Dr. Wayne Tuckson welcomes Elizabeth A. Johnson, president and executive director of the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities and Kentucky Center for Assisted Living, to talk about long-term care facilities and resources in Kentucky. She also addresses the challenges facing the industry as it begins to recover from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The episode Kentucky Health: The Future of Long-term Care in Kentucky airs Sunday, March. 14, at 12:30 pm/11:30 am on KET and Monday, March 15, at 2/1 pm on KET2. 

Kentucky Health is a weekly KET program that seeks to improve the people’s health through education and increased awareness. Kentucky Health is hosted by Dr. Wayne Tuckson, a colorectal surgeon in Louisville, and produced by Laura Krueger.

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