Podcast: April 2009 Archives

It'a a double feature! Watch the movie then listen to CAST Director, Majd Alwan.

CAST, the Center for Aging Services Technologies, was started in 2002 by university researchers, housing and technology leaders, companies like Volunteers of America, Intel, Phillips, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Elderhostel, to name a few.

As we get started, the CAST video, Imagine - the Future of Aging, takes center stage. "The anxiety about the safety of parents contributes to the unnecessary early institutionalization, in some cases" Wow! That hit's home.

The biggest home health personal care provider in Arizona, one of the largest skilled nursing providers in California, operating in Washington, Ohio and New York, too, AccentCare CEO Biff Comte describes his company's role in the future of healthcare for the aged.

None of us imagine being institutionalized, but does home health care reduce the likelihood? Biff says studies show his company's services can reduce re-hospitalization. Can you relate? "It's an exhausting task of taking care of your own family and your aging parents, too."