Home Care Leadership Series

Old Polaroid photos. Baseball cards. Paintings. Silverware. When trying to downsize, where does one even start? Some of these things aren't just clutter; rather, they are the physical remnants of a family's history. Letting go of them can be scary, as memories are likely tied closely to them. Join Kerin Zuger, Chief of Strategic Growth at Right at Home, as she talks with Matt Paxton, a public speaker and radio personality, about his new book, “Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff.” Matt discusses how to sift through the clutter and identify the items worth keeping. Through his own experience of storytelling from thousands of families he's helped over the last two decades, Matt addresses some of the psychological roadblocks many professional organizers often overlook. Matt has been a featured cleaner on "Hoarders" and is the host of the Emmy- nominated series "Legacy List with Matt Paxton" on PBS. Find out more about the upside of downsizing in this episode of the "Home Care Leadership" podcast. https://www.rightathome.net/professionals/home-care-leadership-series

Join Kerin Zuger, Chief of Strategic Growth, as she discusses with Dr. Scott A. Kaiser the impact physical fitness has on mental health. Dr. Kaiser is a board-certified family physician and geriatrician with executive leadership experience focused on the improvement of aging services, geriatric care, and population health. He also serves as the Chief Innovation Officer of the Motion Picture & Television Fund and the Director of Geriatric Cognitive Health for the Pacific Brain Health Center, where he maintains a clinical practice and provides specialty geriatric medical consultations that focus on cognitive health.

Sit in on a conversation about planning for your future health and well-being, including serious illnesses and end-of-life care. Kerin Zuger, Right at Home's Chief of Strategic Growth, and Janice Reese, CEO of Network PDF Cloud, discuss how the Compassionate Care Act has impacted Advance Care Planning (ACP) guidelines. You'll hear how ACP differs from Advance Care Directives and how COVID has made telehealth more accessible. Kerin and Janice also discuss questions such as “Who will be your health care proxy?” and “What does quality of life meant to you?” This discussion will help you learn which conversations you should be having throughout the aging journey to ensure you're planning for the uncertainties that come along.

Doug Robertson chats with Vicki Hoak, the Executive Director of the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA). After 20 years serving as CEO of the Pennsylvania Homecare Association, Vicki joined the HCAOA as Executive Director in November 2019. Doug and Vicki talk about her professional experiences, the developing relationship between HCAOA members and home health providers, what the HCAOA is planning for 2021, and what we can expect for home care as a result of the pandemic.

Join Kerin Zuger as she chats with Right at Home owner Greg Brewer about how he's taken advantage of Right at Home's national preferred partnership with Encompass Health and the impact it's had on his business. Greg and his wife, Jackie, have been owners of the Winston-Salem office in North Carolina since 2004. Since then, the Brewers have built a successful business through developing local hospital partnerships and staying engaged in several innovative and strategic initiatives over the years. Going back to Right at Home's first hospital-to-home transition program, hear from Greg about how the industry has changed, how the value of strategic partnerships has evolved, and what the future of home care looks like post-COVID-19.

One of the impediments older adults face with aging at home is the restrictions and obstacles created by the physical aspects of their home. Unless older adults live in a designated community, residential dwellings often become hazardous to them, as the dwellings can contain multiple flights of stairs, steps, and trip and fall hazards. Residential homes also need interior and exterior maintenance, which often requires the ability to carry objects and balance on ladders. In this episode of the Home Care Leadership Series, Doug Robertson talks to Sean Fitzgerald, President of TruBlue Total House Care. The company recently entered into a partnership with Right at Home locations nationwide. TruBlue caters to the needs of older adults seeking to age in their current homes by providing handyman services, home modifications, and extensive interior and exterior fall risk assessments by a Senior Safety Specialist.

The Medicare open enrollment period closes December 7 and is always a busy season for Medicare brokers and often a confusing time for seniors wading through benefit packages from multiple carriers. In this episode of the Home Care Leadership Series, Doug Robertson talks to Pete Blasi founder and President of My Senior Health Plan about the current trends he and his broker consultants are seeing in Medicare plans. The consultants at My Senior Health Plan are independent of all carriers and focus on the seniors as their customers, advising them on the best plan that meets their specific health needs.

Carrie Coumbs sits down with Bud Langham and Kasi Hedt to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the industry of Home Health and Hospice.

Insurance carriers have begun publicizing their 2021 Medicare Advantage plans, as seniors can start enrolling in the plans October 15. According to a recent announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), carriers are including more supplemental benefits with each plan year cycle to address social determinants of health and chronic conditions, and to enable beneficiaries to age at home. Tyler Overstreet Cromer at ATI Advisory is a leading expert on supplemental benefits that began in 2019 after the CMS changed some of the rules surrounding plan development. In this episode of the Home Leadership Series, Doug Robertson and Tyler chat about the supplemental benefit changes and what they mean for home care. Tyler gained more than a decade of experience in federal health policy and budget at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). She now advises ATI clients on innovative financing and delivery models. Most recently, Tyler served as a senior executive at the OMB providing oversight and expertise for budget development and execution across the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. She is particularly interested in payment policy and healthcare delivery system reform and in providing insights to ATI clients from her years of experience shaping federal policy on these topics. Tyler was in on the ground floor of many of the reforms to traditional Medicare, having led efforts at the OMB related to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation since its inception until her arrival at ATI. Tyler also worked on the initial design and regulations implementing the Medicare Shared Savings Program. She has provided oversight of and guidance for various other health programs and agencies, including the Older Americans Act programs administered by the Administration for Community Living, federal policy related to electronic medical records, and the administrative budget of the CMS.

Carrie talks with Dr. Andy Rosenzweig.

Carrie talks with Right at Home CEO about strategic partnerships.