CHA's Health Progress: Achieving Age-Friendly Care for Older Adults With the NICHE Program
The Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) has released a Health Progress article, "Achieving Age-Friendly Care for Older Adults With the NICHE Program."
The article talks about the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) initiative and notes that, "Ensuring that nurses are well prepared to recognize and meet the unique needs of older adults is a critical step in any organization's process of becoming age-friendly."
Author Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, describes the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystems Elders (NICHE) program. The article includes a detailed table aligning NICHE resources with AFHS principles organized by the AFHS's 4Ms framework and the NICHE practice model's four major levers, and an explanation of these main components.
To read the article, click here.
To learn more about the Age-Friendly Health System initiative, click here.
To learn more about the NICHE program, click here.
