Veterans Affairs News Story and Video: Age-Friendly Summit - What Matters Most to Older Veterans
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has posted a news story about the VA Age-Friendly Health Systems 2023 Summit, as well as a video recapping the event.
The VA's Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care is leading efforts to make the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) the largest Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) in the country. This summer, staff from all Veterans Integrated Service Networks convened for a Summit in Providence, RI, to accelerate AFHS adoption efforts.
The two-day Age-Friendly Summit, supported by the Diffusion of Excellence office, convened leaders and champions to document lessons learned from early adopters and develop a five-year plan to ensure that all care for older Veterans is age-friendly. Key discussions included how to creatively spread the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms framework, the core of the initiative, across the VHA, and how health care systems will need to adapt to a growing number of older adults in the future.
Read a related recent Federal Practitioner paper, "No Wrong Floor on the Elevator: A Vision for the VA as an Age-Friendly Health System."
Watch a recap of the event here:
Read the VA news story.
Watch the VA summit recap video.
Learn more about the VA AFHS work.
Learn more about the AFHS initiative.
