"Let Me Say This About That" – Looking for the Next Champion for Elders: A Tribute to Larry Polivka and Claude Pepper

Larry Polivka spent more than a decade as executive director of the Claude Pepper Center at Florida State University before his retirement this past May. In episode 105, Susan Ryan and Alex Spanko explore both leaders' powerful legacies in the fight to revolutionize eldercare in America. In this edition "Let Me Say This About That", Marla and Mary take a closer look at the Claude Pepper Center and all of the organizations and research that have come to fruition from the Claude Pepper Center and Foundation. Marla takes a close look at the center and all of the valuable tools available to researchers and explores the books connected with this legacy.   Mary explores the research with OAIC, the types of research that interested students and a look at a special researcher that took an interest in the Green House Project.   Read the Larry Polivka article here: https://claudepeppercenter.fsu.edu/an-ethic-of-care-needed-in-our-long-term-care-system/ Learn more about OAIC: https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/dgcg/claude-d-pepper-older-americans-independence-centers-oaics Connect with Dr. Lori Gonzalez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-gonzalez-ph-d-51680882/ Blog on the GHP website: http://blog.thegreenhouseproject.org/author/lori-gonzalez/ Show notes/call to action: Learn more about The Green House Project: www.thegreenhouseproject.org Register for GHP's newest in-person and virtual event, DementiaVerse: thegreenhouseproject.org/events/dementiaverse

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