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Lunch & Learn: How Can the New Age-Friendly Hospital Measure Transform the Inpatient Experience

By Katherine A. Ornstein Clifford Ko on May 07, 2025
Join Health Affairs May 27 for a special lunch and learn virtual event featuring a conversation between Clifford Ko and Katherine Ornstein on how the new Age-Friendly Hospital Measure aims to improve the quality and experience of inpatient care for older Americans. Register here.

Aligning Hospital-to-Home Transitional Care for Older Adults With the CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure

By Cora Leigh White, Mary C Brooks, Bryanna De Lima, Elizabeth Eckstrom on May 02, 2025
In this publication, the review of recent publications on transitional care models helped to identify existing interventions that align with the new CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure in a current state analysis, highlighting transitional care interventions that align with at least one of the...

Effect of Age-Friendly Care on Days at Home Post-Hospital Discharge for Traditional Medicare Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

By Kathleen Drago, Bryanna De Lima, Sophie Rasmussen, Alaina Ena, Elizabeth Eckstrom, Ella Bowman on May 02, 2025
This study aims to determine differences in days spent at home in the 30- and 90-day post-hospitalization period for older patients in the BPCI-A program based on Age-Friendly care status. Read more here. 

Age-friendly learning health systems: Opportunities for model synergy and care improvement

By Beth Prusaczyk, Robert E Burke on May 02, 2025
This article outlines opportunities for synergies between two imporvement models: Age-Friendly Health Systems and Learning Health Systems.  Read more here. 

Call for Participation: Opportunity for Health System Participation in Design Connections

April 14, 2025
Empowering Older Adults Against Loneliness through Design Thinking. Click to read more regarding the criteria for participation, benefits, support/funding, and contact information.

4 Steps to 4Ms: A Navigation Guide for a Hospital-Based Composite Measure of 4Ms Care and the Implications for Outcomes Assessment

By Benjamin Rosner, MD, PhD; Robert Thombley, BS; Stephanie Rogers, MS, MPH, MD; Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD on March 03, 2025
A composite measure capturing adherence to the many care processes that comprise the 4Ms is a necessary but complex component of closing the evidence gap. This paper offers a navigation guide that addresses key considerations for developing a hospital-based composite measure of 4Ms care.

Community-Based Care: Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Improving Care for Diverse Older Adults

By Mana Manoukian MS, RN, CNS, AGCNS-BC , Harriet Udin Aronow PhD, FAAN , Lucía I. Floríndez PhD, MCM , Mary H. Akhtar MPH , Ariz A. Guzman PhD, RN , Bernice Coleman PhD, ACNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN on November 22, 2024
Care for Diverse Older Adults. Article in print from Nurse Leader - a quick view on a nurse-led in-home preventive intervention we are testing among older adults living in independent low-income housing. Read more here

Person-Centered Care Planning for People Living With or at Risk for Multiple Chronic Conditions

By Brittany N. Watson, MD, MPH; Lilly Estenson, MSW; Aimee R. Eden, PhD, MPH; Maya T. Gerstein, DrPH; Maria Torroella Carney, MD; Vonetta M. Dotson, PhD; Trisha Milnes, AuD, MHA; Arlene S. Bierman, MD, MS on November 19, 2024
October 17, 2024 Publication | This study explores implementation challenges and innovative approaches to person-centered care planning for people who have or are at risk of having multiple chronic conditions.  Read more here

The Aging Revolution Summit

November 19, 2024
December 3rd, 2024 | New York City & Virtual | Presented by Northwell Health, the Aging Revolution Summit is an invitation-only event bringing together an elite audience of healthcare luminaries, Fortune 500 corporate executives, venture capitalists, private investors, philanthropists, public...

Presentation: Improving quality, efficiency, and experience of care for at-risk, underserved, and aging Veterans

By Heather Schacht Reisinger, PhD; LauraEllen Ashcraft, PhD, MSW; John Fortney, PhD; Rajinder Sonia Singh, PhD; Kristina Cordasco, MD, MPH, MSHS on November 15, 2024
Monday, December 9, 2024 | 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM Presentation of a large quality improvement trial in the VA aligned with Age-Friendly during the Academy Health 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation.

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