As we shift from ‘sick care-acute care silos’ to a true ‘health care’ system, how are home care companies evolving in a value-based world and creating the change needed to meet the person-centered demands of ...
Experiment: Ask Your Client This One Question And See What Happens
The Washington Post wrote a great article on the simplicity of helping seniors get what they want out of their care – whether it is at home care or in the hospital – by asking ...
5 Hidden Ways You May be Contributing to Ageism
Our intentions are good. All of us in the senior and home care realm are working to change and improve the experience for seniors, and certainly do not want to contribute to anything that detracts ...
There’s An Alternative to the Traditional Physical Therapist Role
With a $2500 Sign-On Bonus… Cynthia Schmidt, PT, used to work in a long-term-care setting and was increasingly frustrated because she wasn’t able to do more for her clients to move them forward from a ...
Star Tribune Highlights Efforts to Combat Social Isolation for Minnesota Seniors
Kudos to Katy Read and the Star Tribune team who published a series of articles in The Good Life on the impact of social isolation on seniors and what Minneapolis/St. Paul area senior care providers ...
Purpose May Be the Secret Weapon in the War on Dementia
Think focusing on someone’s purpose is fluff? Think again. Minnesota native Dan Buettner found that having a purpose in our lives is one of the nine factors that influence longevity. In his best-selling book the ...
5 Tips to Move Senior Care Clients from Denial to Action
We’ve all seen it – seniors (and/or their families) in denial about the post-acute support they will need to be successful at home. Readmissions goals are only part of the story – it is frustrating ...
Population Health: Are You Reaching Far Enough Into the Community?
Despite political change in Washington, the drive toward reforming care continues. Health systems are making major strides toward stratifying their populations to better understand the efficacy of treatments and interventions into high risk/high cost patients ...
Lessons Learned from Dr. Bill Thomas’s ‘Disrupt Dementia’ Workshop
“We’re here to disrupt aging,” said Dr. Bill Thomas, an author, entrepreneur, musician, teacher, farmer and physician whose wide-ranging work explores the terrain of human aging. Perhaps best known as the founder of The Eden ...
Measurable Outcomes: What are they worth to your clients?
In 2014, nearly 18% of Medicare patients who were hospitalized were readmitted within a month, costing an estimated $26 billion, with $17 billion coming from potentially avoidable readmissions. For Minnesota, the impact has hit 27% ...
