NRHA Webinar Recording: Community Health Workers & Age-Friendly Care - An Innovative Pilot in Rural Oregon
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) held a Connected Care for Older Adults webinar on October 16 titled, "Community Health Workers & Age-Friendly Care: An Innovative Pilot in Rural Oregon."
Connected Care for Older Adults is an innovative model that uses Community Health Workers (CHWs) in partnership with primary care providers (PCPs) to improve care for frail older adults in rural areas. Through Connected Care, CHWs trained in Age-Friendly Health Systems conduct a series of home visits with patients and families and implement Connected Care protocols based on the 4Ms Framework.
This webinar provided quantitative data and anecdotal findings about the power of this model to improve primary care services and outcomes for at-risk older adult patients in rural areas. The webinar was presented in partnership with Oregon Health & Science University and the National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative.
Presenters included:
- Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MPH, MACP, professor & chief of geriatrics, Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University
- Lindsay Miller, MBA, project director, Connected Care for Older Adults, a project of the Columbia Gorge Health Council
Watch the webinar recording.
Learn more about the National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative.
Read a related NRHA policy brief, Community Health Workers and Rural Age-Friendly Care.
Learn more about Connected Care for Older Adults.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of the National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative.
