Engaging the Wisdom of Older Veterans to Enhance VA Healthcare, Research, and Services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stakeholder engagement helps ensure that research is relevant, clinical innovations are responsive, and healthcare services are patient-centered.

Objective

Establish and sustain a Veteran engagement board involving older Veterans and caregivers to provide input on aging-related research and clinical demonstration projects.

Design and participants

The Older Veteran Engagement Team (OVET)-a group of eight Veterans and one caregiver who range in age from 62 to 92-was formed in November 2017 and has met monthly since January 2018. The OVET provides feedback on topics that reflect the foci of the VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) (e.g., physical functioning, hearing health, and emotional wellness/mental health). Ongoing

SUBMITTER: Nearing KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960672 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature