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Nursing homes rarely garner positive attention, but COVID-19 brought the sector into the public eye like never before — bringing more negative headlines but also an unprecedented opportunity for change. Our podcast, “Elevate Eldercare,” was created in an effort to bring together thought leaders, activists, and advocates in the field of aging services to foster thoughtful discourse and diverse perspectives aimed at elevating eldercare. Join Susan Ryan, Penny Cook, Alex Spanko, and other GHP t ...
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Exploring timely insurance and retirement planning topics for today's forward-thinking financial professionals. Crump Insights is a presentation of Crump Life Insurance Services, a leading third-party distributor and service provider of insurance and retirement products. Join us for the latest market updates, sales strategies and information that impact the industry, your practice, and your clients.
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Welcome to the Financial Advocate Podcast - Formerly known as "The Special Needs Connection" & "Caring For Aging Parents." We found ourselves sharing podcasts to both shows so we decided to combine them into one podcast! You will continue to find strategies, resources and connections for dealing with the emotional, physical, and financial challenges of aging parents and raising children with special needs. Hosted by Colin Meeks, a Certified Financial Planner focusing on Eldercare Financial P ...
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2024 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums & Deductibles
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss 2024 medicare parts A & B premiums & deductibles. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalgui…
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Creating “Unpretentious” Housing and Care for All Ages
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“Unpretentious” isn’t a word you see often in marketing materials for senior living communities, but it shows up several times in the description of Northaven Senior Living in Seattle. Darlene Storti, Northaven’s executive director, joins “Elevate Eldercare” to discuss this down-to-earth assisted and independent living community for lower- and mode…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss the social security increase for 2024. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or c…
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Gathering Around the Gratitude Table 2023
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Each Thanksgiving, “Elevate Eldercare” centers gratitude by handing the mic over to the people who make Green House homes such great places to live. This year, we’re headed out west to Wyoming to meet three team members from Green House Living for Sheridan: licensed practical nurse Kiara Charlson, HR manager and education coordinator Jon Lanning, a…
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss medicare tax IRMA rates for 2024. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or c…
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Long Term Care Insurance Sales Success: Five Tips for Financial Professionals
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November is Long Term Care Insurance (LTCi) Awareness Month, and with upcoming holiday gatherings, it's a good time to chat about this important topic with loved ones. In this timely episode, Rick Stewart, CLTC, director of sales, LTC Solutions Center, shares five key tips for financial professionals to ensure sales success with LTCi.…
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Cross-Pollination: Sharing Person-Directed Practices Across Silos
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Stacey Bergmann joined the Center for Innovation this month as the new director of network and community relations – tasked with serving as the main liaison between the national organization and our local-level Green House Project and Pioneer Network partners – and today she joins the podcast to discuss her career, passions, and vision for the futu…
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they give you all the juicy details on how to tax proof either your IRA or 401K. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by em…
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Probing the Incentives that Shape Eldercare
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Brian McGarry’s research at the University of Rochester has focused on the ways that financial and economic factors affect care in nursing homes — a particularly vital topic as the sector continues to debate a contentious proposed staffing mandate, which could have a significant impact on providers in the years to come. McGarry joins CFI’s Alex Spa…
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss sequence of returns risk. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or calling 9…
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Surviving vs. Thriving: Training for Long-Term Success
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For the last three years, many eldercare organizations haven’t had the ability to truly thrive, with leaders focused squarely on surviving the many challenges facing providers up and down the care continuum. But as we head toward the end of another year, it’s a good time to take stock and make plans for the year ahead — with an eye toward moving be…
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss early distributions of IRAs and 401Ks. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com…
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Reframing Nursing Home Reform as a Housing Issue
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In both the public and policymaker imagination, nursing home reform is strictly a health care issue, the domain of state health departments and the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). But the prevalence of subpar nursing homes — and lack of empowering, person-directed alternatives to an aging long-term care infrastructure — is j…
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Real-Life Horror Stories and How Life Insurance Can Help Save the Day
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Straight from the pages of true crime, and the popular podcasts that captivate audiences, we bring you a real life case to discuss with our experts. In this episode, Andrea Ploch, Vice President, Carrier Relations, and Steve Kroeger, CLU, HIA, MBA, Vice President, Advanced Sales, share a popular true crime case and how you can help your clients avo…
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Long Term Care Insurance From Your 401k Or IRA
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Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss long term care insurance from your 401k or IRA. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.…
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The Heart and Soul of Person-Directed Living
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David Simpson is an accomplished musician who’s been singing since the age of 12, performing alongside music legends like the Staples Singers, Dionne Warwick, and the Drifters. He’s a visual artist who uses his drawings and paintings to lift others’ spirits and push himself to improve his craft. He’s a father, a sibling, and heart transplant recipi…
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Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss the medicare decision process. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or calling 91…
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Envisioning an Eldercare System Beyond Nursing Homes
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The discourse around improving the eldercare landscape tends to focus on narrow, discrete metrics: What’s the correct number of nursing home staff hours per day? How can we reduce rehospitalizations? What types of services can be provided in the home most efficiently? Scott Townsley, professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Erick…
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Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss social security payback. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or calling 919-535-…
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Architecture as a Verb: Creating Human-Centered Aging Spaces
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Biophilic design – incorporating nature into the built environment – has grown in popularity in recent years, but the term itself may still seem daunting and strange, especially in an eldercare space where new development of nursing homes is exceedingly rare. Dr. Tuwanda Green, an adjunct instructor at Virginia Tech with more than 30 years of archi…
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Social Security Federal Income Tax (Revisited)
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The Following Episode is a Rerun. This week, Hans and Robby discuss social security federal income tax, and how you can manage your money to have a low income tax retirement. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Ca…
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Finding Creative – and Social – Solutions to Top Eldercare Issues
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Faced with the workforce issues plaguing the entire eldercare sector, Goodwin Living in Northern Virginia developed a citizenship assistance program for its immigrant employees – simultaneously boosting recruitment and retention while also providing a new social outlet for residents, who help their caregivers prepare for the citizenship exam. Looki…
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Income Tax For Life Insurance Annuities And Hybrid Long Term Care
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss income tax for life insurance annuities and hybrid long term care. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by ema…
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Rebuilding Trust After a Complete System Failure
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In 2021, Dr. Samir Sinha was given a potentially daunting job: serving as the technical committee chair for a group tasked with establishing new, national long-term care standards in Canada in the wake of COVID-19’s devastation. Dr. Sinha, an internationally renowned geriatrician who serves as the Director of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the Unive…
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The Connelly Decision’s Impact on Business Succession Planning
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Without proper succession planning, execution of that planning, and following the directives set forth, even the most basic estate or business transition can become an adventure and attract scrutiny from the IRS. In this timely episode, we welcome Jon Whitacre, JD, CLU, ChFC, and director of Advanced Sales at Crump Life Insurance Services to explai…
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss estate planning for the surviving spouse. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.…
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Empowering Elders to Build Age-Friendly Communities
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Building truly age-friendly communities starts with incorporating elders’ needs, wants, and goals into civic planning. As the executive director of Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh, Laura Poskin works across the city to build bridges between elders and the decision-makers who can help create accessible, integrated spaces for people of all ages and a…
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss 3 buckets of money, guaranteed income for life. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinal…
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This week on the show, we take a break from eldercare policy and best practices with a story of mindfulness and adventure. Previous guest Natalie Yates-Bolton – a senior lecturer in nursing at the University of Salford, Manchester in the United Kingdom – returns with her mother, Myra, for a conversation about their recent pilgrim walk through Franc…
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss 10 year rule changes for IRAs. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or call…
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Building Empowered and Collaborative Nurse-CNA Teams
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The relationship between nurses and certified nursing assistants (CNAs) in nursing homes can often be fraught with hierarchy and disputes over tasks and responsibilities, as well as the normal conflicts that arise in any workplace. To gain some insights into building collaborative care teams, we sat down with two leaders from an organization that’s…
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Hans, Robby and Tom are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, they discuss the long view of long term care. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or ca…
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Support, Guidance, Advocacy: Rethinking the Ombudsman Role
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The people who work in state long-term care ombudsman’s offices are unsung heroes for residents of nursing homes, assisted living communities, and other communal care settings, helping to amplify their voices when they aren’t being heard. This week on “Elevate Eldercare,” we dive into the present and future of the ombudsman role on both the macro a…
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Medicare Supplements Versus Medicare Advantage
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, Hans, Robby and Tom Griffin discuss the advantages of medicare. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalgu…
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The Impact of State-Mandated Long Term Care Insurance on Your Clients
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With Medicaid costs skyrocketing, states are taking action, mandating income taxes to provide for state-funded long term care insurance programs. This action will have a significant impact on the choices clients have for covering their long term care needs. In fact, some states are considering banning private LTC insurance in lieu of the state opti…
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Within the world of aging services, there’s perhaps no more popular concept than “aging in place.” But what exactly does that mean, and how can we make that an attainable goal for most people? To help answer that question, we turned to Christine Foster, an interior designer with a specific focus on developing new strategies and models to help elder…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, Hans, Robby and Tom Griffin discuss running out of money late in life. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@car…
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A Destination, Not a Regret: Nursing Homes as Community Hubs
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oe Carella has a bold prescription for the future of eldercare, starting with reimagining nursing homes as hubs for entire communities. Instead of looking for ways to iterate on the institutional nursing home, such as through assisted and independent living, Carella challenges the sector to imagine a future where people actually want to move into a…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, Hans, Robby and Tom Griffin discuss taxes for those with beaucoup bucks. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@c…
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Enshrining Eldercare as a Civil and Human Right
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Christopher Laxton recently retired after a 40-year career in eldercare, including the last 10 at the helm of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. He joins “Elevate Eldercare” to discuss his personal definition of retirement, reframing aging in the United States, and creating a world where eldercare – and health care writ …
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, Hans, Robby and Tom Griffin discuss special needs trust. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com…
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Learning from the Past to Build a Whole-Person Health System
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When Georgetown University formed its School of Health last year, college officials deliberately left out the word “public” from the name – not as a slight against the profession, as dean Christopher King explains, but to indicate an emphasis on overall population health and wellbeing, not just traditional public-health initiatives like clean water…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, Hans, Robby and Tom Griffin discuss rolling over 401ks and more. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalg…
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Building Palliative Care Communities – Right from an App
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While researching ways to improve the end-of-life experience as part of her PhD work, Andrea Grindrod discovered something interesting: People are almost always willing to help others experiencing the death of a loved one, but rarely wanted to ask for that help themselves. So Grindrod – who has personal experience dealing with end-of-life care for …
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, Hans and Robby discuss ED slot 401k strategies. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or calli…
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As a physician with an MBA and a Silicon Valley programming background, Vipan Nikore has a rare perspective on the world of health technology. Nikore, co-founder and CEO of elder tech company Homecare Hub, joins “Elevate Eldercare” to discuss the gaps that exist between health care providers and the companies that create health-focused technology –…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, Hans and Robby discuss long term care life insurance. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or…
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Celebrating 200 Episodes of Elevate Eldercare
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Join the Green House-Pioneer team for the celebratory 200th episode of “Elevate Eldercare.” What started as a pandemic-era project to stay connected with long-term care providers during extended lockdowns has evolved into a platform for voices across the care continuum. Alex Spanko moderates this conversation with the leaders who have hosted most e…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week, Hans and Robby discuss simplifying the medicare process. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com…
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Using Tech to Kickstart Person-Directed Care in LTC
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Long-term care is notorious for lagging behind other parts of the health care continuum – including hospitals and doctors’ offices – in the adoption of technology. As co-chairs of a Moving Forward Coalition subcommittee on health information technology, Gregory Alexander and Terrence O’Malley are working to change that. Alexander, the Helen Young a…
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