Elevate Eldercare

Steve Nash, president and CEO of Stoddard Baptist Home Foundation, is the focus of this episode of "Let Me Say This About That" with Mary and Marla. They examine Susan Ryan's conversation with Steve to discuss his work with the foundation, his perspective on the challenges of COVID, and what he envisions for the future of long-term care.

Nash is a firm believer in forming partnerships with the community, and Marla takes a look at where Stoddard Baptist formed those ties.

Mary examines Nash's perspective on what worked well during COVID and how much of what he concluded is the foundation of the Green House model.

In addition, Mary and Marla explore Nash's unique ideas about how to help ease the workforce shortage.

Find information on Making Community Partnerships toolkit here: https://aapcho.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Giachello-MakingCommunityPartnershipsWorkToolkit.pdf

See how one organization recruited volunteers to be a Green House Sage: https://files.constantcontact.com/e3eea0f5101/518667e3-dcef-456b-990c-a71a4dc49e56.pdf

Susan Ryan sits down with Steve Nash, president and CEO of the Stoddard Baptist Home, which has a legacy of caring for elders in the Washington, D.C., metro area since 1902.

Nash has held leadership roles in a number of long-term care organizations, including as president of the District of Columbia Health Care Association, chair of D.C.'s Board of Long-Term Care Administration, a member of the LeadingAge National Finance Committee, and chair of LeadingAge D.C. In addition, he was a recipient of a national grant for training nursing home administrators by the National Caucus on Black Aging.

Nash begins the conversation by sharing his unique call to the profession and ultimately to Stoddard Baptist. His leadership skills were on full display as he led his team through the COVID crisis praised them for their tenacity and courage in spite of immense challenges.

Nash examines the barriers to innovation and what he's doing to push through the obstacles to catalyze reform that offers quality of life experiences for all people.

Find out more about Stoddard Baptist Home here: https://www.stoddardbaptisthome.org/

In this recap of episode 77, Susan Ryan sat down with Larry Minnix, a consultant and author, and perhaps most known for his previous role as CEO of LeadingAge, a national association of nonprofit long-term and post-acute care providers. When he retired in 2015, LeadingAge named its Leadership Academy after him.

In this episode of "Let Me Say This About That," Marla and Mary take a closer look at succession planning—a topic Minnix said kept CEOs up at night. They explore the importance of a succession plan and the steps needed to create one.

Mary takes a closer look at the book Minnix wrote and what he says are the secrets to successful aging. Both Mary and Marla discuss how five women from his church had such an impact on his career.

In response to Minnix's suggested that society needs to "unfreeze" the way people are thinking about nursing home care, Marla reflects on how this term is connected to a theory of change.

Find information on succession planning here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinsights/2017/05/24/succession-planning-needs-to-be-your-number-1-priority/?sh=9c33d9b62aa0

https://www.peoplefluent.com/blog/succession/6-foundations-effective-succession-planning/

https://dune.une.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1246&context=theses

Find more about the 12 Secrets to Successful Aging here: https://www.larryminnix.com/the-twelve-secrets/

Read the article on 7 Characteristics of Highly Resilient People here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2118935

In this week's episode, Susan Ryan sits down with Larry Minnix, a consultant and author, and perhaps most known for his previous role as CEO of LeadingAge, a national association of nonprofit long-term and post-acute care providers.

When he retired in 2015, LeadingAge named its Leadership Academy after him. Minnix has been recognized as a "Top 50 Leader" by the Non-Profit Times and a "Top 50 Influencer of Aging" by Next Avenue.

He speaks on healthy aging and consults with nonprofits on governance and strategic planning. Minnix is a great storyteller and today is no exception, as he shares his journey and the pivotal experiences that significantly molded his life and career trajectory into aging services.

As a seasoned and respected leader, Minnix's wisdom and insights in today's conversation are just right for this crucial moment in time.

Finally, he talks about his recent book, Hallowed Ground: Stories of Successful Aging, and reflections gained throughout his personal journey and stellar career.

Find Larry Minnix's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Hallowed-Ground-Stories-Successful-Aging/dp/162787626X

Today they explore episode 75, where Susan Ryan sits down with Lisa McCracken and Dan Hermann of Ziegler Investment Banking, a privately held investment bank, capital markets and proprietary investments firm that specializes in the healthcare, senior living, and education sectors.

McCracken is director of senior living research and development, and her primary focus is on conducting industry research and trend analyses. Hermann is president and CEO, as well as head of investment banking at Ziegler.

In this recap, Marla and Mary discuss the differences in focus for not-for-profits and for-profit organizations in senior living and care. We discuss their rapid response to COVID and their unique ability to acquire a vast amount of data on this topic. Marla takes a closer look at the origins of Ziegler and where it started in the Midwest.

Ever wonder why they call it a bull or bear market? You'll be surprised with some of the possible definitions.

Find out more about the origins of bull and bear market here: https://investinganswers.com/articles/quirky-and-brutal-origins-terms-bear-and-bull

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/bull-bear-market-names/#:~:text=The%20terms%20%22bear%22%20and%20%22bull%22%20are%20thought%20to,the%20movement%20of%20a%20market.

In today's episode, Susan Ryan sits down with Lisa McCracken and Dan Hermann of Ziegler Investment Banking, a privately held investment bank, capital markets and proprietary investments firm that specializes in the healthcare, senior living, and education sectors.

McCracken is director of senior living research and development, and her primary focus is on conducting industry research and trend analyses. Hermann is president and CEO, as well as head of investment banking at Ziegler.

Both Hermann and McCracken serve as members of The Green House Project Board of Directors.

Hermann offers a broad overview of Ziegler from his 30-year tenure, including a review of the growth of the organization and its scope of services. McCracken describes her role, building upon Ziegler's longstanding commitment to understanding issues facing senior living providers, to conduct and provide research, education and thought leadership that captures industry trends.

They both discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the industry and how it determines future trends, as well as why they believe it would be disastrous to go back to 'the way it was' pre-pandemic.

Finally, McCracken and Hermann offer their perspectives on elder 'living' and the innovation and options that will be essential to achieving it.

Find out more about Ziegler here: https://www.ziegler.com

In this episode, Susan Ryan sat down with Jeannee Parker Martin, president and CEO of LeadingAge California.

In this recap, Marla and Mary offer some background on LeadingAge California and its 60-year history. They take a deeper dive into the five key initiatives the group is working on for its members and examine what the "silver lining" is with COVID, according to Parker Martin.

Marla explores resiliency in light of a comment by Parker Martin about how critical it is during this time. She also looks at seven characteristics of resiliency and how it can be applied in very tangible terms to staffers, family, and friends.

Find information on LeadingAge CA here: https://www.leadingageca.org/

Find more AGE On. Rage On. here: https://ageonrageon.com/

Read the article on 7 Characteristics of Highly Resilient People here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2118935

In this episode, Susan Ryan sits down with Jeannee Parker Martin, president and CEO of LeadingAge California, an organization that "fights on behalf of California's older adults to ensure their access to innovative, quality, and affordable long-term services and supports." Its members are long-term and post-acute care providers in California.

Parker Martin explains what it was like to lead her members through the pandemic in a state that was hit hard by the coronavirus and how her previous work in disasters and other worldwide crises helped to shape her work. She also examines what she believes is the "silver lining."

Connect with Jeannee on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannee-parker-martin-589a18b

In today's episode, Marla and Mary reflect on Women's History Month, offer some historical background on its origins, share statistics on women in long-term care, and then take a closer look at the leadership journey of Susan Ryan, senior director of The Green House Project.

Susan has been named a 2021 McKnight's Women of Distinction Hall of Honor inductee, a much-deserved designation for an amazing leader.

Join us as we explore her background, share her "why" story, and hear what other leaders in the field of aging services have to say about Susan.

No episode of "Let Me Say This About That" would be complete without a deeper dive by Marla concerning a specific topic—and this time it is a concept known as the 6 Types of Working Genius. Marla shares her thoughts about which categories she believes capture Susan Ryan best.

Hear the "Katie story" in Susan Ryan's voice from the 2016 Association of Jewish Aging Services Annual Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZuzYvP4jmw&t=2836s

Learn more about the 6 Types of Working Genius here: https://www.workinggenius.com/

In today's episode, the last of March 2021, a month designated as Women's History Month, Susan Ryan and her fellow podcasters from "Let Me Say This About That," Mary Hopfner-Thomas and Marla DeVries, sit down to reflect upon the incredible women leaders that have been guests on Elevate Eldercare. Since we launched last July,19 women have been interviewed for this podcast.

A year into the pandemic, this episode takes a look back at these courageous women who stepped up and took action, allowing their passion and quest for social justice to mobilize solutions and teams amid undoubtedly the most horrific experience in our history.

Their stories are unique, yet eerily similar in that each voice became a guiding and stabilizing force that provided solid leadership within their sphere of influence during profound uncertainty and fear.

Today Susan, Mary, and Marla tap into the collective wisdom gained from Elevate Eldercare's female guests and offer their thoughts and impressionable moments from each interview that inspired them and their work.

In recognition of Women's History Month, here is a Washington Post collection of stories of women who have faced challenges and triumphed throughout the past year: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/women-history-month-leaders-2021/