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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Assisted Living Communities (no longer preferable to call them Assisted Living Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. . Assisted living, I can’t even say the word.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

Hospice News

That was in 2005. They can do presentations at places like assisted living facilities and senior communities. It was actually a new inspiration. I had already graduated from UCLA with a sociology degree that continues to serve me very well, but I had to go back to school and become a scientist.

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Family Trees

Chicago Caregiving

If you’re in assisted living, querying your family keeps you connected out there. Internet searches eventually revealed relatives living in London. Kofkin traveled there to meet a cousin in 2005, and another cousin, visiting from New Zealand, joined too. Past to future. Through the challenges, Kofkin persevered.

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