# Ceresti Health

> Ceresti Health is a Carlsbad, California digital-health company that turns family caregivers into the front line of dementia care. Through a cell-enabled tablet, weekly one-on-one coaching from a personal care navigator, and claims-driven predictive analytics, Ceresti helps spouses and adult children spot the small changes - a urinary tract infection, a missed medication - that otherwise snowball into costly hospitalizations. The company sells to Medicare Advantage plans, ACOs, and providers operating under the CMS GUIDE payment model, and backs its program with a documented cost-savings guarantee: more than 50% fewer avoidable hospitalizations and roughly $6,800 in medical savings per enrolled patient per year.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Carlsbad, California, United States
- **Founders:** Dirk Soenksen (Co-Founder & CEO), Mark Wrenn (Co-Founder & CTO), Kevin Liang (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~60 employees
- **Products:** Ceresti Caregiver Program, Care Navigator Coaching, Predictive Analytics & Claims Engine, GUIDE Model Delivery
- **Notable:** Reduces avoidable hospitalizations for people living with dementia by more than 50%, Documented ~$6,828 in medical cost savings per enrolled patient per year (statistically significant $7,392/year in a matched-cohort study), 42% reduction in medical costs for Medicare Advantage members with dementia

## Products & services

- **Ceresti Caregiver Program** — A tech-enabled dementia care program that pairs each family caregiver with a personal care navigator (coach), delivered through a pre-configured, cell-enabled tablet. Includes weekly coaching, personalized health education, proactive monitoring with real-time alerts, care plan adherence support, and closure of social-determinants-of-health gaps.
- **Care Navigator Coaching** — Personalized weekly communication from a dedicated coach, with bilingual coaches and multi-language content, that activates and supports the family caregiver.
- **Predictive Analytics & Claims Engine** — AI-driven risk assessment that analyzes claims data to identify Medicare members with dementia, prioritize outreach, and personalize each caregiver's support plan.
- **GUIDE Model Delivery** — Program aligned to the CMS Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model, connecting home caregivers with remote care coordinators reimbursed through Medicare.

## Achievements

- Reduces avoidable hospitalizations for people living with dementia by more than 50%
- Documented ~$6,828 in medical cost savings per enrolled patient per year (statistically significant $7,392/year in a matched-cohort study)
- 42% reduction in medical costs for Medicare Advantage members with dementia
- Clinically-validated outcomes recognized by the Validation Institute
- Raised $11.7M in 2025 to scale its GUIDE-powered platform
- Awarded a $478K NIH grant to build a Spanish-language dementia caregiver program
- Featured by Inc. among promising health startups tackling dementia care

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Griswold and Ceresti Health announced a partnership to expand dementia caregiver support nationwide.
- **2026-02** — Ceresti Health announced a strategic partnership with Interim HealthCare Inc. to expand dementia care nationwide.
- **2025-08** — Ceresti raised $11.7M (part of a planned $15M offering) to scale its GUIDE-powered dementia caregiver support platform.
- **2024-07** — Received a $478,107 NIH grant to develop a Spanish-language version of its dementia caregiver program for Hispanic/Latino families.

## Links

- Website: https://ceresti.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/ceresti-health-inc.
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cerestihealth
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/cerestihealth/

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Last updated: 2026-07-06