Ready, Willing and Able: Caring for Caregivers in Age-Friendly Health Systems – Dissemination Phase

Grant Summary

Family caregivers are vital partners in the health and health care of older adults, but despite their key role, caregivers are seldom asked if they are ready, willing or able to provide care, and their needs are neither routinely identified nor addressed within health systems. This three-year dissemination grant follows a planning project by Rush University Medical Center to improve the care of older adults by addressing the needs of family caregivers through RUSH’s Caring for Caregivers Model. This project will increase awareness within health systems of the importance of family caregivers, disseminate the model to 25 to 40 health systems and in partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, identify of a set of scalable model elements to be integrated across the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement. RRF Foundation for Aging supports the RUSH Caregiver Initiative.

Related Grant Resources

• RUSH Center for Excellence in Aging's Caring for Caregivers Model Webpage
• RUSH: Taking Action to Transform Healthcare – Join Us in Caring for Caregivers
• CHA Health Progress Article: 'Caring for Caregivers' Model Addresses Needs of Those Looking After Others
• Previous Phase: A Model for Caregiver Health and Wellness in Age-Friendly Health Systems, Planning Grant