Our focus: Improving families' experiences in the hospital and at home
Family caregivers can influence a loved one’s hospital experience and health outcome — but only if they understand the power they have and how to use it. We invite you to join Caregiving Pathways on our mission to:
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Teach family caregivers how to improve patient health
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Decrease the cost of hospital care by reducing hospital days, ER visits, and preventable readmissions
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Enhance the patient experience
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Understand shifting care priorities
Family caregivers are extra hands, eyes, and ears that currently exist in virtually every patient room. Engage this influential population to improve inpatient health outcomes and reduce the cost of care — without disrupting care delivery.
A solution so simple, there’s no disruption
Clinicians can learn critical patient-specific details
These family members can also alert care delivery teams to patient-specific situations, such as depression, dementia, substance abuse, or hearing loss, that aren’t readily apparent but significantly affect patients’ ability to manage their condition and hospital experience.
Family caregivers can prepare to provide follow-up care at home
Patients leave the hospital earlier than ever, especially because of COVID-19. But the family members and friends who care for patients at home after a hospital stay are often unprepared to manage the medical/nursing tasks they become responsible for handling.
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We help hospitals prepare family caregivers to provide safe care at home.
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We work directly with individual family caregivers to prepare them to provide care at home, look for red flags, and prevent complications.
Podcasts
Listen in as Beth Suereth talks about managing the hospital stay on Rayna Neises' podcast, A Season of Caring. Hear helpful insights on communicating with hospital staff, knowing what questions to ask, and tracking what happens so you'll notice potential problems.
Hear Beth Suereth share her family caregiving experience on Elizabeth Miller’s Happy Healthy Caregiver Podcast. Beth shares helpful tips on managing a hospital stay and the time between a grim diagnosis and the end of life.
See more podcasts featuring Beth Suereth.
Guest appearance on Caregivers First on SCAN TV
Beth Suereth shared her top tips on managing a hospital stay with Lynette Whitman as a guest on Caregivers First, a SCAN NJ television show.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Presentation
Beth Suereth presented Improving Health Outcomes by Educating Family Caregivers at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Summit on Improving Patient Care in San Diego, California.
Beth Rooney Suereth
Founder and CEO
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What's new
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Clients include CVS Health, Virgin Islands Department of Human Services, AARP Public Policy Institute, and AARP New York
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Co-author of the 2020 AARP PPI publication series Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care
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Team member for the 2019 AARP PPI Home Alone Revisited: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care research study report
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Care manager for Careforth, a structured family caregiving administrator serving Medicaid enrollees
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Former instructor for the Certified Family Care Manager training program and Skills Consultant for the Certified Caregiving Consultant™ training program at The Caregiving Years Training Academy
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Recipient of Medco President’s Award for the Family Caregiver Project and launch of the Women’s Health Therapeutic Resource Center (Medco is now Express Scripts)
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Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act certificate, University of Pennsylvania
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B.A. in English, Boston University
Volunteer Activities
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Advisory Committee Member for the Women in Leadership Program at the University of Vermont, Grossman School of Business
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Caregiving coach volunteer and presenter, Women's Empowerment through Cape Area Networking/WE CAN
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Former volunteer Family Caregiver Ambassador, Thomas Glasser Caregivers Center, Overlook Medical Center, Atlantic Health System
When Beth's father was hospitalized for his first surgery, she wasn’t aware that family members could have a role during a loved one's hospitalization. Several hospital stays later, it became clear that being actively involved in the hospital stay made a significant difference in her father's hospital experience, health outcome, and overall cost of care.
Beth is focused on creating a family caregiver culture that will drive improved patient outcomes and help families care for a family member during a health crisis and the final stages of life.
Supporting family caregivers is good for individuals, families, and virtually every organization — because the 53 million family caregivers in the United States are everywhere, and they all need guidance and instruction.
Beth is interested in working with any individuals or organizations aiming to integrate family caregiver support into everyday business and everyday life.
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Stevie Awards recognize Caregiving Pathways and Founder/CEO Beth Suereth
"Caregiving Pathways won Gold for Most Innovative Company of the Year and the Bronze Stevie for Most Innovative Woman of the Year in the 2020 Stevie Awards for Women in Business." Read the Stevie Awards blog post for details.
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