Pat Sprigg's guest appearances

Pat Sprigg

Aging Unmasked

Elevate Eldercare

Ashton Applewhite

Jerry Brown

Bill Thomas

Louise Aronson

James Wright

Cheryl Phillips

Katie Smith

Jennie Chin Hansen

Joycelyn Elders

William Haseltine

Edith Eger

Jessica Peters

Tammy Marshall

Brian LeBlanc

Diane Meier

OwlTail

Have you ever thought of segregation as a form of restraint for an elder living with dementia? In this episode of “Let Me Say This About That” we explore that view of memory care and many other interesting perspectives on aging shared by Pat Sprigg.   Sprigg is the president and CEO of Carol Woods, a retirement community in North Carolina without locked wards or other barriers between people living with dementia and the rest of the community. In episode 95, Susan Ryan sat down with Sprigg to discuss her decades of dedication to the empowerment of all elders, as well as the value in working for an organization where not everyone agrees on what constitutes a best practice. Marla explores the proliferation of segregation and what it means to be an inclusive community.  Mary gives us a closer look at Carol Woods, how it came to fruition, and the foundational practices in that community. Find out why they have never hired an activities director! We also take a look at the Green House Best Life principles that align quite well with Carol Woods.   Marla also takes a deeper dive into the background of Lloyd Lewis, who played an important role in the career of Sprigg and the 1989 Senate Symposium on “Untie the Elderly: Quality Care Without Restraints.”   Learn more about pathways to dementia inclusion: https://youtu.be/qbm8K6_Ap-U Learn more about the Green House Best Life Approach:  https://thegreenhouseproject.org/solutions/Best_Life_Memory_Care Learn more about The Green House Project: www.thegreenhouseproject.org Register for GHP’s newest in-person and virtual event, DementiaVerse: thegreenhouseproject.org/events/dementiaverse

Have you ever thought of segregation as a form of restraint for an elder living with dementia? In this episode of “Let Me Say This About That” we explore that view of memory care and many other interesting perspectives on aging shared by Pat Sprigg.   Sprigg is the president and CEO of Carol Woods, a retirement community in North Carolina without locked wards or other barriers between people living with dementia and the rest of the community. In episode 95, Susan Ryan sat down with Sprigg to discuss her decades of dedication to the empowerment of all elders, as well as the value in working for an organization where not everyone agrees on what constitutes a best practice. Marla explores the proliferation of segregation and what it means to be an inclusive community.  Mary gives us a closer look at Carol Woods, how it came to fruition, and the foundational practices in that community. Find out why they have never hired an activities director! We also take a look at the Green House Best Life principles that align quite well with Carol Woods.   Marla also takes a deeper dive into the background of Lloyd Lewis, who played an important role in the career of Sprigg and the 1989 Senate Symposium on “Untie the Elderly: Quality Care Without Restraints.” Learn more about pathways to dementia inclusion: <a href="https://youtu.be/qbm8K6_Ap-U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qbm8K6_Ap-U</a> Learn more about the Green House Best Life Approach: <a href="https://thegreenhouseproject.org/solutions/Best_Life_Memory_Care" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://thegreenhouseproject.org/solutions/Best_Life_Memory_Care</a> Learn more about The Green House Project: <a href="http://www.thegreenhouseproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thegreenhouseproject.org</a> Register for GHP’s newest in-person and virtual event, DementiaVerse: <a href="thegreenhouseproject.org/events/dementiaverse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thegreenhouseproject.org/events/dementiaverse</a>

Recap: Integrated Memory Care as a Civil Right: Pat Sprigg and Carol Woods

Pat Sprigg set off on her journey to change eldercare after observing firsthand the horrors of the “best practices” – powerful antipsychotic drugs and physical restraints – that were commonplace in the dementia treatment programs of the 1970s and 1980s. But even as many facilities moved away from such dangerous and dehumanizing strategies, Sprigg came to believe that the next wave of best practices were just as damaging: Segregating people living with dementia into their own units behind locked doors, in Sprigg’s view, was just another form of physical restraint that robbed elders of their civil liberties and personal autonomy. As CEO of Carol Woods, a retirement community in North Carolina, Sprigg has fostered an environment without locked wards or other barriers between people living with dementia and the rest of the community.  Sprigg sat down with Susan Ryan to discuss her decades of dedication the empowerment of all elders, as well as the value in working for an organization where not everyone agrees on what constitutes a best practice – and how such professional disagreements can break old patterns of thinking to create a better future. Sprigg also explains how comprehensive benefits for workers helped Carol Woods weather COVID-19 better than most senior communities, and why people should still be excited about entering the field – after all, she went from never wanting to work in the sector as a recent graduate to an upcoming retirement as CEO after 46 years in the space.   Learn more about Carol Woods: www.carolwoods.org/ Dive into the history of the “Untying the Elderly” movement:  www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reports/rpt589.pdf Learn more about The Green House Project: www.thegreenhouseproject.org Register for GHP’s newest in-person and virtual event, DementiaVerse: thegreenhouseproject.org/events/dementiaverse

Pat Sprigg set off on her journey to change eldercare after observing firsthand the horrors of the “best practices” – powerful antipsychotic drugs and physical restraints – that were commonplace in the dementia treatment programs of the 1970s and 1980s. But even as many facilities moved away from such dangerous and dehumanizing strategies, Sprigg came to believe that the next wave of best practices were just as damaging: Segregating people living with dementia into their own units behind locked doors, in Sprigg’s view, was just another form of physical restraint that robbed elders of their civil liberties and personal autonomy. As CEO of Carol Woods, a retirement community in North Carolina, Sprigg has fostered an environment without locked wards or other barriers between people living with dementia and the rest of the community.  Sprigg sat down with Susan Ryan to discuss her decades of dedication the empowerment of all elders, as well as the value in working for an organization where not everyone agrees on what constitutes a best practice – and how such professional disagreements can break old patterns of thinking to create a better future. Sprigg also explains how comprehensive benefits for workers helped Carol Woods weather COVID-19 better than most senior communities, and why people should still be excited about entering the field – after all, she went from never wanting to work in the sector as a recent graduate to an upcoming retirement as CEO after 46 years in the space. Learn more about Carol Woods: <a href="http://www.carolwoods.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.carolwoods.org/</a> Dive into the history of the “Untying the Elderly” movement: <a href="https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reports/rpt589.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reports/rpt589.pdf</a> Learn more about The Green House Project: <a href="http://www.thegreenhouseproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thegreenhouseproject.org</a> Register for GHP’s newest in-person and virtual event, DementiaVerse: <a href="https://thegreenhouseproject.org/events/dementiaverse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thegreenhouseproject.org/events/dementiaverse</a>

Integrated Memory Care as a Civil Right: Pat Sprigg and Carol Woods

Aging Umasked is a new podcast from LeadingAge where we normalize, humanize, and unmask taboos and aging. For our fourth episode on Dementia and Alzheimer's, we speak with Brian LeBlanc (abitofbriansbrilliance.com/), Pat Sprigg from Carol Woods (www.carolwoods.org/), and Jessica Peters from Goodwin House (www.goodwinhouse.org/).Subscribe to Aging Unmasked on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. If you liked what you heard, share our show with a friend.Aging Unmasked is produced by Charlie Visconage. Special thanks to Kirsten Jacobs, Amanda Marr, and Gene Mitchell. Our music was generously donated by Matt Chaconas. You can hear more from him at @shiningseconds.

Aging Umasked is a new podcast from LeadingAge where we normalize, humanize, and unmask taboos and aging. For our fourth episode on Dementia and Alzheimer's, we speak with Brian LeBlanc (<a href="http://abitofbriansbrilliance.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">abitofbriansbrilliance.com/</a>), Pat Sprigg from Carol Woods (<a href="http://www.carolwoods.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.carolwoods.org/</a>), and Jessica Peters from Goodwin House (<a href="http://www.goodwinhouse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.goodwinhouse.org/</a>). Subscribe to Aging Unmasked on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. If you liked what you heard, share our show with a friend. Aging Unmasked is produced by Charlie Visconage. Special thanks to Kirsten Jacobs, Amanda Marr, and Gene Mitchell. Our music was generously donated by Matt Chaconas. You can hear more from him at @shiningseconds.