Kirstin Thomas is co-founder of KindredMind, a voice companion for dementia families. She lives in Ontario, Canada, about twenty minutes from her mother Sharon, who lives in a care facility.  Sharon was diagnosed with vascular dementia and later with frontotemporal dementia. After an ischaemic stroke, she lives with left-side paralysis and a small but determined geography of remembered things. The voice she still listens for is Kirstin's.  For months, Sharon would call Kirstin sometimes ten times before lunch. Some calls Kirstin could pick up. Many she could not. Every missed call carried guilt. Every answered call came with the pressure to always be available. Kirstin looked into the standard recommendations. Block the calls. Silence the phone. Limit the contact. None of them addressed Sharon's anxiety. None of them gave Kirstin a way to be there without breaking herself.  Kirstin co-founded KindredMind with Patrick Armstrong to close that gap. KindredMind answers Sharon's calls in Kirstin's own voice, calm and familiar, grounded in simulated presence therapy. The caregiver does not get replaced. The caregiver gets amplified.  Today, Kirstin works on KindredMind alongside her continued caregiving for Sharon. She writes about various dementia topics, the ethics of voice technology in dementia care, and the daily texture of family caregiving at kindredmind.care/blog. Kirstin is the public voice of KindredMind, while Patrick Armstrong leads engineering and operations.  Kirstin is available for journalist interviews, podcast guesting, panel discussions, and expert commentary on dementia caregiving, simulated presence therapy, the ethics of AI in family care, frontotemporal dementia, and what it means to be a primary caregiver building technology while still in the work.  For interview requests or media inquiries, contact hello@kindredmind.care.