Health Affairs Blog: Mobilizing Public Health To Support Elders’ Longevity And Thriving
Health Affairs has published a blog, "Mobilizing Public Health To Support Elders’ Longevity And Thriving."
The blog notes that the "number of older adults living with frailty and disability will nearly double between 2012 and 2035," and talks about the important roles that public health can play. It lists detailed actions that public health practitioners and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could take to shape the conditions in communities to be more routinely supportive to older adults.
Florida's “Age-Friendly Public Health” pilot, led by the Florida Health Department with 37 county health departments participants, is described as one encouraging way to bring public health tools to bear on aging. "Drawing on experiences from the Florida model and others, the Trust for America’s Health and The John A. Hartford Foundation jointly developed a 'Framework for an Age-Friendly Public Health System.'”
To read the blog, click here.
To learn more about Florida's Age-Friendly Public Health pilot, click here.
To learn more about JAHF's support, click here.
