Help Choose Home

The Help Choose Home podcast series educates families about adult home care services and options to age safely in place. Hosted by Merrily Orsini of corecubed, an industry leader offering marketing strategies for elder care agencies, this episode features Katie Wehri discussing what to consider when a loved one needs hospice care.

In this episode of Help Choose Home, Merrily Orsini talks with Katie Roper, CEO of Catenary Consulting and home care industry expert. Roper discusses the specifics to look for when selecting in home care for your senior loved one and the importance of being informed.

Allen Hager, Executive Chairman of Risemark, founded one of the largest franchise platforms in the industry, which you may know as Right at Home. Risemark consists of three wholly owned subsidiaries including Right at Home, Right at Home International, and IKOR that serve more than 500 territories globally. Allen Hager has a perspective on the healthcare at home industry that spans decades and includes trends and opportunities. He has some special messages for consumers and also leads the way in solving problems that get in the way of care at home. When I asked him for a vision of the future, he replied, " Much of the future of homecare will be driven by the healthcare systems need for low cost, high-value services."

Joanne Cunningham, President/CEO, Home Care Association of New York State for 11 years now, is leading her state's home health agencies to advance home and community-based services and promote high-quality care in the home. She also always looks for ways to expand opportunities for the home care provider community. She is very active and engaged in policy and advocacy for healthcare at home as well. Home health care is complex. Having some understanding of how the health care delivery system works vis a vis healthcare at home, is just another way of helping to understand how to choose home as a care option.