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State of our NationEpisode 10: The State of the Nation Report - Behind the NumbersEpisode 10: The State of the Nation Report - Behind the NumbersFeaturing: Hannah Hewish (Legal Strategy Manager at Access Social Care) and Sarah O'Grady (Social Affairs Correspondent at the Daily Express).This month, Access Social Care Founder and CEO Kari Gerstheimer is joined by Hannah Hewish and Sarah O'Grady for a special episode discussing the findings of our latest State of the Nation report.The report is the result of an innovative data collaboration project working with nine different helpline organisations. It allows us to produce a comprehensive...2023-10-1043 minState of our NationEpisode 8: Chatbot Technology and Digital InnovationFeaturing: Alan Bird (Chief Technology Officer at Access Social Care), Victoria Albrecht (Founder and CEO at Springbok AI), Miriam Valencia (Head of Digital Content at Access Social Care) and Finbar Mulholland (Product Manager at Access Social Care).This month, our CEO Kari Gerstheimer is joined by Alan, Miriam and Finbar from Access Social Care and Victoria from Springbok AI to discuss our award-winning social care legal advice chatbot.They talk about why we decided to build a chatbot, the technology behind it, the journey so far, the challenges and potential of using AI...2023-05-2534 min
Let's Talk About CareEp. 29 Kari Gerstheimer, Access Social Care CEO reveals how some battles for care are so 'harrowing' lawyers need counsellingHost Jill Rennie talks to Kari Gerstheimer about why she set up the charity and how the charity is giving free legal advice to thousands of elderly and disabled people to access social care when they need it and how the lack of funding and social care workforce shortage is exacerbating the crisis and increasing the workload of the charity.2022-08-1025 min
Bloomberg UK PoliticsCost of Care: Westminster SpecialKari Gerstheimer, founder of Access Social Care, says care provision differs by region but fundamentally all parts of the country need more money and the government's funding package is not enough.The 'social care levy' is a step in the right direction says Scott Corfe, research director at the Social Market Foundation. But he tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts the problem is it disproportionately hits younger and lower income households.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-09-1022 min
CharityChatE144 - Social Care With Kari GerstheimerHow does a charity provide free legal advise to people with social care needs, and help them to achieve a better quality of life? What are key tips for being a successful and effective leader in this space, and how important is this for emotional wellbeing in the workplace? In this episode we speak with Kari Gerstheimer about all this and more.2021-06-0634 min