American Geriatrics Society CoCare: Hospital Elder Life Program and Age-Friendly Resources
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) CoCare®: HELP (Hospital Elder Life Program) has released resources to support hospitals and health systems in providing age-friendly care.
AGS CoCare®: HELP (Hospital Elder Life Program) is a comprehensive program designed to prevent delirium and functional decline in hospitalized older patients, giving institutions the tools and resources to support implementation.
AGS CoCare®: HELP & Age-Friendly builds on this by advancing the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) initiative to ensure all care with older adults is age-friendly care. This means reliably providing the AFHS 4Ms Framework (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility) every time an older adult and their caregivers interact with the health system. The 4Ms are a framework to guide all care, supporting older adults’ strengths and wellness across cultures, conditions and settings.
AGS CoCare: HELP & Age-Friendly resources include:
- Get the Basics: AGS CoCare: HELP & the 4M's of Age-Friendly Care
- Learn more: Crosswalk of AGS CoCare: HELP Protocols with the 4Ms
- CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure
- Case Study Series: AGS CoCare: HELP & Age-Friendly Care – Alleghney Health Network
- Case Study Series: AGS CoCare: HELP & Age-Friendly Care – California Pacific Medical Center
Learn more about AGS CoCare HELP & Age-Friendly and scroll down for the free resources.
Explore the AGS CoCare: HELP Tools & Resources.
Learn more about AGS CoCare: HELP.
Learn more about the CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure.
Learn more about the AFHS movement.
Learn about JAHF’s past grant support for HELP.
