Building Legislative Support for Social Determinants of Health; A Case Study

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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) - Non-medical, low cost, high impact interventions that improve health, community and independence are the new frontier for health savings. But influencing policy and regulations requires evidence and strategy. This presentation is a case study for how The HomesRenewed Resource Center and HomesRenewed Coalition have worked in partnership and with other collaborators to promote policies that incentivize homeowners to update their houses with accessibility features to enable aging in place. Going from soup to nuts, we map our path from initial insight to quantification of the benefits to recruiting partners to influencing legislation. This case study, which is very much still in process, can be used as a model for others’ advocacy efforts.

Louis Tenenbaum

Founder and President

HomesRenewed Coalition

In the early ‘90s Louis Tenenbaum was one of the first contractors to focus his remodeling business on aging in place. Curious why, if home modifications is such a good idea, no one does it, Louis wrote the visionary white paper, Aging in Place 2.0: Rethinking Solutions to the Home Care Challenge published by the MetLife Mature Market Institute, cementing his role as a leading authority on Aging in Place. Uniquely straddling the building, aging and policy worlds, in 2016 Louis was named a Next Avenue “Influencer in Aging” and won a HIVE (Housing, Innovation, Vision and Economics) award from the building industry. Louis founded HomesRenewed recognizing that good messages, subsidies and incentives are critical to market development.

Dr. Jesse Abraham PhD

Director of Research

HomesRenewed Resource Center

Jesse M. Abraham recently retired from an over 30-year career as a business economist, most recently with Wells Fargo Bank. He currently serves as a Board Member and Research Director for the HomesRenewed Resource Center, a nonprofit promoting home modifications to support widespread aging in place. He recently completed a paper titled: ?Making it Safe to Age in Place: At no (net) cost to the government.? Dr. Abraham received undergraduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Economics from Princeton University.

Katheen Dodd RN, BSN, MHA

Co founder and CEO

Lifewise CHM

Katheen (Kathy) Dodd, RN, BSN, MHA, is the Co-Founder and CEO of LifewiseCHM, and is one of the nation's most experienced and accomplished home care industry executives. LifewiseCHM is a premiere aging-in-place and universal design remodeling firm that creates functional homes designed for anyone, regardless of age or ability by using a unique, medical-based model. She founded The Corridor Group in 1989 and served until 2012 as the Chief Executive Officer of The Corridor Group, Inc. (TCG), Corridor Media and Corridor International (CI), building all three organizations from start-up to multi-million dollar enterprises. In 2013, after the sale of the organization to Health Edge Investment Partners, she became Chairman Emeritus and Principle of Corridor Group Holdings, LLC. Kathy co-founded LifeWise Renovations in 2009, and LifeWiseCHM (Clinical Home Modifications) in 2014, and serves as the CEO. Over the past 35 years, Kathy has held key executive positions with businesses focused on the management and delivery of home care in the United States and abroad. Due to her focus on “doing the right things right,” she led through three economic downturns and numerous regulatory and reimbursement challenges, while managing a highly respected consulting, executive search, eLearning and products firm. Her increased interest in the development of international home care services culminated with the founding of CI in 1999. Through CI, Kathy formed a joint venture relationship with one of Turkey’s largest companies to develop and deliver home care services. Through her guidance, CI revolutionized the delivery of home care in the country. Kathy developed an interest in angel investing over a decade ago, especially in women-owned businesses. In early 2019, she became a lead investor in Portfolio, a venture capital firm, in its Active Aging and Longevity (AAL) fund. Kathy has been a member of several private and not-for-profit Boards of Directors. They include, currently serving as a Board member for Corridor Group Holdings, Mobility Designed LLC, Women’s Employment Network (WEN), Chairman of Wineteer Construction, Inc, the parent company of LifeWiseCHM and Wineteer Construction. She served a nine-year term as a member of Park University and an eight-year term at Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP), serving as Chairman and Vice Chairman. She has also served in leadership roles in other board committees, including Finance and Audit. Kathy has received numerous awards and recognitions over her career, including Top 25 Under 25 Small Business, Kansas City Business Journal’s Top Area Women-Owned Businesses, Kansas City Business Journal’s Up and Comers Award, Women Who Mean Business Award, Speaking of Women‘s Health Award, Inc. 500’s Fastest Growing Companies, Ingram’s Magazine Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies, and Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Top 10 Small Businesses of the Year.

Matthew Hubbard (Moderator)

Policy Analyst

National Council on Aging

Matthew Hubbard, MA, manages NCOA's federal executive branch efforts on issues and programs of concern to older adults, such as access to Medicare, Medicaid, and SSI. Matthew also works on policies relating to older adult financial security.