Age-Friendly Health Systems
In this conversation, Julie Dye, clinical nurse specialist in geriatrics at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, discusses the benefits of participating in the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation program and the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative.
Leaders at Oliver Wyman鈥檚 health care consultancy have been busy studying what health care will look like in 2035 and reimagining what the field may look like roughly a decade from now.
An interdisciplinary team at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, Calif., has effectively integrated age-friendly care in its busy emergency department, which also is recognized as a GEDA (Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation) Gold Level 1 facility.
AHA and partners provide transformational insights, ideas and actions for addressing the unique care needs of older adults.
Older adults are living and working longer than any time in our history, redefining what life鈥檚 later stages look like.
Wyoming鈥檚 Cheyenne Regional Medical Center has joined more than 2,700 hospitals, outpatient clinics and health systems nationwide as participants in the 鈥淎ge-Friendly Health Systems鈥 initiative.
Consider these statistics and the impact on health care: By 2035, the number of adults age 65 or older is expected to outnumber children under age 18 for the first time in U.S. history, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The population of adults ages 65 and older will exceed 95 million in the United States by the year 2060. As Americans age, hospitals and health systems need to adapt their models of care to address the unique needs of older adults. In this episode, Sonja Rosen, M.D., chief of geriatrics at Cedars-鈥
Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative designed to meet the needs of older adults, looking beyond acute events, engaging the whole community, and achieving better health for older adults. Join this webinar to learn about the impact and outcomes of the 4Ms Framework 鈥 what matters, medications鈥
Free, virtual learning session on April 27 will provide hospitals, health systems and other care sites with info on being recognized as age friendly.