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Caring for Boomer Generation: Building Upon History To Plan The Future

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Caring for Boomer Generation: Building Upon History To Plan The Future

As the baby boomer generation ages, America’s current long-term service and support system (LTSS) faces mounting pressure. With the volume of seniors requiring care increasing, it’s becoming clear that our existing infrastructure has opportunities to build person-centered systems to meet the needs and desires of this growing population. In this episode, we dive into how we can learn from our past to understand the critical need for expanding Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), allowing more seniors to age in place while ensuring institutional services remain available for those who need them most. Join us as we explore what this shift means for families, healthcare providers, and policymakers and how it could reshape the future of aging in America.

Objectives: 

Discuss societal history impacting the evolution of caring for the aging population. 
Describe characteristics of populations impacting the care of the aging population.
Explain future considerations in the care of the aging population. 

Guests: 

Ashley l Ebert, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C

With over a decade of experience as a nurse practitioner, Ashley has spent 8 years mastering acute care across diverse settings and just over 2 years specializing in geriatric care.  In both roles, she has led initiatives to enhance quality care, advocated for better access to healthcare, and focused on the unique needs of rural communities.  Her passion lies in people leadership and fostering the growth and development of clinicians to ensure long-term success in the field of healthcare.

She is honored to have been selected as her company’s Senior Living representative for a national Townhall, sitting alongside senior leaders, bringing collaboration and a focus on improved care transitions to the forefront.  Additionally, Ashley was selected as a co-chair for a company-wide NP group, which boasts a vibrant community of nearly 5000 members, where she helps create a space for connection, professional growth, and networking.

Casey Fowler, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C, GS-C, FAANP

Casey Fowler is a family nurse practitioner sub-specialized in geriatrics. He has been working with older adults in institutional and community-based settings for more than fifteen years. The last eight years, he has been leading other nursing professionals caring for this population, and he has been advancing his knowledge in leadership. Casey earned his Doctor of Nursing Practice from Gonzaga University in 2015, studying the use of nonpharmacologic interventions for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia using the middle-range nursing theory of Person-Centred Care as described by McCormack and McCance. Casey has gone on to apply these principles to his leadership style, in what he calls person-centered leadership. Casey has been a speaker at many local, regional, and national events on a variety of topics, and this year, he was inducted into the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners for his work building the first postgraduate fellowship for nurse practitioners to gain specialty training in geriatrics and complex adults as well as his work developing other leaders in his field. Casey’s current focus is on leveraging our nation’s resources to best care for our aging population in a way that meets the needs of both rural and urban populations.

References: 

Administration for Community Living. (2-24, February 27). Retrieved from Administration for Community Living: https://acl.gov/news-and-events/announcements/acls-dcw-strategies-center-launches-multi-pronged-effort-strengthen

Alzheimer’s Association. (2011). Generation Alzheimer’s: The Defining Disease of the Baby Boomers. Retrieved from Alzheimer’s Association

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