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EPISODE · Nov 21, 2025 · 40 MIN

Why Atlanta Needs Your Health: Stories, Strategy, and a Broken Healthcare System

from The Disrupted Podcast · host Jamie Preston, Scott Middleton

00:00 – Welcome & Atlanta Traffic Humor03:12 – Why Atlanta’s Senior Healthcare System Is “Almost Nonexistent”09:15 – Hospitals begging for help & broken discharge processes14:00 – Upcoming cuts to home health and rehab penalties18:45 – Why therapy services need massive, immediate expansion23:18 – The dementia support group story and the power of proactive care30:52 – How storytelling improves patient and family understanding36:44 – Hospice misconceptions & how Your Health does it differently43:17 – Explosive growth in Atlanta and why competition is failing49:10 – Creativity as a core ingredient of healthcare54:40 – Why every associate needs a mentor immediately59:25 – A call to action: show up, ride along, and support Atlanta providers www.YourHealth.Org

In this episode we have Scott —in the middle of Atlanta traffic—to uncover what’s really happening inside big-city healthcare systems. After spending two weeks in Atlanta, Scott shares shocking discoveries: assisted livings with no medical providers, hospitals desperate for help, and rehab centers penalized for discharging patients to home health. Scott paints a vivid picture of how Your Health’s model, perfected in South Carolina, is filling a massive gap. Through powerful stories—like an 88-year-old caring for his wife with Lewy Body dementia—Scott explains why proactive visits, interdisciplinary teams, and human-centered communication matter more than ever. The episode also explores mentorship, rapid growth, and why storytelling must be foundational to the Your Health culture. If you want to understand the future of home-based senior care — and what Atlanta’s healthcare crisis reveals about the entire country — this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

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00:00 – Welcome & Atlanta Traffic Humor03:12 – Why Atlanta’s Senior Healthcare System Is “Almost Nonexistent”09:15 – Hospitals begging for help & broken discharge processes14:00 – Upcoming cuts to home health and rehab penalties18:45 – Why therapy...

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