Mar 22, 2023
When Rose Marie Fagan first applied for a job as a nursing home ombudsman, she had no prior experience with long-term care or health care in general – but her status as an outsider almost immediately proved to be a much bigger asset than a liability.
With her fresh eyes, Fagan was able to clearly see the injustices of...
Mar 15, 2023
Lori Smetanka of the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care returns to “Elevate Eldercare” for an update on the key nursing home reform policies that she and other consumer advocates are watching most closely – including minimum staffing levels, ownership and investor transparency, and...
Mar 8, 2023
Barry Barkan played a crucial role in the formation of Pioneer Network in 1997, but his experience in eldercare goes back 20 years before that, to a fateful morning of reflection in Live Oak Park in Berkeley, Calif.
Barry joins “Elevate Eldercare” and longtime colleague Penny Cook to discuss his five decades of...
Mar 1, 2023
Even as a self-described “mediocre gardener,” Orla Concannon has brought the joys of nature to thousands of elders across the country – all by bringing the garden to them.
Eldergrow, Concannon’s company, started out as a graduate school project but has since grown into a successful firm with national reach,...
Feb 22, 2023
As the president of the Point Roberts Circle of Care board, Galen Wood has a unique task in a unique place – providing services and supports for elders in one of the most secluded spots in the United States.
The town of Point Roberts, Wash. is what geographers call a pene-exclave. Located at the end of a peninsula,...