Shifting Culture Toward Age-Friendly Care: Lessons From VHA Early Adopters.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The need for a health care workforce with expanded skills in the care of older adults is increasingly evident as the US population ages. The evidence-based Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) framework establishes a structure to reliably assess and deliver effective care of older adults with multiple chronic conditions: what matters, medication, mentation, and mobility (4Ms). Half of veterans receiving Veterans Health Administration (VHA) care are aged ≥ 65 years, driving its transformation into the largest AFHS in the US. In this article, we offer lessons on the challenges to AFHS delivery and suggest opportunities to sustaining age-friendly care.

Observations

Within 3 months of implementation, 85% to 100% of patients received 4M care in all care settings at our V

SUBMITTER: Kalsy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984684 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature