Compassion & Choices with President and CEO Kim Callinan and Jessica Empeño National Director of Engagement and Education
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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All Home Care Matters was honored to welcome the CEO & President of Compassion and Choices Kim Callinan and the National Director of Engagement and Education Jessica Empeño to the show.
About Kim Callinan:
Kim Callinan has served as Compassion & Choices president and chief executive officer since 2018. Kim launched Compassion & Choices’ Finish Strong initiative designed to empower patients to take charge of the final chapter of their lives, with a specific focus on helping people plan for a possible dementia diagnosis and closing the disparities in end-of-life care and planning that exist for communities of color.
Kim holds a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University, an MBA from the University of Maryland Global Campus, a bachelor’s degree in government from Oberlin College and a certificate in the fundamentals of gerontology through a joint program offered by the American Society on Aging and the University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology. She also recently received an end-of-life doula certificate from the University of Vermont.
About Jessica Empeño:
Jessica Empeño is a medical social worker with over 23 years’ experience as a clinician, leader, educator and advocate specializing in end-of-life care, dementia, caregiver support, program development and leadership. Jessica has a Masters of Social Work degree from San Diego State University and certificates in Health Law & Policy, Dementia Positive Approach to Care, Human Services Management and Interdisciplinary Palliative Care.
About Compassion & Choices:
Compassion & Choices improves care, expands options and empowers everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We envision a society that affirms life and accepts the inevitability of death, embraces expanded options for compassionate dying, and empowers everyone to choose end-of-life care that reflects their values, priorities, and beliefs.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to All Home Care Matters, the show where we discuss all things Home Care, with discussions |
| 0:06.8 | on important age-related matters and topics. |
| 0:10.1 | Brought to you by Enriched Life Home Care Services, the number one rated home care provider in Michigan by top rated local. Hi everyone. Today's video is sponsored by Ada and we wanted to take a moment to |
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| 1:36.4 | Hello and welcome back to All Home Care Matters. If this is your first time |
| 1:39.6 | visiting us here to show, we want to say thank you for taking time out to be with us today. We appreciate |
| 1:44.4 | how valuable everyone's time is and that's why we try and make each episode here at all |
| 1:48.6 | home care matters, something that will hopefully matter to you. Today we are honored to welcome Kim Kalan |
| 1:55.1 | the CEO and President of Compassion and Choices |
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