051 – Interview: Innovations to Help Older Adults & Family Caregivers

In This Episode:

Dr. K talks with Anne Tumlinson, an expert in long-term care and the founder of the caregiving organization Daughterhood.org. They discuss the upcoming Aging 2.0 Optimize Conference, promising innovations to help family caregivers and more. Their conversation addresses:

• Which problems that come up the most in the Daughterhood.org community
• Why it’s so hard for families to navigate the healthcare system
• Promising age-friendly health innovations
• Options for addressing aging in place and aging in the right place
• Dr. Bill Thomas’s new Minka customizable house project
• How transportation innovations can help older adults
• The peer-to-peer aging health coaching being pioneered by AgeWell Global
• What Anne learned from helping the Caregiver Action Network develop training to help families learn to make decisions

Related episodes: 

017 – Interview: Paying for Long-Term Care & Other Family Caregiving Challenges
035 – Interview: Aging in the Right Place
039 – Interview: Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems
049 – Better Primary Care for Older Adults: the Oak Street Health Story

Related Resources:

• Daughterhood Circles
• Aging 2.0
• Caremore
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
• Smart Living 360
• Dr. Bill Thomas
  • ChangingAging.org
  • The Minka House Project
• Caregiver Action Network