In This Episode:
Dr. K talks with Anne Tumlinson, an expert in long-term care and the founder of the caregiving organization Daughterhood.org. They discuss the upcoming Aging 2.0 Optimize Conference, promising innovations to help family caregivers and more. Their conversation addresses:
- Which problems that come up the most in the Daughterhood.org community
- Why it’s so hard for families to navigate the healthcare system
- Promising age-friendly health innovations
- Options for addressing aging in place and aging in the right place
- Dr. Bill Thomas’s new Minka customizable house project
- How transportation innovations can help older adults
- The peer-to-peer aging health coaching being pioneered by AgeWell Global
- What Anne learned from helping the Caregiver Action Network develop training to help families learn to make decisions
Related episodes:
017 – Interview: Paying for Long-Term Care & Other Family Caregiving Challenges
035 – Interview: Aging in the Right Place
039 – Interview: Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems
049 – Better Primary Care for Older Adults: the Oak Street Health Story
Related Resources:
- Daughterhood Circles
- Aging 2.0
- Caremore
- Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- Smart Living 360
- Dr. Bill Thomas
- Caregiver Action Network
Christal says
This was a great episode. While much isn’t going to help in the immediate future, it is the actual realization that you are quite aware of the major issues plaguing all of us with elders; Living, Transportation, and Social contact.
Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH says
I’m so glad you enjoyed this episode. Thank you for listening to the show!