title:
Kavan Peterson
creator:
Kavan Peterson; Leif Fredrickson
description:
Kavan Peterson discusses his role as the president of Harvest Home Care, a Missoula company that provides in-home care services for elders during the COVID pandemic. Peterson discusses how he got into the issues surrounding elder care. He discusses how the pandemic affected elder care and the mental well-being of elders, in general, and how the pandemic revealed aspects of how we treat elders in our society. He discusses how his company responded to the pandemic, including issues surrounding mask availability, staff safety, mental health and vaccination of staff. He discusses the interactions of a private business with government and local, state and federal levels. The interview concludes with Peterson’s broader reflections on the response, meaning and impact of COVID-19, and the importance of understanding the history of pandemics.
publisher:
Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
contributor:
Leif Fredrickson
created:
2022-02-21
date Submitted:
2022-02-21
type:
Sound; Text
identifier:
2022_129
language:
English
rights:
2/21/2022We grant and assign to Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana (Archives) as Project repository, non-exclusive rights of every kind pertaining to this interview, including, but not limited to, reproduction, distribution, preparation of derivative works, public performance, and display, whether or not such rights are now known, recognized or contemplated. This gift does not preclude any use that we ourselves may wish to make of the information in the recording and/or subsequent transcripts of such. Future uses may include, but are not limited to, the following: printed memoirs, written publications, radio and film and podcast productions, educational tools, and public performances. Many of these futures uses may be accessible through print, visual, electronic, or other available media, and the Internet, including Project and Archives online platforms.