Catherine DeOrsey Opiods

In the first half hour. Patricia interviews Candace Robinson, Director of Strategic Aging Initiatives at Capital Impact Partners, a national, nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). She discusses how Capital Impact Parters provides capacity building to help ensure that low to moderate income individuals have access to quality healthcare and education, healthy foods, affordable housing, and the ability to age with dignity. In the second half hour Patricia interviews Catherine DeOrsey founder of Integrative Healthcare Solutions (IHS), a new division of the non-profit organization Power Forward. Her brother Davids 20 year addiction and fatal overdose on opioids and alcohol, coupled with her own diagnosed health crisis of severe Crohns Disease, was the catalyst for her to bring Integrative Healthcare Solutions to the forefront of healthcare. She discusses how to educate, support and inspire people to break the cycle of the opioids addiction crisis. I