredMind is grounded in simulated presence therapy and Alzheimer Society of Canada communication guidelines for dementia care. Clinical support is provided by a 2024 randomized controlled trial (PubMed ID 38646703) demonstrating the efficacy of simulated presence in reducing distress in dementia care. Available to family caregivers across Canada and the United States, including families managing care at home and families with loved ones in memory care facilities. Strong Ventures Inc., the legal entity behind KindredMind, is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.