Episode notes
In this episode, Dr. Cheryl Phillips, a nationally recognized expert in geriatrics and health policy, speaks about her lifelong mission to improve elder care. She shares her powerful childhood story of witnessing the lack of dignity in a nursing home, which inspired her to become a geriatrician and systems-level leader. Cheryl explores how new payment models like CMS’s GUIDE program are finally aligning incentives to support a whole-person approach to care, emphasizing that a dementia diagnosis is not just a medical problem, but one that requires a full support system.
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Keywords
dementiaGUIDEdementia careGUIDE modeldementia caregiverSpecial Needs Plan AllianceJohn A. Hartford FoundationAge-Friendly Health Systems Initiativeelder carePACEWhole-Person Care