Conversations About Health Care Delivery in the United States
This podcast series features spirited conversations with prominent experts, innovators, and leaders in the health sector. In each episode, hosts Jim Knickman and Brian Elbel tap into their guests’ expertise to learn more about the key drivers that shape the health care system, challenges and complexities related to health inequities, and the exciting career opportunities available to future health care professionals and leaders.
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Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
In this episode, hosts Jim Knickman and Brian Elbel discuss the aging population in the United States with Ramsey Alwin (president and CEO) and Kathleen Cameron (senior director) at the National Council on Aging (NCOA). During their conversation they discuss the demographic shift, how the roles of families and social systems have evolved, federal- and state-level programs for seniors, social isolation and inequities in the aging population, healthy aging, and exciting careers in aging services.