Seekers of Meaning 5/23/2025: Understanding Home Healthcare Challenges

On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Address welcomes Matt Field, co-founder, and Audrey Friedland, RN, nurse advocate, from Right at Home Home Health Care North Suburban Chicago. The conversation delves into the complexities of home healthcare, exploring the challenges families face when caring for aging loved ones. It highlights the importance of understanding home healthcare services, the personal journeys of caregivers, and the evolving dynamics of family caregiving. The discussion also addresses key considerations for making informed decisions about home care, the financial implications, and the impact of political changes on caregiving. Finally, it emphasizes the significance of training and support for caregivers to ensure quality care for clients. Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast Now Available on Roku Streaming Service You can add the Jewish Sacred Aging TV channel to your Roku streaming subscription by visiting this page: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/600964/jewish-sacred-aging. You can also watch this week’s show in the player below. The shows now include closed-captioning for the deaf or people with a hearing loss. Click the “CC” button on the video player to activate closed-captions. Listen to the Audio Podcast You can listen to the audio podcast version in the player below, or subscribe to the podcast in one of the popular platforms by clicking one of the buttons below the player. Apple PodcastsYouTubeSpotifyPodchaserAmazon Music About the Guests Matt Field (and Rachel Field) Matt and Rachel Field are the proud founders and leaders of Right at Home of North Suburban Chicago. Matt grew up on the North Shore, and Rachel grew up in Baltimore; they met at Union College in Schenectady, NY. Both have professional backgrounds in non-profit work, where they supported individuals and families in their communities. Since opening Right at Home in 2012, Matt, Managing Partner, and Rachel, Principal Partner, have built a dedicated team of professionals driven by core values including compassion, respect, advocacy, accountability, and innovation. Together, they ensure the organization consistently delivers exceptional care and serves the community with integrity and dignity. Outside of work, Matt and Rachel cherish spending time with their family and beloved dogs, Mabel and Louie. Matt enjoys lifelong fitness pursuits, while Rachel loves reading, is an avid walker, and enjoys playing mahjong with friends. Audrey Friedland Audrey Friedland R.N. is the nurse manager for Right at Home, North Suburban Chicago. She graduated from Michael Reese Nursing School and has been a nurse for 47 years with a wide range of experiences. She has worked general medical/surgical floors in a hospital, out patient clinics for Northwestern, Psychiatrics, Pediatrics and Geriatrics. She was a director of nursing for 15 years in a skilled nursing facility.  At Right at Home Northwest Suburban Chicago, Audrey oversees client care, assesses new clients and clients with change of condition, updates care plans. Her role is flexible and spends most of her time visiting with clients.  Audrey lives with her husband and has 4 children and 7 grandchildren. Her hobbies are reading, crocheting and needlepoint. However, most free time is spent with her grandchildren.  The post Seekers of Meaning 5/23/2025: Understanding Home Healthcare Challenges appeared first on Jewish Sacred Aging.