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:

• Teach family caregivers how to improve patient health in the hospital

• Decrease the cost of hospital care by reducing hospital days, ER visits, and preventable readmissions

• Enhance the patient experience

• Understand shifting care priorities

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Family caregivers are extra hands, eyes, and ears that currently exist in virtually every patient room. We 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 help care delivery teams identify 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. We help family caregivers learn how to get the help they need to provide safe care at home.

Podcasts

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.

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 Principal

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• Clients include AARP Public Policy Institute

  • Team member for the 2019 Home Alone Revisited: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care research study report

  • An author on the upcoming publication series, Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care  

• Certified Caregiving Consultant, Facilitator, and Educator

• End-of-Life Doula

• Instructor and Skills Consultant for the Certified Caregiving Consultant™ training program at The Caregiving Years Training Academy

• Former Family Caregiver Ambassador, Thomas Glasser Caregivers Center, Overlook Medical Center, Atlantic Health System

• Former director of marketing at national infusion and home care company BioScrip, Inc.

• Medco President’s Award for the Family Caregiver Project and launch of the Women’s Health Therapeutic Resource Center (Medco is now Express Scripts)

• Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act certificate, University of Pennsylvania

• B.A. in English, Boston University

When Beth's father was hospitalized for his first surgery, she wasn’t aware that family members could have a role during the hospitalization of a loved one. Several hospital stays later, it became clear that being actively involved in the hospital stay can make a significant difference in a loved one’s health outcome and overall cost of care.

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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.

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