Our Story

Ideas happen when great food and great company are coupled with a combined industry experience of over 80 years. Sitting at some of our favorite local restaurants on the South Shore in Massachusetts, the idea for Gardeen grew and blossomed. Our conversations and entrepreneurial spirit led us to think about how we could create proactive solutions for our ever-changing industry. That is when we found our solution in the technology of the monitoring system. That is why we felt the Gardeen Monitoring System would change how we find preemptive care solutions for our aging adults. So many things have changed in the past few years in long-term care and the overall employee market, significantly impacting the industry’s business models. Add in the technological advances, and we felt we needed to put our heads together to find how to respond to this need. It becomes the eyes and ears where our partners and we cannot have them, with innovative and noninvasive devices that give us critical information to provide the appropriate care and make informed decisions to support families and their loved ones.

Meet Our Founders

Allan Parker

Allan Parker is excited to be one of the Co-Founders of Gardeen and the mission it brings to the elder community. With him he brings over 16 years of Sales and Marketing background in the medical device field as well as in home care. He has served as Director of Sales and Marketing with Cahoon Care for over 6 years bringing creating strong bonds within the Massachusetts Senior community and developing lasting relationships for the company to help serve them through this day. He has also served on the boards of a few different charitable organizations for Elders like Cape Cod Senior Resource Group and Plymouth Networking Group for Elders. He brings with him a passion and caring for the senior community that helps drive his desire to better serve them. His years in the medical device field as Sales, marketing and Product management has given him an understanding on how to fuel Gardeen’s mission to empower individuals to live independently and confidently by providing innovative and reliable solutions for monitoring and managing their health and well-being.

Carolyn Parker

Carolyn Parker has over thirty-five years of elder care experience, an unwavering commitment to the elder community and expertise in supporting those who wish to age in place safely, in the comfort of their own living environment. Throughout the last few years, Carolyn became concerned with increasingly unmet needs in our senior community. Some a result of post-pandemic labor shortages and with older adults being at risk, living independently without understanding their own physical limitations. Carolyn’s entrepreneurial spirit and unwavering commitment to higher standards in elder care was a driving force behind developing a solution to provide critical insight and understanding of independence and/or care needs without compromising dignity, privacy, and autonomy. Collaborating with three other likeminded elder care experts, Gardeen, LLC was born. Carolyn is also the co-founder and operator of Cahoon Care Associates, LLC a thriving non-medical home care agency founded in 2010. Today Cahoon Care proudly serves older adults in the communities of Hancock County in Maine and Southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod. Aside from being a successful entrepreneur, Carolyn’s thirst for adventure is never truly quenched. She often travels with her husband Allan exploring many new destinations and revisiting their favorite happy place in Belize.

John Moniz

Meet our senior living expert with over 25 years of experience, specializing in working with older adults. With a diverse set of experiences in the healthcare industry, John has gained a wealth of knowledge both locally and nationally. For over 15 years, he has served as an Executive Director in the Greater Boston and South Shore Area. John’s passion lies in assisting families and older adults through the complex journey of aging. He is excited to be part of this new business venture, which aligns perfectly with its mission. John believes that the Gardeen Monitoring System powered by Pacsana has the potential to revolutionize the way we care for older adults, providing a new level of safety and security that was previously unavailable. This powerful device can help older adults feel more confident and independent while also providing families with the reassurance they need to know their loved ones are safe and protected. In addition, he understands the significance of building relationships and partnerships, which can have a profound impact on our older adults, families, friends, and partners. By working together, John believes that we can navigate the aging process with grace and compassion.

Margery Cahoon Parker

Margery has spent her career with a focus on the entrepreneurial spirit. Most recently, she and other family members have successfully founded, grown and managed Cahoon Care Associates, LLC, a home care company focused on serving our elderly community with a level of comforting quality care that one would expect from their own family. With an appreciation for the changing environment and challenges in the elderly care and wellness sector, she and three other entrepreneurs including family members have founded Gardeen, LLC. to provide technological solutions for keeping our elderly independent and safe as possible. Prior to co-founding Cahoon Care Associates, Margery worked for nearly 30 years as a healthcare industry analyst and portfolio manager for Boston Investment firms, including Evergreen and Putnam Investments. She worked closely with senior healthcare management teams to identify their business strategies, best practices, and growth strategies. Margery currently serves on the Board for the North and South Rivers Watershed Association. Margery has a BA in biology from Wellesley College and an MBA in finance from Babson College.

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