AARP/JAHF Webinar Recording: How Leading-Edge Health Systems Integrate Family Caregivers
AARP and JAHF hosted a webinar discussion with healthcare leaders innovating on hospital front lines in support of family caregivers, March 9, titled "How Leading-Edge Health Systems Integrate Family Caregivers."
Family caregivers are doing more complex care at home than ever before. Challenges often exist as these caregivers find themselves navigating a health system. As an often unrecognized yet critical member of the care team, they need support, guidance and instruction. The event heard from a panel of expert leaders who recognize the challenges that family caregivers face and are on the leading-edge, implementing system-wide age-friendly policies and practices to offer more support to family caregivers.
Speakers included:
- Susan C. Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute & Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America
- Tamryn Gray, PhD, RN, MPH, Health Services Researcher, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Instructor, Harvard Medical School
- Rani Snyder, MPA, Vice President, Program, The John A. Hartford Foundation
- Alan Vierling, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, President and Chief Nursing Officer, Sparrow Hospital
- Kathleen Sullivan, PhD, RN, Vice President Post Acute Care Services, Dignity Health CA Central Coast
There was dedicated time for live Q&A.
Home Alone Alliance – a collaborative of AARP - is dedicated to creating solutions geared towards supporting family caregivers, and offers tools and resources.
To watch the webinar recording, click here.
To go to AARP's Home Alone Alliance, click here.
To learn more about JAHF's support, click here.
