100 episodes

Let’s Elevate Eldercare Together!
Every great eldercare community has a unique story, and there are many paths toward providing high-quality, person-directed services and supports for older adults. That’s why we launched “Elevate Eldercare”: to bring together thought leaders, activists, and advocates in the field of aging services and give them a space where thoughtful discourse and diverse perspectives flow freely.

Join Susan Ryan, Alex Spanko, and other GHP team members every Wednesday for enlightening, provocative, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations. Together, the hosts and guests explore the opportunities and challenges in building a new, dignified eldercare system through the lens of the Green House and Pioneer models.

Elevate Eldercare Center for Innovation

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    • 5.0 • 46 Ratings

Let’s Elevate Eldercare Together!
Every great eldercare community has a unique story, and there are many paths toward providing high-quality, person-directed services and supports for older adults. That’s why we launched “Elevate Eldercare”: to bring together thought leaders, activists, and advocates in the field of aging services and give them a space where thoughtful discourse and diverse perspectives flow freely.

Join Susan Ryan, Alex Spanko, and other GHP team members every Wednesday for enlightening, provocative, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations. Together, the hosts and guests explore the opportunities and challenges in building a new, dignified eldercare system through the lens of the Green House and Pioneer models.

    Tackling Diversity and Inclusion on All Fronts

    Tackling Diversity and Inclusion on All Fronts

    Marvell Adams, Jr. not only talks the talk when it comes to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in eldercare – he walks the walk, holding multiple roles across the eldercare spectrum where he brings people of all ages, races, socioeconomic backgrounds, and points of view together to move the sector forward.
    Adams, who serves on the Center for Innovation board as treasurer, joins the podcast to discuss his work with his own consulting firm, W Lawson, and its Longevity + Inclusion Alliance Fellows Program; his new role as CEO of the Caregiver Action Network, which supports caregivers of all types; and his overall vision for an eldercare landscape where everyone feels like they truly belong.
    Explore the Fellows Program, including the new Beta cohort launching in April: https://wlawsoncompany.com/fellows/
    Pre-order “Triumph in the Trenches,” a new book with chapters from a variety of Black leaders, including Adams: https://wlawsoncompany.com/book/
    Open the Caregiver Action Network toolbox for family caregivers: https://www.caregiveraction.org/family-caregiver-toolbox

    • 52 min
    Equipping Solo Agers for Success

    Equipping Solo Agers for Success

    Reminiscent of the ageist discourse around the “silver tsunami,” the concept of people aging without the support of children or a spouse – once referred to as “elder orphans” – is far too often discussed as a problem, and not a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a new phase of life with friends, neighbors, and other people who bring us joy.
    Sara Geber helped to popularize the term “solo agers” to describe this cohort of older people, and she joins the podcast today to discuss the ways that people without extended support networks can still thrive as they get older. The author of several books about preparing for retirement and life as a solo ager, Geber empowers people with all kinds of family and social ties to plan for a strong next phase of life.
    Explore Gaber’s books: https://sarazeffgeber.com/books/
    Learn more about co-housing: https://www.cohousing.org/

    • 56 min
    Building New Frameworks to Tackle Racial Inequality in Eldercare

    Building New Frameworks to Tackle Racial Inequality in Eldercare

    The idea that structural racism has a direct impact on all facets of American life – including the experiences of elders in care settings – shouldn’t be a controversial statement in 2024, but far too often, the question of equity and race-conscious policymaking gets wrapped up into a broader political discourse.
    Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, joins the podcast to discuss her framework for directly and bluntly addressing the racial disparities and inequities that plague our eldercare system – and her prescriptions for creating new policies, both at the legal and building level, to ensure that everyone receives high-quality, dignified, and respectful care.
    We cannot fix centuries of racist wrongs by pretending that discrimination isn’t baked into the structures that govern American life, and Fashaw-Walters challenges listeners to address these topics head-on.
    Read Fashaw-Walters and coauthor Cydney McGuire on racism-conscious policies: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00482
    Explore Fashaw-Walters’s other research: https://directory.sph.umn.edu/bio/sph-a-z/shekinah-fashaw-walters

    • 53 min
    Remembering Naomi Feil, a Pioneer of Dignified Dementia Care

    Remembering Naomi Feil, a Pioneer of Dignified Dementia Care

    Naomi Feil, who originally developed the Validation method of supporting and communicating with people living with dementia, died this past December 24 at the age of 91.
    This week, we’re celebrating Naomi’s life with her daughter – and fellow champion for the dignity of people living with dementia – Vicki de Klerk-Rubin, executive director of the Validation Training Institute.
    Join us for a fascinating conversation about Naomi’s life, including her early-life escape from Nazi Germany, her formative experiences with elders, and the spread of the Validation method around the world.
    Seeing the human behind the diagnosis of dementia was a far more radical idea when Naomi first planted the seeds of Validation, and the entire eldercare community owes her a great debt. We hope you’ll tune in to learn more about her life and then spread the timeless message of Validation.
    Learn more about the Validation Training Institute: https://vfvalidation.org/
    Read the Wall Street Journal obituary for Naomi: https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/naomi-feil-dementia-care-dies-at-91-350aa411

    • 53 min
    Finding the Will to Change Systems and Champion Equity

    Finding the Will to Change Systems and Champion Equity

    Tetyana Shippee first became fascinated with the power of structural forces to shape individual lives as a grad student from Ukraine studying the sociology of addiction in the United States. That academic interest soon expanded into gerontology and elder issues – including a two-year stint living in a continuing care retirement community as part of her studies.
    Shippee, now a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the associate director for research at the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, joins the podcast to talk about her work to improve the systems that so often make life harder for elders seeking empowering care and supports. She also challenges leaders to tackle issues like racial and socioeconomic inequities head-on –and embrace the power of intergenerational connections.
    Learn more about the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation: https://www.sph.umn.edu/research/centers/chai/
    Explore AARP’s LTSS scorecards: https://ltsschoices.aarp.org/scorecard-report/2023
    Catch up with the Moving Forward Coalition: https://movingforwardcoalition.org/news-and-updates/

    • 53 min
    Balancing Risk, Responsibility, and Reward with Aging Tech

    Balancing Risk, Responsibility, and Reward with Aging Tech

    Artificial intelligence is the tech buzzword of the moment, but as eldercare providers know, implementing any technology in the aging space comes with its own unique set of concerns – even solutions that don’t go as far as generating complex written narratives or autonomously analyzing resident data.
    At Cypress Living, a senior living and home health provider in Fort Myers, Fla., VP of innovation Joe Velderman works to strike the right balance between embracing new technology and maintaining thehuman touch that people of all ages need when receiving care and support services.
    Velderman joins “Elevate Eldercare” to discuss Cypress Living’s philosophy around the use of AI, the factors that he looks for when evaluating a new aging tech solution, and how AI or other innovations can work to support – but never replace – the people who serve elders.
    Explore Cypress Living’s services for older adults: https://cypressliving.org/
    Read Cypress Living’s philosophy on AI: https://cypressliving.org/responsible-use-of-ai-in-aging-services/

    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

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46 Ratings

46 Ratings

It's a FUN ,

Just what I was needing!

Episode 232 was the exact reason I listen weekly since I found this podcast! I sent this straight to my administrator. I really wish these 2 could come speak to our staff! Sending a lot of love from Missouri!

IBoomer8 ,

Green House Community

Episode 188 is SUPERB!!!! As a former Montessori teacher, now 71, I commend Cameron Camp and his wife for their inclusion of Montessori classroom techniques in working with people with dementia. It’s truly a perfect melding. Thank you again for another vitally important, extremely informative episode!

a concerned costmer ,

Thank you for the Passion and motivation!

I’m so excited to listen to podcasts with people who are passionate about elder care and long term care!! I love the inspirational thinking. It helps so much to get motivated, and do good work!! Thank you!!

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