“The main reason families are afraid to move someone into long-term care right now is that they won’t know what’s happening with their loved one. The problem is easily solved with intentional communication – especially in the first 14-days.”

Katherine Wells, CEO, Serenity Engage

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Serenity Engage is a HIPAA-compliant conversation platform that increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior care providers. And because better communication means less litigation, ask us how to get a 10% insurance premium discount for using Serenity. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com.

The Mavericks created a collaboration circle that included people from every organization at every level of senior care, including families and older adults. In this group, we identified all the problems related to communication in senior care, and prioritized their impact on health, wellbeing, finances, and employment. The first topic to tackle was the communication that happens (or doesn’t) during the first 14-days of transitioning into long-term residential care.

Watch this episode to learn:

Why the first 14-days are so massively critical to the long-term health and wellbeing of the person transitioning into residential care

How this two week period impacts the financial health of the provider, including job satisfaction of staff

What we did about it and why we’re sharing it freely with the industry

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your favorite idea from either this conversation or your own ideas and experience about how we can support our older population right now. Email or post the answer on our social media and your Mavericks coffee mug will be in the mail.

If you like this episode, please subscribe! Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see changed in senior care.

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We’re all about challenging the status quo here at Maverick’s Headquarters! Welcome to the Challenging The Way We Age podcast by the Mavericks of Senior Living. We are two innovators and entrepreneurs who have huge hearts and passion for our older adults. And we see

“We need good data if we are to understand what we need to change in the current model of healthcare and senior care. I’ve been working on improving our data systems intensely in the last six months because I think we need to go back to first principles if we are to solve some of the issues in our COVID-impacted world.”

Jon Warner, CEO, Silver Moonshots

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EPISODE SPONSORED BY: Serenity Engage is a HIPAA-compliant conversation platform that increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior care providers. And because better communication means less litigation, ask us how to get a 10% insurance premium discount for using Serenity. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com.

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The Mavericks spoke with Jon Warner, CEO, author, entrepreneur, mentor and thought leader in senior care. His growth mindset and drive to help others think outside the box was a key motivator in creating his innovation accelerator, Silver Moonshots.

Watch this episode to learn:

Why we need a better, richer and more open population health data system

Why we need a much greater focus on pyscho-social/social determinants of health factors to render the best possible care

Why we need to re-imagine all forms of ‘institutional’ care in a COVID-19 impacted world

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your favorite idea from either this conversation or your own ideas and experience about how we can support our older population right now. Email or post the answer on our social media and your Mavericks coffee mug will be in the mail.

If you like this episode, please subscribe! Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see changed in senior care.

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We’re all about challenging the status quo here at Maverick’s Headquarters! Welcome to the Challenging The Way We Age podcast by the Mavericks of Senior Living. We are two innovators and entrepreneurs who have huge hearts and passion for our older adults. And we see all kinds of opportunities to improve today’s system and create hope for the way we age. We tackle hard topics with the goal of creating conversation and generating curiosity and ingenuity to solve these problems.

Want to join the Maverick Movement? Have a story on how you or your team are fostering ingenuity. Share it with us and check out our other episodes to light your innovation fire. Don’t forget to subscribe for more great interviews.

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“Even with unemployment paying a good chunk of money, we had staff members showing up to work every day who didn’t forget about our seniors, and we are grateful for that. They are heroes.”

Manda Ayoub, COO, Pomeroy Living

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Serenity Engage increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior living communities. Connecting care teams with family members illuminates the extraordinary care you provide, and helps you comply with new CMS Communication guidelines with a simple, HIPAA-compliant messaging app.

We can help communities using Serenity get a 10% insurance premium discount. Because research shows that better communication means less litigation. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com

The Mavericks learned about Manda when Katherine saw a LinkedIn post written by Manda about the reality of senior living during COVID-19. It was real, and raw, and showed what our communities — the people taking care of our loved ones — are going through.

Watch this episode to hear:

How the media portrayals of senior living impact the staff

What vendors can do to help support the communities and work as a team

What Manda hopes we learn from this pandemic to level-up our industry

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your favorite idea from either this conversation or your own ideas and experience about how we can support our older population right now. Email or post the answer on our social media and your Mavericks coffee mug will be in the mail.

If you like this episode, please subscribe! Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see changed in senior care.

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We’re all about challenging the status quo here at Maverick’s Headquarters! Welcome to the Challenging The Way We Age podcast by the Mavericks of Senior Living. We are two innovators and entrepreneurs who have huge hearts and passion for our older adults. And we see all kinds of opportunities to improve today’s system and create hope for the way we age. We tackle hard topics with the goal of creating conversation and generatin

“The senior living communities that will survive and thrive into the future are those that focus on providing not just quality of care, but a quality life.”

Berel Solomon, CEO, Wealthy Commercials

   Sponsored By

Serenity Engage increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior living communities. Connecting care teams with family members illuminates the extraordinary care you provide, and helps you comply with new CMS Communication guidelines with a simple, HIPAA-compliant messaging app.

We can help communities using Serenity get a 10% insurance premium discount. Because research shows that better communication means less litigation. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com

The Mavericks met Berel Solomon at a National Investment Center (NIC) for Senior Housing & Care conference. He had just won Entrepreneur of the Year in Canada by LinkedIn.

Watch this episode to hear how:

What Berel’s company does to help Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing communities

How he and his company survived, and thrived, during COVID-19 visitation restrictions

What advice Berel has for businesses during COVID and beyond

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your favorite idea from either this conversation or your own ideas and experience about how we can support our older population right now. Email or post the answer on our social media and your Mavericks coffee mug will be in the mail.

If you like this episode, please subscribe! Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see changed in senior care.

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We’re all about challenging the status quo here at Maverick’s Headquarters! Welcome to the Challenging The Way We Age podcast by the Mavericks of Senior Living. We are two innovators and entrepreneurs who have huge hearts and passion for our older adults. And we see all kinds of opportunities to improve today’s system and creat

"Communication is a massive problem in senior care. Families want more, staff is already stretched thin, and everyone suffers. So we asked the community to create a collaborative solution. What they developed is SIMPLE and POWERFUL."

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At Mavericks of Senior Living and Serenity Engage, we saw a massive problem with communication in senior care, so we asked the community to helps us all collaboratively solve it.

We were so fortunate to have people coming to us from all aspects of care to join this conversation: executive directors, caregivers, family members, hospice providers, home health, home care, nurses, and most importantly, older adults!

This incredible group sat down at the same table with all their various ideas, perspectives and experience to come up with a cross-functional, cross-organizational solution.

“This has been a Call to Action. COVID has exposed the flaws that have been in senior care for quite some time. And the flaws are systemic. Now we have the chance to take a long hard look at how we got here, our role in it, and advocate for reform.”

Susan Ryan, Senior Director, The Green House Project

   Sponsored By

Serenity Engage increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior living communities. Connecting care teams with family members illuminates the extraordinary care you provide, and helps you comply with new CMS Communication guidelines with a simple, HIPAA-compliant messaging app.

We can help communities using Serenity get a 10% insurance premium discount. Because research shows that better communication means less litigation. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com

The Mavericks talk with Susan Ryan, Senior Director, The Green House Project.

What a treat it was to talk with Maverick Susan Ryan! Susan has been working to drive change in the senior care system throughout her entire career. As the Senior Director of The Green House Project, an American national non-profit organization, she is dedicated to creating alternative living environments to traditional nursing home care facilities.

Watch this episode to hear how:

Why The Wall Street Journal says, “The Green House Project is nothing short of a revolution.”

How they are reinventing skilled nursing care

Why now is a reckoning for the industry overall and our call to action

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your favorite idea from either this conversation or your own ideas and experience about how we can support our older population right now. Email or post the answer on our social media and your Mavericks coffee mug will be in the mail.

If you

“It has been 5 years in the making to bring this dream to life. By renovating an old school building on church property, we are able to re-use existing property, utilize the community to help create the character of the building, offer a revenue source for the church, encourage multi-generational interaction, and most importantly, create affordable senior living.”

Peter Hynes, President, Urbitecture

  Sponsored By

Serenity Engage increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior living communities. Connecting care teams with family members illuminates the extraordinary care you provide, and helps you comply with new CMS Communication guidelines with a simple, HIPAA-compliant messaging app.

We can help communities using Serenity get a 10% insurance premium discount. Because research shows that better communication means less litigation. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com

We’ve talked about affordability in senior care before, so this was a genuine joy to learn about Open Arms Assisted Living. Open Arms has affordable assisted living private pay options, and also serves those who rely on Medicaid.

Peter and his team worked with St. Andrews Lutheran Church to renovate an old school. The benefits for the church, the community, the soon-to-be-residents, and the team who helped build Open Arms are enormous.

Watch this episode to hear how:

How intergenerational interaction is a natural and core component of Open Arms

How the church leaders and community participants worked together with Urbitecture to make this dream a reality

Why this is just the beginning of creating affordable senior care options

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your favorite idea from either this conversation or your own ideas and experience about how we can support our older population right now. Email or post the answer on our social media and your Mavericks coffee mug will be in the mail.

If you like this episode, please subscribe! Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see changed in senior care.

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“The Stockdale Paradox is a psychological theory about the extraordinary benefits of knowing that we WILL get through difficulties, yet still dealing with what’s happening right now.”

Jamie Sarche, Director of Pre-Planning, Feldman Mortuary

   Sponsored By

Serenity Engage increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior living communities. Connecting care teams with family members illuminates the extraordinary care you provide, and helps you comply with new CMS Communication guidelines with a simple, HIPAA-compliant messaging app.

We can help communities using Serenity get a 10% insurance premium discount. Because research shows that better communication means less litigation. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com

The Mavericks talk with Jamie Sarche, Director of Pre-Planning, Feldman Mortuary.

We always enjoy talking with Jamie Sarche, because it forces us to think about things differently. Jamie shares the concept of The Stockdale Paradox and how it can help us shift our thinking and reduce anxiety.

Watch this episode to hear how:

Dealing with the “both/and” of COVID-19

How to be okay with sharing authentically when you’re not feeling optimistic

Some ideas for how you can help alleviate anxiety

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your favorite idea from either this conversation or your own ideas and experience about how we can support our older population right now. Email or post the answer on our social media and your

“My hope is that we all re-think how we think about aging adults, especially those living with dementia. In much the same way Montessori was instrumental in changing our view of young children, by inviting us to see them as capable beings, deserving of our respect; I invite us to do the same for our aging adults with memory loss and dementia.“

Lisa Armao, Founder, Montessori Intergenerational Learning Communities

  Sponsored By

Serenity Engage increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior living communities. Connecting care teams with family members illuminates the extraordinary care you provide, and helps you comply with new CMS Communication guidelines with a simple, HIPAA-compliant messaging app.

We can help communities using Serenity get a 10% insurance premium discount. Because research shows that better communication means less litigation. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com

The Mavericks talk with Lisa Armao, Founder, Montessori Intergenerational Learning Communities.

Montessori Intergenerational Learning Communities is a labor of love, bringing the Montessori method to aging adults with dementia. The goal of the Montessori program is to support people living with dementia by creating a prepared environment, filled with cues and memory supports resulting in the opportunity for “meaningful work” that enables individuals to care for themselves, others, and their community so that they may live as independently as possible.

Watch this episode to hear how:

Montessori takes “person centered care” to a new height

Home caregivers can help those with dementia gain more independence

Montessori philosophy can create a cultural shift in senior living communities

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your fa

“Health is an everyday, all-of-the-time thing. It is not just when you need to go to the doctor.“

Frank Ricotta, CEO, BurstIQ

   Sponsored By

Serenity Engage increases move-ins, streamlines communications, and reduces risk for senior living communities. Connecting care teams with family members illuminates the extraordinary care you provide, and helps you comply with new CMS Communication guidelines with a simple, HIPAA-compliant messaging app.

We can help communities using Serenity get a 10% insurance premium discount. Because research shows that better communication means less litigation. Learn more at www.serenityengage.com

The Mavericks talk with Frank Ricotta, the CEO of BurstIQ.

BurstIQ, a blockchain-enabled data solution company, works to bring healthcare collaborators together to consolidate data and data access – particularly around COVID-19 and other health issues. They pull together information and use it collaboratively to create solutions across the healthcare industry. 

Watch this episode to hear about:

The gaps around data and research surrounding COVID-19

How regulations around rounding doctors and research are changing due to COVID-19

How BurstIQ is helping the way we age and the way we store healthcare data

Solutions to consolidate data for better access

The ways we can engage crowd intelligence to accelerate problem solving and solutions

Some innovative ways to create international data and research sharing collaboratively

How privacy is protected through BurstIQ

 

P.S. Ready to get your Mavericks coffee mug? Share with us what your favorite idea from either this conversation or your own ideas and experience about how we can support our older population right now. Email or post the answer on our social media and your Mavericks coffee mug will be in the mail.

If you like this episode, please subscribe! Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see changed in senior care.

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