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Let's Elevate Eldercare Together!Every great eldercare community has a unique story, and there are many paths toward providing high-quality, person-directed services and supports for older adults. That's why we launched Elevate Eldercare—to bring together thought leaders, activists, and advocates in the field of aging services and give them a space where thoughtful discourse and diverse perspectives flow freely.Join Susan Ryan, CEO of AgingIN (formerly Center for Innovation), every Wednesday for enlightening, provocative, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations. Together, the hosts and guests explore opportunities and challenges in person-directed living and empowered cultures in the community of one's choice.
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- Today1h 1m
Leading the Way in Nursing Home Transformation, with Suellen Beatty
AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan welcomes nurse, longtime eldercare leader, and author Suellen Beatty to discuss her forthcoming book, She Would Rather Die: Why Long-Term Care Must Change—and How Courageous Leaders Can Transform Institutions into Vibrant Communities. In addition to discussing what it takes to transform long-term care into a place people truly experience as home, Beatty draws on her 35 years at Sherbrooke Community Centre in Saskatoon, Canada, to examine how challenging institutional practices, building trust, empowering staff, and fostering inclusion can reshape the culture of care. From rethinking dementia care and reducing hierarchy, to creating intergenerational connections, she offers practical lessons on putting people at the center of daily life. Her message to leaders: meaningful culture change begins with examining our own beliefs and behaviors and taking responsibility for creating a better way forward. More about Sherbrooke here: https://www.sherbrookecommunitycentre.ca. More information about AgingIN: https://aginginnovation.org
- 1 weeks ago57 min
Beyond the Dementia Diagnosis, with John Zeisel
In this episode, host Susan Ryan welcomes internationally recognized dementia care pioneer John Zeisel for a conversation about seeing beyond a diagnosis and recognizing the person who remains. Drawing on his work in dementia care, environmental design, and creative engagement, Zeisel explores how supportive environments, meaningful relationships, and opportunities for artistic expression can foster dignity, purpose, and connection. In addition to making the case for a more inclusive vision of aging that is grounded in curiosity, personhood, and authentic quality of life, Zeisel challenges conventional ideas about longevity and cognitive decline. More about Zeisel and his podcast, Demystifying Dementia, here: https://demystifyingdementia.org
- 1 weeks ago15 min
A Bit About Space and Design, with Kelly Tremblay
How can senior living environments support brain health, preserve identity, and help residents feel at home? In this episode of Brain Bytes, Kelly talks with Sandi Soraci, director of senior living strategies for Tarkett North America, about how thoughtful design can do more than meet safety and functional needs. Kelly and Sandi explain how the built environment can reduce cognitive and sensory demands, support independence, and create opportunities for meaningful connection. The conversation explores the power of "sticky spaces," comfortable places along residents' everyday paths where spontaneous interactions can happen naturally, and how glare, visual patterns, background noise, and competing conversations can increase cognitive load and fatigue. Looking ahead, Sandi makes the case for treating belonging as an intentional design outcome and extending cognitive-supportive design beyond memory care into independent and assisted living. The challenge for the industry is to connect design investments to measurable outcomes, including resident satisfaction, caregiver experience, family confidence, occupancy, and operational efficiency. For more information on Tarkett: https://commercial.tarkett.com/
- 2 weeks ago58 min
Climbing, Parkinson's, and Discovering What's Possible
Neurologist Doug Redosh, MD, and Up ENDing Parkinson's founder Molly Cupka join AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan to explore the powerful connection between exercise, climbing, confidence, and community. Doug shares his personal experience with Parkinson's and how climbing helped him reconnect with something he loved. Molly explains how one climber with Parkinson's inspired her to create Up ENDing Parkinson's, which now connects people with Parkinson's to climbing programs across the country. Their conversation explores how climbing can support strength, balance, focus, and connection, as well as help people move beyond what they think is possible. More about Up Ending Parkinson's here: https://www.upendingparkinsons.org/. More information on AgingIN here: https://aginginnovation.org
- 3 weeks ago52 min
Rethinking Long-Term Care, with Howard Gleckman
Aging policy expert, author, and journalist Howard Gleckman joins AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan to explore the fragmented U.S. long-term care system, the challenges of financing care, the workforce crisis, and the limitations of the "aging in place" ideal. Howard and Susan make make the case for aging in the right place, wherever a person can experience the care, autonomy, connection and community they need. Their conversation also highlights the Leonard Florence Center for Living, a Boston-based Green House home that demonstrates how even highly complex care can be delivered in a true home environment. Susan and Howard close with a message for families and policymakers alike: plan ahead, rethink assumptions about long-term care, and build a system that supports people wherever they call home. More about Howard, including his book Caring for Our Parents, here: https://howardgleckman.com. Information on AgingIN Education Opportunities: https://aginginnovation.org/solutions/education/
- 4 weeks ago54 min
A Quest for Best Practices in Eldercare, with Barbara Infante
Barbara Infante joins AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan to share how a family member's difficult rehabilitation experience led her from a 25-year career in process improvement and project management into aging services. Barb's secret sauce is about looking for what's working and sharing the ideas so others can build on them. Through her initiative, Eldercare Quest, she has taken to the road visiting aging services communities across the country to discover person-centered practices that are working well. In today's episode, she shares some remarkable examples she's discovered along with way and lessons senior living providers can learn from each other. Susan and Barb also discuss Agile Aging, a company Barb founded to help senior living organizations turn overwhelm into momentum by prioritizing initiatives, strengthening teams, and creating sustainable systems for change. More about Agile Aging here: https://www.agile-aging.com/. Information on AgingIN Education Opportunities: https://aginginnovation.org/solutions/education/
- Oct 7, 202649 min
Understanding Elder Abuse and Prevention, with Lori Mars
Lori Mars, director of the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), joins the show this week to explore elder abuse, ageism, and what can be done to prevent both. AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan sits down with Lori to discuss the different forms of elder mistreatment, including physical, psychological, sexual, and financial abuse, as well as neglect and self-neglect, and why recognizing the signs matters. Lori also explains how ageism can devalue older adults and create conditions that increase the risk of abuse. The conversation highlights the power of intergenerational connection, multidisciplinary approaches to elder justice, and programs that support caregivers and promote restorative justice. Lori also shares her personal journey into elder justice and the NCEA's work providing education, research and resources to professionals, families and the public. The message is simple: respecting the dignity and humanity of older adults is essential to preventing abuse. More about NCEA here: https://ncea.usc.edu
- Sep 30, 202651 min
The Case for a New Kind of Senior Living
James Balda, president and CEO of Argentum, joins Elevate Eldercare this week to explore how senior living can help address some of the biggest challenges facing aging and long-term care. Balda sits down with AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan to discuss his journey to Argentum and the organization's policy priorities, including developing stronger care workforce pipelines, expanding senior housing, and finding new ways to serve the "forgotten middle," older adults who struggle to afford private-pay care but don't qualify for Medicaid. The conversation also explores what quality senior living should look like: home-like environments, resident choice, dignity, social connection, meaningful engagement, and strong memory care. He and Susan also delve into the potential of AI and other technologies to support caregivers while emphasizing that technology should enhance—not replace—the human side of care. The episode closes with a call to change the public narrative around senior living through storytelling and to give residents, families, and caregivers a stronger voice in shaping the future of aging. More about Argentum here: https://www.argentum.org/ Information on AgingIN Education Opportunities: https://aginginnovation.org/solutions/education/
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Let's Elevate Eldercare Together!Every great eldercare community has a unique story, and there are many paths toward providing high-quality, person-directed services and supports for older adults. That's why we launched Elevate Eldercare—to bring together thought leaders, activists, and advocates in the field of aging services and give them a space where thoughtful discourse and diverse perspectives flow freely.Join Susan Ryan, CEO of AgingIN (formerly Center for Innovation), every Wednesday for enlightening, provocative, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations. Together, the hosts and guests explore opportunities and challenges in person-directed living and empowered cultures in the community of one's choice.
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