ASA Article: A Partnership With A Bold Vision - All Care Can Be Age-Friendly Care
The American Society on Aging (ASA) has published a blog on Aging Today, "A Partnership With A Bold Vision: All Care Can Be Age-Friendly Care."
The article explains what the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) initiative is and talks about the 4Ms Framewor: What Matters, Medication, Mobility, and Mentation. Amy Berman, JAHF Senior Program Officer, explains that, “Essentially, health systems are taking what they are already doing well and building it out so age-friendly care is reliably delivered at every interaction.”
"The AFHS Guide To Using the 4Ms in the Care of Older Adults includes instructions on outcomes measurement, which can document if the 4Ms work has resulted in improved care and, if so, can see if the initiative succeeded in reducing 30-day readmission rates and emergency department use, and if it elevated patients’ satisfaction with their care."
To read the blog, click here.
To learn more about the AFHS initiative, click here.
To learn more about JAHF's support of the AFHS initiative, click here.
