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Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years
Irving Stackpole - What You Need to Know About Ageism in Long Term Care
Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, Irving Stackpole, returns to the show, once again! This time, Irving will discuss with Dr. Mara information consumers need to know about ageism in long term care communities. And Dr. Mara will discuss how to support family caregivers and healthcare advocates in the ageist and ableist environment of our society.
2024-07-29
1h 02
Risking Old Age in America: The Coming Elder Care Crisis
Irving Stackpole Discusses Challenges Facing Nursing Home Industry
Harry engages in a thought-provoking discussion with Irving Stackpole, a consultant to the long-term care industry. The conversation delves into the challenges and insights surrounding elder care and the evolving landscape of long-term care services in the United States. Stackpole shares his expertise on the demographic shifts and supply-demand dynamics in the aging services sector, highlighting the need for transformative changes in the infrastructure of long-term care. The conversation explores the transition from nursing homes to assisted living facilities and home care, emphasizing the importance of addressing the diverse housing and care needs of aging populations. The discussion sheds...
2024-04-09
31 min
MorgenGabe
Storia del GDR - La madre che fece guerra a D&D, l'era del Satanic Panic
ATTENZIONE: in questo podcast si parlerà di suicidio, di morte, di disturbi mentali e di dipendenza da sostanze. In passato il nostro hobby ha dovuto combattere moltissimo per poter essere accettato ed è passato attraverso numerose tempeste. Una di queste, la più famosa, è l'era del Satanic Panic. Un periodo in cui il gioco di ruolo, principalmente D&D, è finito nella morsa di molti gruppi conservatori di matrice religiosa che lo legavano al satanismo e ad altre pratiche criminali e consideravano il GDR una porta per l'occulto. Questa è la storia del Satanic Panic, di come è nato e di come è scomparso. Fateci sapere s...
2023-10-16
27 min
Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years
ENCORE With Irving Stackpole On Long Term Care & Twins In Mexico
Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, joins us to discuss how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial. With the loss of direct care workforce and closures of nursing centers, there’s a “fatal contraction” of supply in long term care. Irving will help us wade through this mess and figure out what are the solutions. Twins Ruben and Monerva will talk about another place in Mexico Dr. Mara continues her discussion of Passionate Living and Caregiving in the "new normal
2023-10-16
1h 00
Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years
Encore: Presentation with Irving Stackpole & Twins in Mexico
Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, joins us to discuss how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial. With the loss of direct care workforce and closures of nursing centers, there’s a “fatal contraction” of supply in long term care. Irving will help us wade through this mess and figure out what are the solutions. Twins Ruben and Monerva will talk about another place in Mexico Dr. Mara continues her discussion of Passionate Living and Caregiving in the "new normal
2023-09-18
1h 00
Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years
ENCORE: Keynote Speaker Irving Stackpole Of Stackpole & Associates
Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, Irving Stackpole returns to the program to discuss overcoming obstacles to higher quality of life for long-term care residents. And Dr. Mara on tips from the field as a family member of a long-term care resident, recent wins regarding care issues and lessons learned!
2023-07-31
1h 00
Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years
Irving Stackpole On Long Term Care
Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, Irving Stackpole returns to the program to discuss overcoming obstacles to higher quality of life for long-term care residents. And Dr. Mara on tips from the field as a family member of a long-term care resident, recent wins regarding care issues and lessons learned!
2023-07-10
1h 00
Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years
ENCORE With Irving Stackpole On Long Term Care & Twins In Mexico
Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, joins us to discuss how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial. With the loss of direct care workforce and closures of nursing centers, there’s a “fatal contraction” of supply in long term care. Irving will help us wade through this mess and figure out what are the solutions. Twins Ruben and Monerva will talk about another place in Mexico Dr. Mara continues her discussion of Passionate Living and Caregiving in the "new normal
2023-06-26
1h 00
Dr Mara Karpel & Your Golden Years
Irving Stackpole On Long Term Care & Twins Ruben & Minerva In Mexico
Keynote Speaker, President of Stackpole & Associates, and Co-Host of the podcast, The Medical Travel Show, Irving Stackpole, joins us to discuss how Long Term Care, especially skilled nursing facilities, is the scene of the collision of money, politics and denial. With the loss of direct care workforce and closures of nursing centers, there’s a “fatal contraction” of supply in long term care. Irving will help us wade through this mess and figure out what are the solutions. Twins Ruben and Monerva will talk about another place in Mexico Dr. Mara continues her discussion of Passionate Living and Caregiving in the "new normal
2023-04-03
1h 00
Timely Issues
Retaining & Recruiting Staff in Long Term Care
The staffing crisis in long-term care prevents providers from delivering the care that everyone expects, resulting in penalties, burn-out among remaining staff, closures and very angry patients, clients, and families. LTC webinar: Retaining & Recruiting Staff in Long Term Care, 2nd June 2022. In this webinar, we will delve briefly into “how we got here”. Most importantly, we will offer concrete steps which can be taken by operators, managers, and regulators to alleviate this pernicious long term care staffing crisis. Rather than pointing fingers, this program focuses on intelligent, effective responses, including sourcing, recruitment, and rete...
2022-06-03
1h 02
Timely Issues
Retaining & Recruiting Staff in Long Term Care
The staffing crisis in long-term care prevents providers from delivering the care that everyone expects, resulting in penalties, burn-out among remaining staff, closures and very angry patients, clients, and families. LTC webinar: Retaining & Recruiting Staff in Long Term Care, 2nd June 2022. In this webinar, we will delve briefly into “how we got here”. Most importantly, we will offer concrete steps which can be taken by operators, managers, and regulators to alleviate this pernicious long term care staffing crisis. Rather than pointing fingers, this program focuses on intelligent, effective responses, including sourcing, recruitment, and rete...
2022-06-03
1h 02
Timely Issues
Caught in Conflict: The Ukraine Crisis & Medical Travel
Caught in Conflict: The Ukraine Crisis & Medical Travel LIVE Panel discussion with Q&A. Tuesday March 22nd. The panelists: * Patricia Montealegre, International Patient Services at Sant Joan de Deu Children’s Hospital Barcelona Spain *Dr. Sinan Aran, Director International Program and Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey *Christian Fadi El-Khouri, MESC International Patient Service, Hamburg Germany * Talip Kurumehmet, International Patient Services Department, Medipol Health Group, Turkey Facilitated by Elizabeth Ziemba of Medical Tourism Training and Irving Stackpole, Stackpole & Associates. Ukrainian and Russian medical travelers have been caught up in...
2022-03-22
55 min
Timely Issues
Caught in Conflict: The Ukraine Crisis & Medical Travel
Caught in Conflict: The Ukraine Crisis & Medical Travel LIVE Panel discussion with Q&A. Tuesday March 22nd. The panelists: * Patricia Montealegre, International Patient Services at Sant Joan de Deu Children’s Hospital Barcelona Spain *Dr. Sinan Aran, Director International Program and Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey *Christian Fadi El-Khouri, MESC International Patient Service, Hamburg Germany * Talip Kurumehmet, International Patient Services Department, Medipol Health Group, Turkey Facilitated by Elizabeth Ziemba of Medical Tourism Training and Irving Stackpole, Stackpole & Associates. Ukrainian and Russian medical travelers have been caught up in...
2022-03-22
55 min
Timely Issues
Long-Term Care Podcast: Designing the Future
Designing the Future of Long-Term Care While the pandemic news has been quiet recently, we must not forget the death and devastation that Covid 19 brought upon congregate care. Understanding how this happened, without hand-wringing or other unproductive reactions, is the beginning of the solution. To fix a problem it’s necessary first to understand it. In this podcast, we cover a history of the key failures and how we might reimagine them:: Aging & Residential Options; how did we get here? Cookie Cutter Solutions; how to redesign physical centers Why Size Matters: The de...
2021-11-08
1h 02
Timely Issues
Long-Term Care Podcast: Designing the Future
Designing the Future of Long-Term Care While the pandemic news has been quiet recently, we must not forget the death and devastation that Covid 19 brought upon congregate care. Understanding how this happened, without hand-wringing or other unproductive reactions, is the beginning of the solution. To fix a problem it’s necessary first to understand it. In this podcast, we cover a history of the key failures and how we might reimagine them:: Aging & Residential Options; how did we get here? Cookie Cutter Solutions; how to redesign physical centers Why Size Matters: The de...
2021-11-08
1h 02
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: Health Tourism Phoenix: Markets Rising From the Ashes?
Health Tourism Phoenix: Markets Rising From the Ashes? The health tourism markets (wellness, health, medical and dental) were reduced to ashes by the pandemic. Like the mythical Phoenix, the markets are rising from the pandemic ashes. This re-emergence is not happening smoothly – far from it! People have been changed by the experience of the pandemic in ways that we still don’t completely understand. The picture which is emerging is more complex – and success requires discipline, as well as more careful management and planning. The potential rewards, however, could be greater and more sustainable than the ch...
2021-10-25
1h 01
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: Health Tourism Phoenix: Markets Rising From the Ashes?
Health Tourism Phoenix: Markets Rising From the Ashes? The health tourism markets (wellness, health, medical and dental) were reduced to ashes by the pandemic. Like the mythical Phoenix, the markets are rising from the pandemic ashes. This re-emergence is not happening smoothly – far from it! People have been changed by the experience of the pandemic in ways that we still don’t completely understand. The picture which is emerging is more complex – and success requires discipline, as well as more careful management and planning. The potential rewards, however, could be greater and more sustainable than the ch...
2021-10-25
1h 01
Timely Issues
Long-Term Care Podcast: Epilogue To A Crisis
Markets for Long-Term Care: Epilogue To A Crisis Congregate long-term care in the US, UK and Canada (nursing homes, assisted living, memory care, care homes, independent living, life plan communities, CCRC’s and others) were overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. And a new virus variant is now spreading quickly within these operations. While some providers fared better than others, a disproportionate share of COVID-19 related infections and deaths occurred in these facilities. What have we learned from this tragic loss of life? This podcast looks at: demographics of demand & overcoming political somnolence ob...
2021-09-16
1h 03
Timely Issues
Long-Term Care Podcast: Epilogue To A Crisis
Markets for Long-Term Care: Epilogue To A Crisis Congregate long-term care in the US, UK and Canada (nursing homes, assisted living, memory care, care homes, independent living, life plan communities, CCRC’s and others) were overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. And a new virus variant is now spreading quickly within these operations. While some providers fared better than others, a disproportionate share of COVID-19 related infections and deaths occurred in these facilities. What have we learned from this tragic loss of life? This podcast looks at: demographics of demand & overcoming political somnolence ob...
2021-09-16
1h 03
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: Markets – Light at the End of the Covid-19 Tunnel
Fragmentation in Health Tourism: The end of COVID-19 is just the beginning Can we anticipate the likely return of health tourism markets around the globe? Yes. Understanding that “health tourism” is not a single, monolithic business or industry, but a set of regional vertical markets; the end of COVID-19 shows the fragmentation in health tourism markets. We are seeing hopeful signs of the end to the dreadful COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines work against the initial strain and (mostly) the variants, new ones are coming online and, overall, they all have modest side effects. The goal of h...
2021-03-25
1h 00
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: Markets – Light at the End of the Covid-19 Tunnel
Fragmentation in Health Tourism: The end of COVID-19 is just the beginning Can we anticipate the likely return of health tourism markets around the globe? Yes. Understanding that “health tourism” is not a single, monolithic business or industry, but a set of regional vertical markets; the end of COVID-19 shows the fragmentation in health tourism markets. We are seeing hopeful signs of the end to the dreadful COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines work against the initial strain and (mostly) the variants, new ones are coming online and, overall, they all have modest side effects. The goal of h...
2021-03-25
1h 00
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: Design dinosaurs – addressing the issues
The institutions designed for protection, care and treatment of the elderly and vulnerable in our communities have revealed their shortcomings. As wave after wave of the pandemic surges through the US, Canada and the UK, an outsized proportion of deaths (42% or more) have occurred in long-term care facilities. The institutions designed for protection, care and treatment of the elderly and vulnerable in our communities have revealed their shortcomings. Isn’t this a good time to seriously reconsider their design? Click here to view the presentation slides. Whether you are a decision-maker for a nu...
2021-02-24
59 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: Design dinosaurs – addressing the issues
The institutions designed for protection, care and treatment of the elderly and vulnerable in our communities have revealed their shortcomings. As wave after wave of the pandemic surges through the US, Canada and the UK, an outsized proportion of deaths (42% or more) have occurred in long-term care facilities. The institutions designed for protection, care and treatment of the elderly and vulnerable in our communities have revealed their shortcomings. Isn’t this a good time to seriously reconsider their design? Click here to view the presentation slides. Whether you are a decision-maker for a nu...
2021-02-24
59 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: Failure to Thrive – Rehabilitating Long Term Care
The diagnosis of “failure to thrive” describes a multifactorial state of decline, which is often the result of chronic concurrent diseases and functional impairments. Long-term care certainly warrants the diagnosis, “failure to thrive”. Before COVID-19, the sector endured widespread economic and operational problems. Now, nursing homes and assisted living residences, have lost occupancy & utilization, have lower revenues and face immense staff retention and recruitment obstacles. Click here to view the presentation slides. Whether you are a decision-maker for a nursing home, assisted living or other senior care organization, listen to this Timely Issues podcast...
2020-11-18
04 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: Failure to Thrive – Rehabilitating Long Term Care
The diagnosis of “failure to thrive” describes a multifactorial state of decline, which is often the result of chronic concurrent diseases and functional impairments. Long-term care certainly warrants the diagnosis, “failure to thrive”. Before COVID-19, the sector endured widespread economic and operational problems. Now, nursing homes and assisted living residences, have lost occupancy & utilization, have lower revenues and face immense staff retention and recruitment obstacles. Click here to view the presentation slides. Whether you are a decision-maker for a nursing home, assisted living or other senior care organization, listen to this Timely Issues podcast...
2020-11-18
04 min
Timely Issues
Long-Term Care Podcast: Long Term Care on the Brink – Saving the Sector
Long-term care is teetering on the brink of disaster. Even before COVID-19, the sector endured widespread economic and operational problems. Now, nursing homes and assisted living residences are reeling from the loss of patients, lower revenues, staff recruitment and retention obstacles as well as a growing call for review and reform from the public and government agencies. We haven’t yet seen the tide of litigation, which is bound to swell as guilt-ridden and angry families seek to take revenge for the deaths of tens of thousands of their relatives. How can the sector survive – or m...
2020-09-22
37 min
Timely Issues
Long-Term Care Podcast: Long Term Care on the Brink – Saving the Sector
Long-term care is teetering on the brink of disaster. Even before COVID-19, the sector endured widespread economic and operational problems. Now, nursing homes and assisted living residences are reeling from the loss of patients, lower revenues, staff recruitment and retention obstacles as well as a growing call for review and reform from the public and government agencies. We haven’t yet seen the tide of litigation, which is bound to swell as guilt-ridden and angry families seek to take revenge for the deaths of tens of thousands of their relatives. How can the sector survive – or m...
2020-09-22
37 min
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: Markets Working Toward the Thaw
A discussion with Irving Stackpole & Laszlo Puczkó As travel markets start to thaw from a deep freeze; what about health tourism? Consumers are uncertain about travel and travelling into and out of many destinations remains difficult. However, consumers have started traveling; what can we do to encourage them to consider health, dental and medical services? Demand is pent up, and as the travel markets begin to thaw, what can we expect? Among healthcare systems, now that the immediate challenges of the pandemic have passed, how difficult will it be to resume elective and ambulatory procedures? For resorts, spas a...
2020-08-26
33 min
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: Markets Working Toward the Thaw
A discussion with Irving Stackpole & Laszlo Puczkó As travel markets start to thaw from a deep freeze; what about health tourism? Consumers are uncertain about travel and travelling into and out of many destinations remains difficult. However, consumers have started traveling; what can we do to encourage them to consider health, dental and medical services? Demand is pent up, and as the travel markets begin to thaw, what can we expect? Among healthcare systems, now that the immediate challenges of the pandemic have passed, how difficult will it be to resume elective and ambulatory procedures? For resorts, spas a...
2020-08-26
33 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: Marketing Fawlty Towers – 4 Ways to Restore Long Term Care
Congregate long-term care (care homes, assisted living, nursing facilities etc.) is a solution very few people ever wanted to buy. Now that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has ravaged congregate care centers in the UK and the US, will consumers and their adult advisors once again select these options? What can operators, providers and marketing professionals do to encourage qualified consumers to once again consider congregate long-term care as a lifestyle choice, a voluntary relocation? Relying upon peer-reviewed research and behavioural economics, this program will look at choice factors such as risk/benefit dynamics, perceived...
2020-08-06
34 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: Marketing Fawlty Towers – 4 Ways to Restore Long Term Care
Congregate long-term care (care homes, assisted living, nursing facilities etc.) is a solution very few people ever wanted to buy. Now that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has ravaged congregate care centers in the UK and the US, will consumers and their adult advisors once again select these options? What can operators, providers and marketing professionals do to encourage qualified consumers to once again consider congregate long-term care as a lifestyle choice, a voluntary relocation? Relying upon peer-reviewed research and behavioural economics, this program will look at choice factors such as risk/benefit dynamics, perceived...
2020-08-06
34 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: We Deserve Better – Rip it up & Starting Over in Long Term Care
Long-term care, including home-based and residential models in the UK, the US and many other places, is unattractive, inaccessible and/or unaffordable. Why? Systems for regulation and payment have been cobbled together over decades with very little concern over what the consumer wants, efficiency, operational outcomes or quality. As developed economies reel from disproportionate COVID-19 related death among the elderly and in congregate care settings, isn’t it time to rip up the old models, which weren’t working anyhow, and start afresh with creative ideas and 21st-century innovation? From an ethical point of view, the...
2020-07-29
46 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: We Deserve Better – Rip it up & Starting Over in Long Term Care
Long-term care, including home-based and residential models in the UK, the US and many other places, is unattractive, inaccessible and/or unaffordable. Why? Systems for regulation and payment have been cobbled together over decades with very little concern over what the consumer wants, efficiency, operational outcomes or quality. As developed economies reel from disproportionate COVID-19 related death among the elderly and in congregate care settings, isn’t it time to rip up the old models, which weren’t working anyhow, and start afresh with creative ideas and 21st-century innovation? From an ethical point of view, the...
2020-07-29
46 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: After COVID-19 – The Road Ahead Updated
In only a few months, the fundamentally dysfunctional operations, infrastructure and economics of nursing homes (US) and care homes (UK) have been exposed. It is hard to exaggerate the catastrophe. We need a sustainable, accessible and affordable long-term care capability; where do we start? Urgent questions about the future of congregate long-term care must be addressed in a sober, eyes-wide-open discussion. At this juncture, if we are rigorous about not carrying biases, profit motives or legacy models of control and management into these discussions, we have an opportunity to create a far more rational model. This must...
2020-06-17
41 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: After COVID-19 – The Road Ahead Updated
In only a few months, the fundamentally dysfunctional operations, infrastructure and economics of nursing homes (US) and care homes (UK) have been exposed. It is hard to exaggerate the catastrophe. We need a sustainable, accessible and affordable long-term care capability; where do we start? Urgent questions about the future of congregate long-term care must be addressed in a sober, eyes-wide-open discussion. At this juncture, if we are rigorous about not carrying biases, profit motives or legacy models of control and management into these discussions, we have an opportunity to create a far more rational model. This must...
2020-06-17
41 min
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: After COVID-19 – The Road Ahead Updated
A follow-up discussion with Irving Stackpole & Laszlo Puczko As the travel markets begin to thaw from their COVID-19 deep freeze, how might this affect the wellness, dental & health tourism markets? Travel into and out of many destinations remains difficult, yet in some locations, consumers have started traveling; will they consider health, dental and medical services? Demand is pent up, and as the travel markets begin to thaw, what can we expect? In this unprecedented time, we will look at how health tourism providers and destination management organizations should plan for the future. ...
2020-06-03
41 min
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: After COVID-19 – The Road Ahead Updated
A follow-up discussion with Irving Stackpole & Laszlo Puczko As the travel markets begin to thaw from their COVID-19 deep freeze, how might this affect the wellness, dental & health tourism markets? Travel into and out of many destinations remains difficult, yet in some locations, consumers have started traveling; will they consider health, dental and medical services? Demand is pent up, and as the travel markets begin to thaw, what can we expect? In this unprecedented time, we will look at how health tourism providers and destination management organizations should plan for the future. ...
2020-06-03
41 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: After COVID-19 – The Road Ahead
Long term congregate care is being ravaged by COVID-19. In many states, 40% or more of the COVID 19 related deaths have been among residents of nursing homes and assisted living residences. The pandemic has wrought a crisis in congregate long-term care for which the sector was not prepared. Nursing homes, which are for the poor and disabled, and; 2. Market-rate assisted living residences, which are for the middle and upper class who are (almost) equally frail and disabled. But viruses don’t care if you’re well-to-do or poor; illness and death have beset both the poor and the well...
2020-05-20
50 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: After COVID-19 – The Road Ahead
Long term congregate care is being ravaged by COVID-19. In many states, 40% or more of the COVID 19 related deaths have been among residents of nursing homes and assisted living residences. The pandemic has wrought a crisis in congregate long-term care for which the sector was not prepared. Nursing homes, which are for the poor and disabled, and; 2. Market-rate assisted living residences, which are for the middle and upper class who are (almost) equally frail and disabled. But viruses don’t care if you’re well-to-do or poor; illness and death have beset both the poor and the well...
2020-05-20
50 min
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: After COVID-19 – The Road Ahead
A discussion with Irving Stackpole & Laszlo Puczko The COVID-19 crisis has plunged the global travel and tourism sector into a deep freeze, and the health tourism markets into hibernation. With travel into and out of most destinations difficult or impossible, consumers have stopped traveling for health, dental and medical services. Demand is frozen. On the supply side, healthcare systems are rising to meet the challenges of the pandemic. They are not focused on elective or non-urgent procedures. Supply is not available. In this unprecedented crisis, how can health tourism providers and destination...
2020-05-13
35 min
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: After COVID-19 – The Road Ahead
A discussion with Irving Stackpole & Laszlo Puczko The COVID-19 crisis has plunged the global travel and tourism sector into a deep freeze, and the health tourism markets into hibernation. With travel into and out of most destinations difficult or impossible, consumers have stopped traveling for health, dental and medical services. Demand is frozen. On the supply side, healthcare systems are rising to meet the challenges of the pandemic. They are not focused on elective or non-urgent procedures. Supply is not available. In this unprecedented crisis, how can health tourism providers and destination...
2020-05-13
35 min
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: Health Tourism Grounded – Crisis Communications
The COVID-19 crisis has plunged the global travel & tourism sector into a deep freeze, and the health tourism markets into hibernation. With travel into and out of most destinations difficult or impossible, consumers have stopped traveling for health, dental and medical services. Healthcare systems in many places around the world are rising to meet the challenges of the pandemic and are not focused on elective or non-urgent procedures. In this unprecedented crisis, how should health tourism providers and destination management organizations communicate with their audiences? Marketing communications messages need to be different in the context...
2020-04-29
45 min
Timely Issues
Health Tourism Podcast: Health Tourism Grounded – Crisis Communications
The COVID-19 crisis has plunged the global travel & tourism sector into a deep freeze, and the health tourism markets into hibernation. With travel into and out of most destinations difficult or impossible, consumers have stopped traveling for health, dental and medical services. Healthcare systems in many places around the world are rising to meet the challenges of the pandemic and are not focused on elective or non-urgent procedures. In this unprecedented crisis, how should health tourism providers and destination management organizations communicate with their audiences? Marketing communications messages need to be different in the context...
2020-04-29
45 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: COVID-19 – Crisis Communications
The coronavirus crisis in the United States focused unfortunate attention on a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. By any reasonable measure, this skilled nursing center was excellent, if not best-in-class. And yet now, this congregate care center represents just the beginning of an avalanche of challenging, negative media attention affecting all types of congregate senior care, from nursing homes to community senior centers. Thousands of congregate care centers across the United States are experiencing a level of internal and external conflict and strife brought on by the pandemic. This webinar will focus on how to congregate care...
2020-04-15
49 min
Timely Issues
Long Term Care Podcast: COVID-19 – Crisis Communications
The coronavirus crisis in the United States focused unfortunate attention on a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. By any reasonable measure, this skilled nursing center was excellent, if not best-in-class. And yet now, this congregate care center represents just the beginning of an avalanche of challenging, negative media attention affecting all types of congregate senior care, from nursing homes to community senior centers. Thousands of congregate care centers across the United States are experiencing a level of internal and external conflict and strife brought on by the pandemic. This webinar will focus on how to congregate care...
2020-04-15
49 min