Help Choose Home
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Help Choose Home podcast features relevant information about the choices in home care available to individuals and their loved ones. Host Merrily Orsini, along with guests from all facets of the home care industry, provide valuable help, encouragement and resources to those considering the option of aging in place.
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Are You Believing Common Misconceptions About Hospice Care?
December 07, 2021 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIn today’s episode, Carla Davis, Senior Vice President of Hospice Operations at the LHC Group, discusses many of the little-known benefits of hospice care, as well as some of the misconceptions that surround the hospice benefit. This discussion will surely help listeners to navigate hospice care for a loved one. Today’s episode discusses: A brief history of hospice in the United States Misconceptions around who hospice care is for and what services are offered in the benefit ...
Fred Johnson, President and CEO of Team Select Home Care, Discusses Pediatric Home Care
November 17, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBIn today’s episode, we discuss the many challenges facing the pediatric home care field in their journey to advocate and care for medically fragile children. One innovative company that’s helping in this fight is Team Select Home Care. Today, we talk to the President and CEO of Team Select to get his thoughts. In today’s episode, we discuss: Team Select’s unique approach to pediatric home care How COVID-19 has affected care for medically fragile children An innovative solutio...
Alice Bonner’s Work with the CAPABLE Program and the Institute for Health Improvement
November 03, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 58.8 MBIn today’s episode, Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing CAPABLE Program and Senior Advisor for the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI), explains the work she now does with CAPABLE and IHI, along with her over 30 years of nursing experience. CAPABLE stands for Community Aging in Place – Advancing Better Living for Elders. While focusing on function and cost, CAPABLE links a registered nurse, handy worker, and occupational therapist together to c...
How The Loop Village Is Changing the Way Older Adults Socialize at Home
October 20, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 52.4 MBIn today’s episode, we talk to Maria Botham, the Founder and CEO of The Loop Village, a unique online community created for older adults. Botham created The Loop Village with her cofounder after realizing the effect that isolation from COVID-19 was causing in seniors. She talks more about the ideas behind The Loop Village, as well as how the special online space is changing how older adults socialize as they age at home. In today’s episode, we discuss: What The Loop Village is and ...
Cypress HomeCare Solutions and the Benefits of Employee-Based Agencies
October 06, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBIn today’s episode, we talk to Bob Roth, Managing Partner of Cypress HomeCare Solutions. Speaking from an extensive career in home care, Roth, who is also the radio show host of Health Future and writes the monthly column, “Aging Today,” discusses his work with Cypress HomeCare. He also goes on to explain how consumers in the home care field can benefit from using an employee-based agency as opposed to hiring a private caregiver, which may lead to more liability on the consumer. Roth als...
How naviHealth Supports Patients in their Transition from Facility Care to Home Care
September 22, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBIn today’s episode, we talk to Dr. Jay LaBine, Chief Medical Officer for naviHealth, about his work in value-based, senior-focused, post-acute care. With a medical career spanning over many years, Dr. LaBine’s work with naviHealth centers around implementing programming that helps advocate for patients as they transition from receiving care in hospital or rehabilitation facilities to care at home. Through the lens of his work, he explains how patients can benefit from naviHealth’s efforts...
How Legislation Is Impacting Home Health from All Angles
September 08, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBIn today’s episode, we talk to Jason Bring, a health care partner at Arnall Golden Gregory who cochairs the law firm’s National Post-Acute Care team and serves on the Board of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice. Bring also works with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization on legislative issues in the industry. Through both his position at Arnall Golden Gregory and his personal involvement in the home health care field, Bring offers a lot of information about ...
Home Health Care Options and the Benefits Home Health Care Provides
August 25, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBIn today's episode, we talk to Dr. Tom Cornwell, Senior Medical Director at Village Medical at Home. Village Medical at Home is part of VillageMD, an organization that partners with physicians to provide the tools, technology, operations, staffing support and industry relationships to deliver high-quality clinical care and better patient outcomes, while reducing the total cost of care. Dr. Cornwell has over 25 years of experience providing care at home and has made over 34,000 house calls i...
Navigating Home Care Options in an Increasingly Digitized World
August 11, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 44.2 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Brent Korte, chief home care officer of EvergreenHealth. He’s also an active member of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice. In this episode we discuss: How virtual care options are making home care even more viable than before The “hospital at home” initiative and how it’s revolutionizing the way vulnerable populations receive health care The ways the National Association for Home Care and Hospice is working toward...
Aging in Place at the End of Life: How Palliative Care Can Help
July 28, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Dr. Timothy Ihrig, the Chief Medical Officer of Crossroads Hospice and Palliative Care. He’s also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ihrig MD and Associates. He is an internationally recognized expert in hospice and palliative care and a second time guest of the podcast. In this episode we discuss: How to know when curative medical treatments are actually causing harm to an elderly patient How the financial imperatives of t...
Independent Living Through In-Home Assistance
July 14, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBIn today’s episode we’re joined by Sara Ratcliffe, Executive Director of the Illinois Home Care and Hospice Council. Sara is the former State Home Care Association Chair and serves on the board of directors of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice. In this episode we discuss: How to use the Illinois Home Care and Hospice Council to find reliable local home care How technology and creative division of labor are taking pressure off caregivers The importance of training fami...
Expanding Living Options for the Elderly: How to Live Safely in Place
June 30, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Erik Listou , a certified living in place professional and home and accessibility trade specialist. Erik is the co-founder of the Living In Place Institute , an organization that provides professional education to individuals involved in the housing industry. He is the former Executive Director of the Denver Habitat for Humanity and hosted and produced his own 125-episode talk radio show, "Build Responsible, with Erik!" In this epis...
Aging in Place in Unprecedented Times: How the Pandemic Is Changing Home Care
June 02, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Sheila McMackin , a licensed clinical social worker, founder of Wellspring Personal Care , and founder and past president of the Home Care Association of America. Sheila has served on the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Home Health, Home Services and Home Nursing Advisory Board, and on the board of directors of Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter. In this episode we discuss: How best to search for safe ...
Community-Based Palliative Care: The Future of At-Home Health
May 19, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Edo Banach , JD, President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization . He has worked as the Senior Advisor and Deputy Director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Associate General Counsel at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Edo has also served as the Medicare Rights Center’s General Counsel, and has practiced health law at the firms of Latham &...
How Home Care Options Are Evolving in a Post-Pandemic World
May 05, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Bill Dombi, Esq., the President of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice , where he also serves as the Director for the Center for Healthcare Law, and the Executive Director of the Homecare and Hospice Financial Managers Association. With nearly 40 years of experience in health care law and policy, Bill has been heavily involved with health care and hospice policy at the local and national level since 1975. He has advocat...
Care at Home During the End of Life: Choosing Hospice and Appreciating Death
April 07, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Beth Cavenaugh , a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and author of Some Light at the End , An End-of-Life Guidebook for Patients and Their Caregivers. Her book is an invitation to walk towards the powerful end of life instead of running away from it. Beth has been a hospice nurse for 15 years and a nurse for 25 in home settings, in-patient units, and hospitals. She specializes in helping demystify death for patients and thei...
Elderly Health Care Tip: Palliative Care Helps Patients Make Empowered Decisions
March 24, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Dr. Fran Hoh , an Advanced Practice Nurse board-certified in hospice and palliative care and the founder and CEO of Palliative Rx. Palliative Rx offers live online programs in elderly health care education for families and patients who have been diagnosed with serious chronic illness, with special attention paid to the needs of families during the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Hoh has a robust background in palliative care, geriatrics, and cri...
How Androscoggin Is Changing the Landscape of At Home Senior Care
March 10, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we’re joined by Ken Albert , RN, Esq., president and CEO of Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice . Androscoggin is an independent nonprofit home healthcare organization in central Maine that has been serving about nine counties and 185 communities for the last 55 years. Ken has a varied background in healthcare, law, and government. He was recently elected to the board of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice. Ken has served as Directo...
Innovative Home Care Options Benefit Seniors and Caregivers
February 24, 2021 09:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Kevin Heraty, Chief Development Officer of Cantata Adult Life Services. Originally founded as The British Home in 1920 and opened in 1924 by the Daughters of the British Empire (DBE), Cantata is a nonprofit organization that provides care for a diverse population and offers a variety of services to help seniors. Located in Brookfield, IL, Cantata offers a residential care facility, in-home caregiving services in private homes, handyman servi...
How Health Care at Home Provides People With Greater Access to Care
February 03, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Johanna Beliveau, DNP, MBA, RN, President and Chief Executive Officer at Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH). Serving the Upper Connecticut River Valley region since 1907, VNH is a nonprofit organization that provides nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and personal care services in more than 140 towns in Vermont and New Hampshire. Dr. Beliveau is an experienced healthcare leader with 25 years’ experience in nursin...
How Proactive Planning Is Essential to Successfully Aging In Place
January 20, 2021 09:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Michelle Woodbrey, CDP, CSA, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of 2Sisters Senior Living Advisors. Founded in 2011, 2Sisters Senior Living Advisors offers referral and coaching services to older adults and their families who are exploring aging care options. Michelle, and her co-founder sister, Alyson Powers, have deep career experience in the senior care industry, both in administrative roles and in hands-on care. Michelle and Allyso...
Improving Lives Through Meaningful Home-Based Care
December 16, 2020 09:00 - 18 minutes - 25 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Sara Wilson, president and CEO of Home Assist Health, Inc. A nonprofit organization which serves Arizona residents in greater Maricopa County, Home Assist Health, Inc. helps private pay and Medicaid clients pursue independent lifestyles in the comfort and familiarity of home. An innovative leader in the home care industry, Sara is focused on modernizing home and community-based services to improve care experiences and health outcomes, and ...
Leading the Way: Home Care on a Path for Future Growth
December 02, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Steven Landers, MD, MPH, president and CEO of Visiting Nurse Association Health Group. With a history of bringing care to people for over 100 years, VNA Health Group is the largest nonprofit provider of community home health and hospice services in New Jersey. VNA Health Group also provides in-home care services in Ohio and southeast Florida. A certified family physician and geriatrician, Dr. Landers brings a unique perspective to his role...
The Coming of Age of the Home Care Industry: Meeting Senior Independent Living Needs Now and in the Future
November 11, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Andrea Cohen, a social entrepreneur dedicated to transforming the way care is delivered to seniors at home. As the Founder and CEO of HouseWorks, her vision crystalized over 25 years ago when she took care of both her parents and made an unwavering commitment to redefine what it means to age. As an innovator and thought leader in the home care industry, Andrea and the team at HouseWorks takes an entrepreneurial approach to service delivery...
Practical Information Every Family Needs When Helping to Provide At Home Senior Care
October 28, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Rosalind Marshall-Jones, CEO and founder of Jacksonville’s Best Caregivers. Roz has been in the caregiving field since 2009, assisting families both in Jacksonville and outside of her immediate service area through virtual caregiving support. Helping families navigate the caregiving journey is one’s of Roz’s passions, and she provides a wealth of information and advice through her blog and via social media channels. As an advocate, crisis ...
Veterans Aid and Attendance Helps U.S. Veterans Access Care at Home
October 14, 2020 08:00 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBIn today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Cheryl Hammons, CFE, CSA, strategic partnership director for Veterans Care Coordination, a business that helps qualified U.S. veterans and their surviving spouses access aid and attendance benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Aid and Attendance provides monthly payments to help cover the cost of care at home services for qualified veterans. Because the process to apply and remain eligible for this lifetime ben...
The Important Role of At Home Senior Care During the Pandemic and Beyond
September 30, 2020 17:23 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBDuring today’s episode of Help Choose Home, we welcome Jeff Bevis, founder and CEO of FirstLight Home Care, which provides non-medical home care through its franchises in 35 states, plus the District of Columbia. Jeff is passionate about providing the highest level of service in the industry, through client satisfaction, caregiver retention and low caregiver turnover. In my discussion with Jeff, he highlights many of the ways home care agencies are meeting the challenges of the pandemic ...
How Home Care and Technology Are Combining to Make Independent Living a Reality for Seniors
September 16, 2020 08:00 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MBIn recent months, the value of care in the home has become more and more apparent to many families. As COVID-19 has swept through nursing homes and other facilities, older adults have been especially hard hit by the virus. Because of the high rates of infection in care facilities, many families have looked for alternatives for care for a senior loved one, and home care has provided the answers and safety needed during these unprecedented times. To discuss more about the value of home care,...
End-of-Life Care at Home and the Important Role of Hospice
September 02, 2020 08:00 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBEnd-of-life care is a difficult topic of conversation for most people, a conversation that frequently comes too late, during times of crisis, or the decisions are left to the family to make on behalf of a loved one. According to Jan Jones, RN, BSN, recently retired CEO of The Elizabeth Hospice in San Diego, California, having conversations and outlining end-of-life care goals is an important gift you can give to your family. In today’s episode, Jan joins me to discuss end-of-life care at h...
Home Health Care Options are Increasingly Accessible to More People Thanks to Technology
August 19, 2020 08:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBJohn Olajide, founder and CEO of Dallas-based Axxess, the leading home health care technology company in North America, has a vision of making quality home health care options accessible to people all over the world. This vision is integrated into everything John does and shapes the corporate culture of Axxess. In today’s episode of Help Choose Home, John and I speak about his vision and the important role healthcare at home plays in helping people remain in the place that is most importan...
How Professional Home Care Helps Older Adults Achieve a Higher Quality of Life
August 05, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBAccording to a 2018 AARP survey, 80% of adults over the age of 50 want to remain in their homes and communities as they age. For those in the home care industry, these findings come as no surprise. Home not only represents familiarity, but comfort and security as well. And during the pandemic, home has also been seen as a safe haven for older adults who, due to age and any pre-existing health conditions, are at a higher risk for developing serious complications from COVID-19. During today...
At Home Health Care: The Power of Caring for People, Not Patients
July 22, 2020 08:00 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBThe medical and healthcare landscapes are vast and overwhelming, and as a consumer, it’s easy to feel like an anonymous face in the crowd. Dr. Michael Fratkin, CEO and founder of ResolutionCare, has been working to improve the care experience for people for most of his career, and founded ResolutionCare based on the idea that people are more than their bodies, more than their diseases, and more than the challenges they face. Based in Northern California, Dr. Fratkin and his team specialize...
Professional Home Care Services: Meeting the Ever-Changing Needs of Clients
July 08, 2020 08:30 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBOne of the advantages of home health care is the ability to not only serve clients in their homes, but to provide care for a variety of health needs. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, professional home care services have been on the front lines, and from what our guest, Donna DeBlois, RN, BSW, MSB, MBA, AHCH, CEO and president of MaineHealth Care at Home says, are meeting this call head on. In this episode we discuss: What consumers can expect when looking for care at home How home c...
Care at Home Helps Promote Health, Independence and Safety for Seniors
June 24, 2020 08:00 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBNow, more than ever, care at home is being looked at as not only a viable solution to help an older loved one remain in a familiar setting, but also as a way to ensure the health and safety of a population that is at heightened risk for complications from COVID-19. Understanding the important role of home care during the pandemic, in today’s episode we welcome Paul Mastrapa, CEO of Help at Home, which has been helping seniors and people with disabilities live independently in their communi...
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Impacts Home Health Care Options
June 17, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MBAs we learn to navigate life during the coronavirus pandemic, you may be wondering how home health care options have been impacted. Are you a family caregiver who has utilized or is considering using in-home care? Are you considering moving your parents out of a senior living facility into your own home, but know you will still need caregiving assistance? Does your aging parent need help at home, but with COVID-19 as a very real threat to people over the age of 65, you worry about how s...
Innovative Technology Helps Maintain Senior Independence and Privacy
March 08, 2020 21:55 - 27 minutes - 19.8 MBThe idea of having some type of monitoring system in the home of older adults has been around for decades. And while there are options available, many bring with them privacy concerns, as well as resistance from seniors both in feeling they are “being watched” and hesitancy to wear any type of monitor. Understanding these hurdles, John Robertson, founder and CEO of HomeEXCEPT, and his team, set out to create home sensors that would be noninvasive and that could provide improved health and ...
Nutritional Meals For Improved Senior Health and Wellbeing
December 23, 2019 03:29 - 16 minutes - 11.9 MBEllie Hollander is the President and CEO of Meals on Wheels America and has been a long-time advocate for the health and wellness of vulnerable seniors throughout her career. One of the most fundamental needs is helping to ensure seniors receive proper nutrition. According to Hollander, research has shown that people who are malnourished age 14 years more than their current age, which in turn creates a variety of health issues. Hunger in Older Adults also found that 33% of older adults admit...
Shifting the Narrative Around End of Life Care: Focus On Living
December 13, 2019 19:14 - 25 minutes - 18.6 MBMany physicians face a conundrum. While their extensive years of schooling and training emphasize providing care, treatments, and intervention in order to maintain life, the truth is, death is inevitable and a reality we all must face. According to Dr. Timothy Ihrig, a palliative care specialist and chief medical officer at Crossroads Hospice, because the medical field is constructed around the idea of intervening at all costs, patients and families are often put into a position of prolongin...
End of Life: Ease the Transition from Life to Death
December 06, 2019 18:15 - 26 minutes - 19.2 MBAlthough death is an experience that we all share, it is a topic that is largely taboo, and for which people are often wholly unprepared. Barbara Karnes, RN, an award-winning end of life educator and author, is working to change that taboo. According to Karnes, 90% of end of life care work is education. From educating the doctors and nurses to educating the home health caregivers and family caregivers, it’s important for everyone to understand that taking care of someone at the end of life i...
Innovative, Comprehensive Care Model Allows Seniors to Remain At Home
November 22, 2019 19:37 - 20 minutes - 14.9 MBAs those in the home healthcare industry know, the elder population is growing exponentially, as is their need for care. One of the more innovative programs available to help seniors age in place, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, has actually been around for more than 50 years. Shawn Bloom, President and CEO of the national PACE Association, talks about why the model is centered on the belief that it is better for the well-being of seniors with chronic care needs and their fam...
Live Life to the Fullest, No Matter Your Age
November 11, 2019 05:28 - 24 minutes - 17.7 MBAccording to Betty Greaver, RN, LMT, it’s a common myth that aging means a person gains weight, has chronic pain and can't continue living a productive life. Rather, Greaver says, and research shows, there are simple lifestyle changes that people can make in order to remain active and have the capacity to enjoy life to its fullest, no matter what a person’s age. Greaver says that it’s important to pay attention to your health in the middle years so that you have optimum health in your later ...
Home Care Industry Changes and Opportunities for Growth
October 28, 2019 15:11 - 24 minutes - 17.3 MBPaul Kusserow, President and Chief Executive Officer for Amedisys, the largest independent provider of home health, hospice and personal care services in the United States, recognizes the growing pains and opportunities associated with change in the home health industry. In this Help Choose Home interview, Kusserow highlights two changes in the home health industry: one, the introduction of patient data grouping models (PDGM) in January 2020, and two, the influence of technology. Both of the...
The Role of Home Health Care in the Continuum of Care
October 18, 2019 20:35 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBIt’s an ongoing struggle for those in the home care industry–how do we better communicate the value and benefits of health care at home? For Tim Rogers, who serves as President and CEO for both the Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina and the South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association, most of his 27-year professional career has been spent working to help home health care get its rightful due in the continuum of care. As an industry, we know there is a strong desire by...
Hospice Care Helps Individuals Meet End-of-Life Goals
September 20, 2019 20:27 - 18 minutes - 13.5 MBTarrah Lowry, president and CEO of Sangre de Cristo Hospice and Palliative Care in Pueblo, Colorado, emphasizes the importance of reaching out to hospice early and discussing goals of care during each health care interaction – from home health and palliative care to hospice care. The goals at each stage may change, but having these conversations early removes some of the discomfort that we inherently feel when discussing aging and death, and importantly, it enables the individual to make his...
Home Care And Successful Care Transitions
August 19, 2019 10:37 - 21 minutes - 15.7 MBIn this episode of Help Choose Home, we'll hear from Jamie Summerfelt, M.Ed, MSPT, president and CEO of Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) in Omaha, Nebraska. With more than 28 years of healthcare at home experience, Summerfelt is passionate about home care. Harnessing the power of community relationships is something that he sees as integral to the success of extending the capacity to provide health care at home. In establishing partnerships with hospitals, physicians and others in the commun...
A Longitudinal Approach to Care at Home for Seniors
August 05, 2019 17:58 - 20 minutes - 15 MBIf there is one thing Joel Theisen, BSN, RN is passionate about, it’s developing proactive, preventative long-term care for older adults. Theisen is chief executive officer and founder of Lifesprk, an innovative home care company based in Minnesota that is focused on bringing Theisen’s passion to life. According to Theisen, home care and health care in general have traditionally been reactive–meeting a medical crisis and providing sick care. Theisen aims to change this approach by looking a...
Data As A Predictor For Effective Home Health Care
July 19, 2019 16:22 - 25 minutes - 18.4 MBIn this Help Choose Home podcast you'll hear from Luke James, chief strategy officer of home health and hospice at Encompass Health, as he discusses the ways in which predictive analytics are both informing home care strategies for clients as well as predicting effective client care in the future.
Home Is the Setting for Health Delivery of the Future
July 15, 2019 18:10 - 24 minutes - 15.8 MBWith more than 20 years of experience in the home care industry, Wanda Coley has combined her deep knowledge of finance, business development, payor contracting and post-acute strategies to become a highly-regarded expert in the field. Join us for this episode of Help Choose Home where Coley explains why she believes that nothing is more beneficial for clients than having the opportunity to age in place or recover from a hospitalization or illness in the comfort of home.
How Do Care Managers Assist in Home Care?
July 05, 2019 18:52 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this episode of Help Choose Home, Taney Hammill, CEO of the Aging Life Care Association and the National Academy of Certified Care Managers, explains what it is that geriatric care managers, or life care professionals, do and offers advice about at what point in the process an aging life care professional should be contacted.
Utilizing Big Data to Improve Home Health Care Patient Outcomes
June 24, 2019 18:49 - 22 minutes - 14.6 MBEvery day, companies and organizations generate copious amounts of data. “Big data” though isn’t so much about the amount of data generated, but rather, what a company or organization does with the data. In analyzing data, businesses can use those insights to save money, to target marketing and advertising dollars, or, in the case of home health care, to better understand patient care and patient health outcomes. Join our discussion with Dr. Max Topaz to learn about research he is conducting...