Recent events in which Americans have called for respect, tolerance, inclusion and equity have been the catalyst for change, reflection and empathy. This topic effects those of us who work in senior living and the clients and families we serve. Join us for an interactive and thought-provoking panel presentation that will strive to explore Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the senior living segment. This is the second in a series of discussions, click here for the first session
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11:52:37 From steve gurney : Welcome everyone! Feel free to use chat to introduce yourself and connect with other attendees. IMPORTANT make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES when posting!
11:53:19 From steve gurney : Link to all of our previous recordings https://www.retirementlivingsourcebook.com/digital-discussions
12:00:48 From Crystal Heard : Crystal from Catholic Charities
12:01:02 From Ken Silverstein : Hi Everyone—Ken Silverstein, AlfredHouse Assisted Living, 10 boutique homes in Montgomery County and we are accepting new residents, contact info: ksilverstein@alfredhouse.com, 240-535-0597
12:01:46 From Steve Lahn to All panelists : Steve Lahn-Advanced Nursing + Home Support-240-430-1518-steve@advancedhomesupport.com
12:02:25 From Donna Gayles : Good Day Everyone! Donna Gayles- Patient Advocate with Capital Caring Health DC. Happy to be of service 703-213-7964 dgayles@capitalcaring.org
12:02:36 From Steve Lahn : Steve Lahn-Advanced Nursing + Home Support-240-430-1518-steve@advancedhomesupport.com
12:02:43 From Steve Lahn : thanks Steve :)
12:02:45 From Mary Arung to All panelists : Good afternoon to everyone. Mary Arung here. Owner of Z & E Home away from Home/staffing
12:02:58 From Ramzi Rihani to All panelists : Hi guys,
12:02:58 From anita Irvin to All panelists : anita Irvin executive director at Insight Memory Care Center Anita.Irvin@Insightmcc.org
12:03:05 From Paula Phillips : Paula Phillips, Elizabeth House, Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County
12:03:25 From Val Walker to All panelists : Hello Everyone Val Walker Advance Care Planning Trainer and End of Life Doula
12:03:37 From Olive Freeman to All panelists : Olive Freeman, Senior Care Management Advocate
12:03:48 From Ramzi Rihani to All panelists : Ramzi Rihani, Options for Senior America 301-562-1100 RRihani@optionscorp.com
12:04:06 From Le Donna Berman : Le Donna Berman of Pessin Katz Law Good Afternoon Everyone
12:04:16 From Patti Hutton : Hello everyone! Patti Hutton, Residences at Vantage Point a not-for-profit CCRC located in downtown Columbia 410-992-1075
12:04:16 From Nellia Kaiyo to All panelists : Good Day. Nelly Kaiyo- Executive Director, Raphael House 301 217 9116 nkaiyo@victoryhousing.org
12:04:28 From Nicole Rochester to All panelists : Hello everyone! I'm Dr. Nicole Rochester, independent health advocate and CEO of Your GPS Doc, LLC.
12:04:36 From Nancy King to All panelists : Nancy King, President Senior Options
12:05:47 From Clinton Pettus : Clinton Pettus, member of the Resident Association Board, Bayleigh Chase (CCRC).
12:06:16 From Terry Gross : Good afternoon all. I'm Terry Gross, Memory Care Advisor at Arden Courts of Annandale, (703) 256-0882 terry.gross@hcr-manorcare.com
12:06:58 From Mark Asch : Hello All....this is Mark Asch with Right At Home, a licensed home care agency providing properly vetted and trained caregivers to help clients with non-medical home care in Montgomery County, Prince George's County and parts of Baltimore City and County mark@rightathomemd.net 410-292-2405 Direct
12:07:01 From Jennifer Brown : Hi Everyone - a beautiful day! Jennifer Brown - Community Relations Manager - Seabury Resources for Aging - jmbrown@seaburyresources.org - Seabury provides Care Management & client Life Enrichment services throughout the DMV.
12:07:19 From Ellen Pincus : Ellen Pincus Cavalier Home Health 703-477-6252 epincus@cavalierhomehealth.com. we are a 5 star agency in Nova
12:07:26 From Roslyn Cooley Prayer : Good Afternoon Everyone! Roslyn Cooley Prayer, Program Manager Home & Community Based Services - Baltimore County Department of Aging
12:10:24 From Rose Constant-Jean to All panelists : Good afternoon everyone,
12:10:52 From steve gurney to Mary Arung and all panelists : Mary make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:11:01 From Laketa Hooper to All panelists : Good afternoon! Laketa Hooper, M.S., Regional Assistant Senior Center Director - Baltimore County Department of Aging. 410-887-0267 lhooper@baltimorecountymd.gov
12:11:11 From cordell martin : Cordell Martin - Tribute at Melford Assisted Living & Memory Care Community Relations Coordinator 301-329-5565 ext. 3403 cordell.martin@tributeatmelford.com
12:11:17 From steve gurney to Rose Constant-Jean and all panelists : Rose make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:11:44 From steve gurney to Nancy King and all panelists : Nancy make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:11:53 From Rose Constant-Jean to All panelists : My name is Rose constant-Jean, Health & Wellnes director at Morningside House of Leesburg: 703-7772777
12:12:05 From steve gurney to Nicole Rochester and all panelists : Nicole make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:12:26 From Mary Arung to All panelists : Okay, thanks, will do
12:12:33 From steve gurney to Nellia Kaiyo and all panelists : Nelly make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:13:05 From steve gurney to Ramzi Rihani and all panelists : Ramzi - make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:13:30 From steve gurney to Olive Freeman and all panelists : Olive - make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:13:43 From Mary Arung to All panelists : Mary Arung again from Z & E Homes/staffing. 240-521-1205
12:14:21 From Keisha Toussaint Mc Mayo : Keisha Toussaint Mc Mayo PGDSS keisha.toussaint@maryland.gov
12:16:06 From Cheryl Rodakowski : Hi from Reflections - A Senior Living Community in Leesburg!
12:16:43 From Theresa Thomas to All panelists : Hi - Theresa Thomas, Goodwin House
12:16:59 From steve gurney to Theresa Thomas and all panelists : Theresa - make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:17:15 From steve gurney to Mary Arung and all panelists : mary - make sure you select the drop down menu ALL PANELISTS AND ATTENDEES
12:18:00 From Nicole Rochester : Steve pointed out my comment only went to the panelists (thanks!). Hi everyone! I'm Dr. Nicole Rochester, independent health advocate and CEO of Your GPS Doc, LLC.
12:18:47 From Mary Arung : Mary Arung from Z & E Homes away from Home/staffing. zehomeaway@gmail.com
12:21:34 From Nellia Kaiyo : Good Day. Nelly Kaiyo- Executive Director, Raphael House 301 217 9116 nkaiyo@victoryhousing.org
12:21:44 From Ellen Pincus : Can I please get Dr Rochester contact info
12:22:15 From Tammy Turner : Tammy Turner, Community Education Manager Hospice of the Chesapeake. tturner@hospicechesapeake.org cell #667.210.9189
12:22:23 From steve gurney : Featured Panelists:
Dr. Jennifer Marana, the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Broadmead
JMarana@broadmead.org
Altonia Garrett, MBA, MHA, RN - Executive Director, Center for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity at Capital Caring Health
algarrett@capitalcaring.org
Keith Everett Chief Officer for Performance, Compliance, and Cultural Operations at Capital Caring Health
keverett@capitalcaring.org
12:23:32 From Corie Bacher to All panelists : Hi Everyone, Corie Bacher, Director of Community Relations, Capital Caring Health cbacher@capitalcaring.org
12:26:30 From Altonia Garrett : Statistics. A recent study of hospice utilization by race shows that: [NHPCO’s 2018 Facts and Figures show that ]
o 82.5% of hospice patients in the United States are Caucasians,
o African Americans represent only 8.2%;
o Followed by Hispanics at 6.4%,
o Asians at 1.7% and
o Native Americans at 0.4%
12:27:05 From Holly Pollinger : Holly Pollinger, Glover Park Village
12:27:25 From Sydney Palinkas to All panelists : This is Sydney Palinkas, from the ElderSAFE Center, palinkas@ceslc.org
12:28:17 From Theresa Thomas : Thanks Elizabeth
12:30:35 From Patricia Dubroof : Vey interesting presentation . Thanks Steve for setting this up.
12:32:19 From Bettie Samuel to All panelists : Very Apropos topic ! Great initiative undertaken by Capital Caring Health. Underutilization of the Medicare Hospice Benefit by minority populations is shocking ! Bettie Samuel- Patient Advocate - Capital Caring Health - www.capitalcaring.org
12:38:35 From Val Walker to All panelists : Comment: I think the reason why African AMericans utilization of hospice is low is because within our culture we don't trust the healthcare system due to the mistreatment of Black Americans. Part of African American culture is to take care of our own family members. We are not comfortable of leaving Grandma in an institutionalized facility while we go play "GOLF". The AA community needs education about the benefits of Hospice care but the Hospice industry needs to increase their awareness about other races as being valuable clients.
12:42:53 From Sydney Palinkas : I've led bingo in groups that speak all different languages and it worked really well
12:43:23 From Sharon Parver to All panelists : Thanks for bringing this group together. This is one of the critical issues facing the aging services world. I appreciate the useful and reliable solutions.
12:43:52 From Roslyn Cooley Prayer to All panelists : - Using food, music, entertainment and sharing of history lessons.
12:43:58 From Olive Freeman : From Olive...I am delighted to see the Senior Care Industry moving in this direction to include the staff regardless of title or color. Very few people of color are able to move into the Assisted Living Communities due to private pay method. Some do with the help of Medicaid because the state requires that a percentage of low income residents be able to move in.
12:44:02 From Allison McMichael : Music is a language that everyone understands. Could have cultural days maybe once every 3 months focusing on different culture in your resident apartment.
12:44:55 From Roslyn Cooley Prayer to All panelists : Also highlighting cultural celebrations to educate individuals of cross cultures.
12:47:07 From Corie Bacher : I would be happy to help coordinate brainstorm activities to bring residents together
12:50:42 From Ramzi Rihani to All panelists : I have witnessed the usage of music in an assisted living facility and it was a wonderful way to bring people together. We once sponsored a live music event for seniors in a shopping center and the event was a vocalist singing a repertoire from the 50s and the seniors from different cultural backgrounds were thrilled,
12:54:16 From cordell martin : Hospice is thought of as end of life treatment when in fact there is so much more that it offers. Education as Keith and Altonia mentioned is key
12:57:42 From Theresa Thomas to All panelists : Jennifer, can you repeat the name of the tool you use for leadership measurement
12:57:51 From Olive Freeman : From Olive...When family think about they immediately think death, and because most of them are in denial hospice becomes the very last choice of care.
12:58:42 From Jennifer Jimenez Marana to All panelists : tool: intercultural Development Inventory
13:00:36 From Tammy Turner : Community members and professionals are invited to attend our 2020 Virtual Symposium on 10/24/20...theme is racial inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19. Social workers have the opportunity to earn up to 3 free CEUs. Learn more and register at: https://caringforlifemd.org/
13:00:48 From Roslyn Cooley Prayer to All panelists : Thanks so much for touching on that subject matter.
13:01:58 From Mark Asch : When I am meeting with a prospective client family for Right At Home, I address that issue with families if they request a certain race of caregiver. I educate the client on our selection process and talk about how we will select the best quality caregiver to meet the needs of our clients
13:09:29 From Nicole Rochester : I agree 100%
13:10:11 From Claire Yeomans to All panelists : I've also known instances when someone may be asking for "white staff" primarily because they have difficulty understanding non-American accents, and feel that "white staff" may be easier to understand, especially if they already have hearing difficulties. It's not always the case, but I think it may be important to delve deeper into the reason why this request is being made.
13:12:24 From Olive Freeman : From Olive....right on point Keith...they have a choice!!!
13:16:37 From Nicole Rochester : Excellent discussion!
13:17:04 From Ken Silverstein : Thank you panelists, great discussion and thank you Steve for making this happen
13:17:23 From Veronica Hoover to All panelists : Love the discussion, is well over due.
13:17:30 From Le Donna Berman to All panelists : Thank you so much! Excellent
13:17:40 From Mark Asch to All panelists : Thank you all for your input
13:17:42 From Mary Arung : Mary Arung. Thank you all so much it was powerful and educative.
13:17:46 From Olive Freeman : From Olive....I agree with Val. Thanks Steve
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