We bring together experience in senior living, healthcare, and technology to help people explore their options with more clarity and less pressure.
Founder, Strategy & AI
Patrick Nagle
Patrick is a technology entrepreneur and venture investor with more than two decades of experience building consumer internet and digital health companies. His work includes MentalHealth.com and Rehab.ai, with a shared focus on making care easier to understand and access.
Earlier in his career, Patrick grew RateMyProfessors.com before its sale to Viacom. He later built Rehab.com into a national platform connecting people with addiction treatment. At BetterYears, his focus is a simpler way to explore senior care, supported by useful information and real human connection.
Healthcare & Senior Living
Dan Hirschfeld
Dan brings a career spent building businesses and leading care organizations. During 23 years at Genesis HealthCare, he led healthcare divisions serving more than half a million patients annually.
He founded Hallmark Senior Communities, co-founded Bill Me Later, and later served as CEO of Chronic Care Management. His background spans senior living, care delivery, and technology—experience that brings an understanding of both the organizations providing care and the people relying on them.
Eldercare & Technology
Brian Trisler
Brian is a healthcare entrepreneur with experience building senior-care services. His work helped families navigate senior living options and brought technology to a deeply personal decision.
With more than 30 years of experience across healthcare and business, Brian leads Beartooth Enterprises and serves as an advisor to MentalHealth.com. He brings a long-standing perspective on eldercare, building useful services, and helping people find their way through unfamiliar choices.
John is the person you can talk with at BetterYears. He brings his senior-care experience to conversations with people exploring care for themselves or someone they love.
Start with what matters to you: staying at home, finding a community, understanding costs, or simply knowing where to begin. John is here to listen and help you think through your next step.
