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Let’s Elevate Eldercare Together! Every great eldercare community has a unique story, and there are many paths toward providing high-quality, person-directed services and supports for older adults. That’s why we launched “Elevate Eldercare”: to bring together thought leaders, activists, and advocates in the field of aging services and give them a space where thoughtful discourse and diverse perspectives flow freely.

Join Susan Ryan, Alex Spanko, and other GHP team members every Wednesday for enlightening, provocative, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations. Together, the hosts and guests explore the opportunities and challenges in building a new, dignified eldercare system through the lens of the Green House and Pioneer models.

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Susan Ryan Alex Spanko

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Jeff Ash

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Joe Angelelli
Joe Angelelli is a policy expert with extensive experience in eldercare and healthcare systems. He has been involved in various initiatives aimed at improving care delivery for older adults and is known for his advocacy in creating more person-centered care models.
Anne Montgomery
Anne Montgomery is a recognized leader in the field of aging services and policy. With a background in healthcare reform and eldercare advocacy, she has contributed to numerous projects focused on enhancing the quality of care for seniors and promoting innovative solutions in the care delivery system.
Suellen Beatty
Suellen Beatty is a pioneer of person-directed care and small-home living in Canada. She has had a decades-long career at the Sherbrooke Community Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she has worked tirelessly to implement and promote person-directed care practices. Beatty is known for her commitment to creating a community where residents feel at home and caregivers are motivated to work, evidenced by a retention rate of over 90%. Her efforts have helped establish Sherbrooke as a national standard for eldercare and have contributed to advancements in intergenerational education in Canada.
Kyle Henry
Kyle Henry is a prolific filmmaker and associate professor at Northwestern University. He has created works that explore personal and social themes, particularly focusing on the experiences of caregiving and the impact of dementia. His film 'Time Passages' serves as a tribute to families dealing with the loss of loved ones and highlights the challenges faced by caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fred Bentley
Fred Bentley is the managing director of ATI Advisory's Post-Acute/Long-Term Care and Senior Living Practice. With over 25 years of experience in aging services, he advocates for long-term care providers to adopt population health management strategies and emphasizes the importance of innovation in clinical capabilities and partnerships. Bentley is dedicated to improving care and staffing in nursing homes and has been actively involved in discussions regarding the impact of policy changes on aging services, including reforms to Medicaid and Medicare.

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opportunity diversity equity inclusion whole person academic career community belonging EINSTEIN Option eldercare care delivery system policy experts Joe Angelelli Anne Montgomery care continuums institutional settings person-directed care small-home living community building intergenerational education dementia caregiving COVID-19 film Time Passages population health management long-term care nursing home care innovation clinical capabilities partnerships household model Medicaid Medicare aging services

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THE GREEN HOUSE® model creates small, intentional communities for groups of elders and staff to focus on living full and vibrant lives.

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The Pioneer Network & The Green House Project together make up the Center for Innovation—the central address for eldercare solutions.

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on Elevate Eldercare.

0:00 1:01:20

Opportunities Begin with Seeing the Whole Person

Hosts
Susan Ryan
Guests
Jeff Ash
Keywords
opportunity diversity equity inclusion whole person academic career community belonging

Opportunity can come in many shapes and in unexpected places. Today’s guest, Jeff Ash, PhD, chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at The Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Md., tells a very compelling story about how he was given an opportunity that set the stage for his now-illustrious career. Having had a somewhat circuitous career path as a young academic, Dr. Ash describes how he was given a break because someone saw him as a whole person.

Today, with more than 25 years of academia in the University of Maryland system under his belt, Dr. Ash walks the walk when it comes to his philosophy on fair, equitable opportunities and why he is often more impressed with a lower GPA than by a 4.0.

His keen insights, wisdom, and guidance in conversation with Susan Ryan in this episode are especially timely and essential.

Prioritizing people, no matter their race, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or age, is a core tenet of the Center for Innovation as we create communities of belonging, where individuals are seen as whole people with intrinsic worth, and our shared humanity enables all to live, grow, and thrive. 

Learn more about the CFI’s upcoming conference in St. Louis this August: https://thegreenhouseproject.org/2025-conference/

0:00 51:46

Inside the EINSTEIN Option Summit

Hosts
Susan Ryan Alex Spanko
Guests
Joe Angelelli Anne Montgomery
Keywords
EINSTEIN Option eldercare care delivery system policy experts Joe Angelelli Anne Montgomery care continuums institutional settings

Policy experts Joe Angelelli and Anne Montgomery return to the podcast to discuss the recent EINSTEIN Option summit, a gathering of eldercare changemakers dedicated to advancing a comprehensive plan to reimagine the entire care delivery system.

In this episode, youll learn how the EINSTEIN Option could create full care continuums in communities around the country, with services and supports that meet elders where they are instead of forcing them into institutional settings that do not meet their needs.

Learn more about the EINSTEIN Option, including a recording from the summit: https://www.einsteinoption.org/

Learn more about the CFI conference in St. Louis this August: https://thegreenhouseproject.org/2025-conference/

0:00 1:00:10

Sustaining Small Homes for Decades

Hosts
Susan Ryan Alex Spanko
Guests
Suellen Beatty
Keywords
person-directed care small-home living eldercare community building intergenerational education

Suellen Beatty is a pioneer of person-directed care and small-home living in Canada. During her decades-long career at the Sherbrooke Community Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Beatty worked tirelessly to always go above and beyond even the basics of person-directed care practices, building a community where residents actually want to live, and caregivers actually want to work with the more than 90% retention rate to prove it.

Beatty joins the podcast this week to discuss how she helped turn Sherbrooke into a national standard for eldercare as well as intergenerational education north of the border.

Learn more about Sherbrooke: https://www.sherbrookecommunitycentre.ca/

Read the recent Canadian small-home report: https://www.niageing.ca/small-care-homes

0:00 47:21

Documenting the Dementia Journey on Film

Hosts
Susan Ryan Alex Spanko
Guests
Kyle Henry
Keywords
dementia caregiving COVID-19 film Time Passages

Like far too many people across the world, Kyle Henry was forced to spend his mothers last days communicating from behind screens and PPE as the COVID-19 pandemic raged.

But Henry a prolific filmmaker and associate professor at Northwestern University also saw an opportunity to shine a light on dementia, caregiving, and his own relationship with his mother. His film Time Passages stands as a tribute not just to one family struggling with the impending loss of a matriarch, but to all the caregivers and people living with dementia who have traveled similar paths.

Learn more about the film, as well as screenings and streaming information:https://www.timepassagesfilm.com/

Learn more about Caring Across Generations: https://caringacross.org/

0:00 57:41

The Case for Population Health Management in Long-Term Care

Hosts
Susan Ryan
Guests
Fred Bentley
Keywords
population health management long-term care nursing home care innovation clinical capabilities partnerships household model Medicaid Medicare aging services

The pursuit of innovative solutions in nursing home care is ongoing, and there is no shortage of people who are dedicated to this endeavor. Today’s guest, Fred Bentley, managing director of ATI Advisory’s Post-Acute/Long-Term care and Senior Living Practice, is one of these people. In addition to advocating for long-term care providers to shift focus to population health management, he also promotes innovation in clinical capabilities and embracing partnerships. 

Bentley sat down with Susan Ryan to discuss his 25-year journey in aging services and the potential of the household model to improve care and staffing. In addition, he addressed the recent administrations funding and communications freeze, as well as its impact on aging services providers, including potential reforms to Medicaid and Medicare. 

Bentley also shared his perspective on the opportunities amid uncertainty, highlighting the increasing demand for long-term care services and supports as the population grows older.

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