IHI Insights Blog: Advice from Personal Experience to Improve Age-Friendly and Dementia-Friendly Care
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has published an article highlighting the powerful advocacy of Josselyn Winslow, a 90-year-old leader in age-friendly and dementia-friendly care. The article is authored by JAHF's Nafasya Ramadini Maura and Jane Carmody.
Drawing from her personal experience caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s in the 1980s, Josselyn - along with other people - helped found what is now called Dementia Support Northwest and recently celebrated the opening of Amy’s Place, a new community hub for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
The article explores how Josselyn’s story embodies the principles of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative's 4Ms Framework (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) and offers practical lessons on how individuals, families, and communities can improve care for older adults.
Read the article.
Learn more about Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative.
