As we age and evolve, so does our health and care needs. Kaiser Permanente has a lot of programs and services dedicated to support our older adult members. 

Watch the video version of this episode here.

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

As we get older, there are many things that we can do proactively and plan ahead as we move along on the Aging Well journey. We'll hear from the care provider perspective about what can we do to prepare ourselves to Age Well.

Watch the video version of this episode here.

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

On this episode, we will hear from a Kaiser Permanente physician who specializes in taking care of older patients and from a Kaiser Permanente medical social worker who works closely with them.

Featuring Dr. Sneha Patel – GSAA Chief of Geriatrics and Regional Chief of Chiefs for Geriatrics and  Shaista Ali – a Medical Social Worker based in Fremont. 

Watch the video version of this podcast here.

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

A sudden back pain, more stiffness when getting out of bed in the morning, an extra wrinkle or two, or three – like many of us, you’re getting older. 

It may not be something you’re anxious to embrace, but it is a reality. While we can’t stop the aging process, we can take steps to make sure that as you age, you do all you can to preserve your independence, your health, and your happiness.

You can learn how to age well. Let’s explore this aging thing – and all that comes along with it. 

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

Protecting the health of our patients, our members, as well as our staff, nurses and doctors is one of our highest priorities at Kaiser Permanente. In this podcast, I'm joined by Olivia Liang, GSAA Infection Prevention expert, to talk about these things:

- Why is infection prevention so important in health care and in our work? 

- How are we doing with infection prevention?

- What can we do to contribute to protecting the health and safety of our patients, our members, and each other?

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

In this third – and final episode on KP membership, we will talk about how we sell and market Kaiser Permanente to commercial customers and employer groups. And how Kaiser Permanente promotes itself in the market towards membership growth and retention.

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

In this episode, the second of three parts on KP membership, we focus on the member experience.  

What do our members see and feel? And how does that impact their opinion of KP?  We will explore all of these things as well as the different touchpoints we have with our members and how we contribute to the member experience. 

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

Membership is at the heart of Kaiser Permanente and is central to our mission. Without members, we cannot survive as an organization. So that is why we have such a keen focus on cultivating our members and at the same time increasing our membership.

Membership is a very in-depth subject that I plan to talk about via a series of three episodes. In this first episode, we will start off with broad strokes to give you a foundational understanding on why membership is important to Kaiser Permanente.

I'm joined in this podcast by by Phillip De Souza, GSAA’s Area Finance Officer, and a member of the GSAA Membership Growth Retention Council. 

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

Every day – a lot of great work happens to keep our medical centers running and to provide a clean and safe environment for our patients, members and care teams.  This work happens at all times of the day by people you may not even see or notice.

This podcast puts a spotlight on the great work of our Environmental Services Department or EVS. Joining the podcast are Colin Daniels,  Assistant Director of EVS in San Leandro and Rhonda Ashley, a key member of the EVS team.

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].

We are all caretakers – that’s why we work in health care. At work – we are constantly busy taking care of our patients and members. Then we go home – and take care of our family and loved ones. 

How do we find time to take care of ourselves - so that we can be our Best Selves?

Learn more about how we can take better care of ourselves with my special guest Ruth Campbell – our wonderful Employee Assistance Program Consultant.

Mental Health and Wellness Resources from this episode:

GSAA Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – kp.org/eap

Mental Health and Wellness for Employees

Live Well Be Well

Rise and Renew

MindfulHub

Tell Me What You Think About My DEBtalks Podcasts
I’d love to hear your feedback or your ideas for future podcasts. Connect with me at: [email protected].