EP45: Age-Friendly Health Systems: History and Overview

<p><strong>Age-Friendly Health Systems: </strong><strong>History and Overview</strong></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Age-friendly Health Systems create a system of care where there's good communication, good leadership, and information systems that track across (care settings).</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">"</span><strong><em>— Alice Bonner, PhD, RN</em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With nine years to go before the last Baby Boomers reach age 65, our nation is on a short timeline to develop the infrastructure needed to provide quality care for older adults in our hospitals and health care systems. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With that vision in mind, a system of "age-friendly environments" is emerging from the collaborative efforts between the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). The first podcast interview for</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">was with Dr. Terry Fulmer who has led development of the</span> <a href= "https://melissabphd.com/ep-3-age-friendly-health-systems-interview-with-dr-terry-fulmer/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Age-Friendly Health Systems</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">initiative (Episode 3).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Building on that interview, in this episode, Dr. Alice Bonner shares the history and an overview of the Age-Friendly Health Systems. The goal of the age-friendly health system is to guide development of an infastructure required for hospitals and health systems to deliver evidence-based care for all - not just for older adults. Discover how the system empowers all health care settings to implement the 4M’s Framework to facilitate care for older adults.</span></p> <p><strong><em>Part One of 'Age-Friendly