Jen Olsen, DrPH

Glad to see #Virginia joining NEPHC as other forms of government #publichealth collaboration have evaporated. Per Sec Figueroa "Threats to people’s health do not stop at state lines, and neither should our coordination." www.vdh.virginia.gov/news/virgini...

Unfortunately, the words #caregiver and #caregiving didn't make it into either #SOTU or the response....maybe next year

Helpful way to think about #measles from @ericchowmd.bsky.social's team at Seattle-King County: cdn.kingcounty.gov/-/media/king...

It's National Caregiver's Day Here's how to grow your understanding as a non-caregiver

Here's my resources for non-caregivers to build empathy on #NationalCaregiversDay open.substack.com/pub/caradigm...

Frontiers | Editorial: Exploring bereavement and public health: the role of family and friend caregivers in community well-being [Please update social media impact numbers before final publication].The circle of bereavement after the deaths of family and friends broadly influences soci...

How many times during your #publichealth course work did you learn health impacts of #bereavement? For me, that number was 0. Working w #caregivers & formers, I missed understanding that went beyond #grief. Check out special topic of @frontiersmedia.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

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Thoughtful and rare #olympic ice skating performance by Olga Mikutina of Austria that tells the story of growing old gracefully. Rare to see an athlete honor and embrace #aging.

Deadline for Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is one month away 3/16. This fellowship can be transformative for anyone, esp those in #publichealth who want to understand & ultimately transform policies that will shape #aging #fellowship
www.healthandagingpolicy.org/fellowship-a...

The Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Challenge | ACL Administration for Community Living

Time to start looking at the odds for #SOTU. What are the chances that #caregiver or #caregiving get a mention?

Maybe tied to the new #AI challenge: acl.gov/caregiver-ai...

A dose of disenchantment from a scientist who forever changed our understanding of evolutionary biology:

The line after what's quoted below is "One lives only to make blunders."

A reminder that your blunder might be the 🌎next wonder...

#science #darwinday

Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration - Roosevelt Institute In a new analysis, Hannah Garden-Monheit and Tresa Joseph draw on interviews with more than 45 senior Biden-Harris appointees to offer a bold road map for rebuilding federal government capacity and re...

I think it requires some homework and reflecting on the @rooseveltinstitute.org report by Garden-Monheit and Joseph on Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

The Countdown Is On....Will the Caradigm Shift? The time to provide a robust roadmap to center caregiver health is now

Today marks 86,400,000 seconds - or 1,000 days - until the #2028election. As @petebuttigieg.bsky.social said "The future will belong to those who can think clearly about what happens next.”
caradigmshift.substack.com/p/the-countd...

In case #prescription pricing wasn't confusing enough, this table shows variable pricing at launch-time for TrumpRx

Wealth in context 🤯

This @statnews.com piece by @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social is a thoughtful, thorough assessment - I only take issue with the title. Author describes how this is not a failure of public health science, knowledge, or standard practice - it's a #policyfailure due to choices made by individuals anti-PH

Great quote from Dr. Moore: "Aging is a good thing.
Getting older makes you wiser, more resilient, more accepting and happier. There will be changes and challenges. Focus on what you can do — not what you can’t." #healthyaging

SB808 - 2026 Regular Session | LIS

Looking forward to watching tomorrow's #VirginiaSenate subcomittee discussion of SB808 lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

Visibility into payments from Medicaid providers is one step, why not get that same visibility and transparency from PE-backed facilities? #healthcarecosts

We’re heading back to 1990 levels (27,000 cases). If we keep it up we’ll get to pre-vaccination numbers (500,000 cases annually)

This is a self-made public health disaster 🤦🏻‍♂️

Stunning image, stunning reality

USA aka the country of health dine and dash

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Only agreement is accepted in these types of "experiments"

10 things to know about measles as cases rise in North Carolina Should you get a booster if you’ve been vaccinated? What are the early symptoms? Here’s the information you need about measles.

Here's 10 tips about #measles as cases rise around the country: www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/01/16/1...
#caregivertips

More #measles in #Virginia, another young child in #NoVA: www.vdh.virginia.gov/news/public-...

a woman is talking to another woman in a living room and says `` just lower your expectations , okay ! '' ALT: a woman is talking to another woman in a living room and says `` just lower your expectations , okay ! ''

Spent the afternoon listening to #ACL/#RAISE #familycaregiver council. Remain disappointed, but not surprised, that the caregiver community continues to receive crumbs and is expected to be ecstatic. Recap here:
caradigmshift.substack.com/p/raising-qu...

21st century progress for Virginians & their caregivers - You can now submit complaints online www.vdh.virginia.gov/licensure-an...
(Previously this was fax/email only) #vacaregivertips

Hopefully complaints will be investigated and made transparent

#tipsforcaregivers

I posted about masks. Here’s what happened. On harm reduction, psychological reactance, and why the discourse is failing us

For those recognizing the respiratory illness risk (#flu, #covid, #ili) for themselves and those in their household, this is a thoughtful discourse on masking #tipsforcaregivers open.substack.com/pub/theunbia...

Medical Bills Can Be Vexing and Perplexing. Here’s This Year’s Best Advice for Patients. - KFF Health News As the crowdsourced investigative series from KFF Health News approaches its eighth anniversary, “Bill of the Month” offers its top takeaways of 2025 to help patients manage, decipher, and even fight ...

Practical guidance for navigating complex medical coverage and bills in the year to come from @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
#surprisebills #medicalbills #caregivers

What a pathogen says when it finds an unvaccinated person?

Derek Sprague shows caregiving is par for the course (pun intended). All of us will be in a #caregiver role, with nearly 1/3 of all working adults caring while working. Interesting timing, as org recently announced revamped #PGA Care program - did his personal experience change internal supports?

Human hand holding a cooked large shrimp overlaid with text "Move over jumbo shrimp, "health care system" is the real oxymoron" in white font

Wrote today about the irony of the "health care system" and all it's pain points that #caregivers face every day caradigmshift.substack.com/p/move-over-...