Health Affairs Age-Friendly Health Podcast Series
Health Affairs, with support from JAHF, presents a new limited podcast series as part of its Age-Friendly Health series.
Hosted by Katherine Ornstein, the podcast explores major policy changes affecting older adults and examines issues at the intersection of aging, health, health care and health policy. Episodes feature expert conversations on policies and practices that can support high-quality, evidence-based, age-friendly care.
Topics include Medicaid, state health policy, caregiver support, health equity, innovative models of care and the sustainability of services that help older adults live with dignity and independence.
NEW - Episode #3: Policy Changes Reshaping Family Caregiving
In the third and final episode of the series, Alison Barkoff of George Washington University discusses the growing economic and social importance of family caregiving, including recent federal policy shifts affecting Medicaid and caregiver programs, as well as emerging state and private-sector interventions aimed at better supporting caregivers and older adults.
Episode #2: How the Health Care Workforce Is Responding to New Aging Policies
Bianca Frogner, director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington, discusses the role of direct care workers in long-term care, including workforce shortages, Medicaid-related policy shifts, immigration, labor standards, and the policies needed to support a strong long-term care workforce for older adults.
Episode #1: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Will Affect Older Adults
Hemi Tewarson of the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) discusses how the One Big Beautiful Bill will affect Medicaid and state health policies impacting older adults, including work requirements, Medicaid financing changes, rural health investments, the sustainability of age-friendly services and more.
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