Family Council Radio Show

Empowered, Effective and Independent Family Councils: Interview with Jessica Brill Ortiz, Consumer Voice Program Manager and Ken Pedersen, Chair of the Family Council at The Cedars

Jessica Brill Ortiz, program manager at the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care was interviewed on air on the topic of creating and maintaining a family council in a nursing home. The interview was conducted by Viki Kind, author of The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making - Making Choices for Those Who Can. Ms. Brill Ortiz detailed the elements to form an effective and sustainable family council and family council rights. She was joined on the show by Ken Pedersen, chair of the Family Council at The Cedars, who gave a first hand account of the challenges he has faced and his successes in establishing and maintaining a family council.

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