WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: October 20, 2016   Featuring: Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Meg Kabat, LCSW-C, CCM, National Director, Caregiver Support Program, US Department of Veterans Affairs Rebecca A. Stametz, DEd, MPH, Senior Director, Clinical Innovation, Geisinger Institute for Advanced Application Carol Levine, MA, Director, Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund Christina Gunther-Murphy, MBA, Executive Director, IHI A lot has been said and written over the years about the important role family caregivers play on behalf of loved ones with various health conditions and disabilities. But acknowledgment of the estimated 42 million family caregivers in the US alone hasn’t always translated into needed support. All sorts of groups and agencies have done their best to help family caregivers navigate health care, locate resou