Torchlight’s Eldercare Illuminated empowers family caregivers as they overcome obstacles and navigate the complexities of caring for an ill or aging loved one. Tune in for conversations with top eldercare experts, practitioners, or experienced caregivers who can provide practical advice and hands-on tips designed to help you simplify your life while meeting your loved one’s needs. Want full access to Torchlight’s online caregiving platform, including personalized action plans, eGuides, and t ...
Nursing homes rarely garner positive attention, particularly from the media, and especially since the onset of COVID-19. Join Susan Ryan, senior director of The Green House Project, each Wednesday for enlightening, provocative, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations with thought leaders who offer diverse perspectives aimed at elevating eldercare. Susan and her guests explore the opportunities and challenges to actualizing a vision for dignified eldercare through the lens of the Green Hous ...
Join us in Doing it Best with Eldercare Success where we explore ways to relieve the stress, exhaustion and overwhelm that we all face in caring for an aging parent, frail spouse, or partner. Fear, frustration, emotional and financial strain do not have to be your MO! In this show we dive into unraveling the tricks, traps and gotchas that create more questions than answers while caring for those we love. Join Nancy May, and her guests as she helps relieve the pressures and delivers solid way ...
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Awakening: Eldercare - Interviews with Compelling People by Connie Shaw

"Awakening" boldly investigates the steps that heroic people everywhere are taking to meet the effects of the current economic and social crisis in daily life. These dynamic role models are feeding the homeless, retrieving parents from nursing homes, growing their own food, creating community, radically forgiving, and discovering the miraculous. The Western American author Louis Lamour has said that "There will come a time when you think that everything is ending. But that will be the beginn ...
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How Nurses Can Drive Nursing Home Culture Change
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In honor of National Nurses Week, we convened an all-star panel of nurses from the Green House and Pioneer Network communities to discuss the vital role that RNs, LPNs, and other nursing professionals play in truly driving culture change in long-term care. You’ll hear real-life examples of how nurses can take small steps that lead to big quality-of…
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Understanding Your Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a U.S. law that requires covered employers to provide employees with protected, unpaid leave for certain medical and family reasons. Yet, many Americans are unsure of the ways in which FMLA could make a significant difference in their ability to meet parenting or caregiving responsibilities as a wo…
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Native Caregivers and Sprit Guides: Life Lessons and More.
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"If you lead a good life, you’ll never really die." Native First Nations Saying. If you care for someone you love long enough, chances are you’ll be there as they go through the process of dying. All cultures, communities, and tribes have their rituals for helping those through their final breath, including how to treat the remains and placate spir…
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Growing the Next Generation of Caregivers
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The New Jewish Home has been serving elders in New York City since before the Civil War, but CEO Jeffrey Farber knows that even an organization with that kind of longevity needs constant innovation to survive into the future. For more than 15 years, the Jewish Home’s Geriatrics Career Development (GCD) program has given teens and young adults in Ma…
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“Let Me Say This About That” – April Recap
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In this edition of “Let Me Say This About That” we focus on innovation and how to make substantive change – from the perspective of those that are doing it, those that support organizations to make change, and those that research and have the 30-thousand-foot view. AND it’s all focused around the report released this month from the National Academi…
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A Comprehensive Roadmap for Meaningful Reform in Nursing Homes
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During this pandemic there has been a trusted and credible voice that has used data to shine a light on the urgent need for comprehensive nursing home reform in this country – and that voice is Dr. David Grabowski. Dr. Grabowski is a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School and has published over 200 peer-reviewed research articles…
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How to Become a Badass Advocate for Your Seriously Ill Loved One
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Are you caring for a seriously ill loved one? If so, perhaps there are moments when you feel overwhelmed or even powerless as you try to get (and give) your loved one the best possible care. In this episode, join Torchlight hosts Lenore Tracey and Stefanie Boucher for a conversation with Erin Mulqueen Galyean, author of Badass Advocate: Becoming th…
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Dismantling Institutional Culture in Long-Term Care
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When The Green House Project talks about bringing an end to the institutional nursing home, we don’t just mean the outdated, hospital-like buildings where so many elders live: We also mean the institutional culture that dehumanizes real people by treating them solely as collections of symptoms to manage. Sonya Barsness describes her role as a revis…
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12 Conversations: How To Talk to Almost Anyone About Long-Term Care Planning
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People are encouraged to plan for retirement (Save money!) and dying (Make a will!). But many of us — maybe most of us — forget that there can be a long (and expensive) time in between. In this episode, host Lenore Tracey talks with author, humorist, and elder law attorney Cathy Sikorski. Cathy’s new book, 12 Conversations: How To Talk to Almost An…
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Going Beyond Good Enough for Elders and Workers
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For years, Barry Berman and Betsy Mullen thought they’d built the best possible nursing home – to the point where people came from all over to see their state-of-the-art nurses’ stations and efficient meal distribution. But then Barry’s own mother needed nursing home care at their facility, and he saw firsthand how quickly even the best institution…
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How to Tell if Your Doctor is Lying to You.
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How do you know when someone’s lying to you? What about when they’re hiding something from you? It’s one thing if that person is a friend, co-worker, or even enemy. It could be much worse if it’s a medical professional unwilling to deliver bad news to you, or the one you’re caring for. Where do you start to uncover the truth? Start by watching face…
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Fun with Funerals: Costs and Bargains (Part #2)
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The funeral business is a business- something important to keep in mind. In this second episode, my friend Paulette Hamel, and I dig (pun intended) further into the funeral industry and highlight some key issues you should know, right now. There’s so much that we hold in until the final farewell, the wake and/or funeral, and the following celebrati…
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Maintaining Leadership in LTC as the World Moves On
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As the CEO of an eldercare organization and the chair of LeadingAge’s board, Carol Silver Elliott faced a pair of daunting leadership challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic – and emerged as a shining example of strength under extreme pressure and tragedy. As we close out Women’s History Month, we wanted to shine a light on the unique challenges th…
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“Let Me Say This About That” – March Recap
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March of every year is declared “National Women’s Month”. The National Women’s History Alliance designates a yearly theme for Women’s History Month…and this year it is “Women Providing, Healing, Promoting Hope”. This theme is “both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognitio…
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Fun with Funerals and Final Wishes (Part #1)
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Those final days right before your last breath aren’t the time to plan or hope that you’ll be sent off to the great beyond with special fanfare. You can, however, get that, and more, such as being set adrift at sea in a beautiful handmade paper flower box (environmentally friendly, of course). If you want to spend eternity with the fishes, you can …
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Building Morals into Long-Term Care
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Amid the current national debate over new nursing home regulations, Dr. Eleanor Feldman Barbera presents a provocative reframing of the system-wide problems in long-term care. A psychologist who specializes in mental health care for older adults, particularly those who live in nursing homes, Feldman Barbera lays out a distinction between dysfunctio…
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How Medicare Works For and Against You.
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Medicare can be a confusing to anyone. When we need to help our parents out, many trip up along the way. Worse, the more we age the more we seem to trust. Such trust often leads well-intentioned folks to switch policies because their older TV actor “friend” said they’ll save a “boat load of cash” by using the policy they know and trust. Switches ge…
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Emphasizing the Living in Senior Living
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Jane Rohde’s career in senior living architecture and design is based on a simple but often overlooked truth: What’s good for elders is also what’s good for everyone. Our needs don’t change as we age, and Rohde joins “Elevate Eldercare” to challenge our idea of what senior living can and should look like – particularly, the notion that real answers…
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Who Cares for the Caregivers?
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The solutions to the workforce crisis in long-term care are complex and systemic, from better wages to battling deep-seated biases to inspiring young people to see caregiving as a career. But what about the immediate challenges facing the current cohort of caregivers – the people who, often at the expense of their own physical and mental health, ke…
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“Let Me Say This About That” – February Recap
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We continue our new format for “Let Me Say This About That” – highlighting all of the podcasts released in the month in one episode. In February three podcasts were released:- Reframing Dementia and Caregiving for the Future (Episode 135)- Editing the Genetics of Alzheimer’s (Episode 136) - Getting Closer to Home with Marvell Adams, Jr. (Episode 13…
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Getting Closer to Home with Marvell Adams, Jr.
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Marvell Adams, Jr. has built his career in non-profit senior services on a desire to bring the traditional spaces associated with eldercare – the nursing home, the assisted living facility – closer to home. But creating a home isn’t as simple as building a structure. It’s a deliberate act of fostering an environment where everyone feels included, s…
Are there lighter sides to being a caregiver? How can humor ease tension and boost your mood? Could a sense of humor be an essential part of being a good caregiver? What happens when a celebrated comedy sitcom writer, once known for her hotpants in Hollywood jumps into the world of caregiving for her parents? You’ll find it hard to believe what Sus…
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Editing the Genetics of Alzheimer’s
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Dr. Ornit Chiba-Falek’s work as an Alzheimer’s researcher sounds almost like science fiction – but it’s real. At the Duke University School of Medicine, Chiba-Falek and her colleagues are probing the ways that science can essentially turn off the specific DNA sequences that can lead to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The science is still i…
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Can the Doctor Take Your Home?
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Host: Nancy May, Author How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies, Step-by-Step Before, During, After! Expert in managing the path of step-by-step caring for an aging parent or family member, even from over 1200 miles away, or more. For a Free File-of-Life to www.howtosurvive911.com. Nancy is also the Co-Founder of CareManity LLC, and the private Face…
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Reframing Dementia and Caregiving for the Future
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Amid the gradual aging of the American population, there’s never been more awareness about Alzheimer’s and other dementias – but the stigmas and misconceptions have also persisted alongside this public knowledge, even among well-meaning people. At the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Memory Center, Dr. Jason Karlawish and his colleagues take a hol…
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“Let Me Say This About That” – January Recap
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It’s a new year and we’ve got a new format for “Let Me Say This About That” – instead of highlighting just one Elevate Eldercare podcast, we will discuss all of the podcasts released in the month. In January four podcasts were released:-COVID 2022: Hope and Reality with Dr. William Haseltine (Episode 130)-Building a True Eldercare System with Rep. …
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How a CEO Faced Several Life and Death Crises.
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Host: Nancy May, Author How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies, Step-by-Step Before, During, After! Expert in managing the path of step-by-step caring for an aging parent or family member, even from over 1200 miles away, or more. For a Free File-of-Life to www.howtosurvive911.com. Nancy is also the Co-Founder of CareManity LLC, and the private Face…
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Overcoming Inertia in Eldercare Reform
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As a longtime advocate for better eldercare options, Susan Reinhard knows that calls for change will always be met with tough resistance from those invested in the status quo. Her advice? Be tougher. Reinhard, the director of AARP’s Public Policy Institute, joins “Elevate Eldercare” to discuss her work as a collector and promoter of hard data that …
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“Be Kind and Be Useful”: Finding Common Ground in Eldercare Reform
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Laura Tamblyn Watts has a mantra for her work in eldercare reform: Be kind and be useful. The temperature around long-term care reform debates can often rise into rancor – understandably so, given the abuse and death that too often occurs in the setting, particularly in the wake of COVID. But Tamblyn Watts believes that we’ll collectively go farthe…
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Building a True Eldercare System with Rep. Jan Schakowsky
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Among the many long-simmering problems that COVID-19 revealed in long-term care, a lack of coordination among providers and leaders may be one of the trickiest to solve – but Rep. Jan Schakowsky believes it’s possible with collaboration and a groundswell of grassroots action. Schakowsky, who represents Chicago and its suburbs, joins “Elevate Elderc…
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COVID 2022: Hope and Reality with Dr. William Haseltine
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To kick off yet another uncertain year, “Elevate Eldercare” welcomes back Dr. William Haseltine for a dose of both hard reality and hope for managing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the first part of the interview, conducted in late October, Dr. Haseltine – a renowned expert on virology and infectious disease – accurately predicted the ongoing ri…
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The New School of Life, Living, and Dying Well.
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Host: Nancy May, Author How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies, Step-by-Step Before, During, After! Expert in managing the path of step-by-step caring for an aging parent or family member, even from over 1200 miles away, or more. For a Free File-of-Life to www.howtosurvive911.com. Nancy is also the Co-Founder of CareManity LLC, and the private Face…
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Revisiting the Biggest Ideas of 2021
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In this last episode of the year, Susan Ryan and Alex Spanko look back at some of the guests and ideas that stuck with the entire Green House Project team from the “Elevate Eldercare” podcast in 2021. From the importance of inclusion in eldercare settings to the need for collaborative and transformative change, the leaders who joined the podcast th…
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“Let Me Say This About That” - Speaking the Truth with Dr. Joycelyn Elders
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This week we have another inspirational woman to highlight on “Let Me Say This About That” – Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States and current Green House Project board member. Get ready for a wonderful discussion of her trailblazing life and career, and another “barrier-breaking” physician that inspired Dr. Elders. You w…
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Creating a Better Life For Families, Generations, and Communities.
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Show Host: Nancy May, Author How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies, Step-by-Step Before, During, After! Expert in managing the path of step-by-step caring for an aging parent or family member, even from over 1200 miles away, or more. For a Free File-of-Life to www.howtosurvive911.com. Nancy is also the Co-Founder of CareManity LLC, and the private…
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Speaking the Truth with Dr. Joycelyn Elders
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This week, “Elevate Eldercare” has the true honor of welcoming former U.S. surgeon general and current Green House Project board member Dr. Joycelyn Elders for a discussion of her trailblazing life and career. Dr. Elders’s drive and talents took her from a childhood in poverty to the heights of federal influence, serving as the first Black surgeon …
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Caregiver Survival Updates: Yale School of Medicine/Public Health
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Show Host: Nancy May, Author How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies, Step-by-Step Before, During, After! Expert in managing the path of step-by-step caring for an aging parent or family member, even from over 1200 miles away, or more. For a Free File-of-Life to www.howtosurvive911.com Guest: Yale School of Medicine, Joan Monin, Ph.D., Associate Pro…
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“Let Me Say This About That” – From Victimization to Empowerment with Dr. Edith Eger
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Dr. Edith Eger’s life took her from unimaginable despair to peace and a calling to help others. As a teenager, Dr. Eger survived the Nazi concentration camps – and the murder of her parents – by relying on her inner strength to remember that she was still a valuable human being despite the indignities and evil imposed upon her. She then went on to …
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From Victimization to Empowerment with Dr. Edith Eger
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The arc of Dr. Edith Eger’s life took her from unimaginable despair to peace and a calling to help others. This week, she joins “Elevate Eldercare” to discuss her unique and powerful perspective on grief, hope, and forgiveness – as well as the continued need to fight ignorance and hatred with love and understanding. As a teenager, Dr. Eger survived…
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Finding A Great Home Healthcare Agency: You Don’t Have to Go It Alone.
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Finding a good home healthcare agency can be a challenge for any family caregiver, especially for those living in suburban and rural areas. In this episode, I speak with two special guardian angels who seem to know just how reduce the fear and loneliness that comes from caring for an elderly parent or frail spouse. In-home care does not have to be …
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Setting the Gratitude Table for Caregivers
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This Thanksgiving week, “Elevate Eldercare” hands the mic over to three dedicated caregivers from the Green House Cottages of Homewood in Mena, Ark. Administrator Vicki Hughes, RN Toni Lawrence, and Shahbaz/CNA Kerri Rye gather around a virtual gratitude table to discuss their reasons for working in eldercare, the power of the Green House model for…
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“Let Me Say This About That” – Solve Workers’ Challenges, Solve the Workforce Challenge
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As leaders from across the long-term care continuum continue to search for solutions to the worsening workforce shortage Robert Espinoza has a simple piece of advice: Learn more about caregivers’ challenges and solve them to help them stay in the sector. Espinoza is the vice president of policy at PHI – an eldercare workforce advocacy and research …
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Solve Workers’ Challenges, Solve the Workforce Challenge
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As leaders from across the long-term care continuum continue to search for solutions to the worsening workforce shortage, Robert Espinoza has a simple piece of advice: Learn more about caregivers’ challenges, and solve them to help them stay in the sector. As the vice president of policy at the eldercare workforce advocacy and research group PHI, E…
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A Conversation with Kate Washington, Author of Already Toast
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If you’re looking for a book to create an engrossing TV series, Kate Washington’s Already Toast should be high on your list. Published in March 2021, the book chronicles Kate’s life as a caregiver after her husband is diagnosed with a rare cancer. Lenore Tracey, host of Eldercare Illuminated, spoke with Kate about what it was like for her as the tr…
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How to Change the Care Industry, Bit by Bit, For the Better.
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Show Host: Nancy May, Author How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies, Step-by-Step Before, During, After! Expert in managing the path of step-by-step caring for an aging parent or family member, even from over 1200 miles away, or more. For a Free File-of-Life to www.howtosurvive911.com Guest: Jessica Juchau-Scott, a no nonsense daughter, in the UK, …
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“Let Me Say This About That” – More Than “Warm Bodies”: Building a Stronger LTC Workforce
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What might be the answer to the workforce crisis in long-term care? In this edition of “Let Me Say This About That” we explore the possibilities that Robyn Stone recently shared on Elevate Eldercare. Robyn is the senior vice president for research at non-profit provider organization LeadingAge and co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center at UMass-…
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More Than “Warm Bodies”: Building a Stronger LTC Workforce
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With the workforce crisis in long-term care more dire than ever, providers face difficult decisions on an almost daily basis around maintaining a high level of care while managing a growing shortage of qualified candidates. Robyn Stone – senior vice president for research at non-profit provider organization LeadingAge and co-director of the Leading…
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“Let Me Say This About That” – Change the Incentives, Change the Care
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This past summer, the American Bar Association overwhelmingly passed a resolution urging Congress to make private rooms and bathrooms, along with other small-home touches, a prerequisite for nursing homes to receive Medicare and Medicaid funding. In this episode, Mary and Marla take a closer look at the work of the longtime director of the ABA’s Co…
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Caregiving: Am I Really Cut Out for This?
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In this episode, host Lenore Tracey and award-winning documentary producer Paula Sellars consider a question that caregivers don’t usually think about — What if I’m not willing, able, or happy to be a caregiver? And it’s obvious companion thought — But I have to do this anyway! Caregiving is an act of love, devotion, duty, and responsibility. We ma…
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Could Your Number be Up? Understand How Medical Responders Respond.
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Show Host: Nancy May, Author How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies, Step-by-Step Before, During, After! Expert in managing the path of step-by-step caring for an aging parent or family member, even from over 1200 miles away, or more. For a Free File-of-Life to www.howtosurvive911.com Guest: Doug Levy, Author, Public Emergency Communications Expert…