/ en Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:55:12 -0500 Wed, 30 Jul 25 16:05:17 -0500 /center/age-friendly-health-systems/empowering-teams-through-trustee-and-c-suite-leadership-age-friendly-care Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:05:17 -0500 Age-Friendly Health Systems /education-events/empowering-teams-through-trustee-and-c-suite-leadership-age-friendly-care <p>Join this candid conversation with leaders from the AHA and Hackensack Meridian Health to explore how the Age-Friendly Health Systems framework can serve as a strategic tool to address key challenges in health care. Hackensack Meridian Health will share a compelling case example highlighting how their board and executive leaders empowered front-line teams to implement age-friendly care, the outcomes achieved, and what’s next on their journey. This session offers practical insights for trustees and executives looking to lead systemwide transformation.</p><h4>Speakers:</h4><ul><li><strong>Marie Cleary-Fishman</strong>, <em>Vice President, Clinical Quality</em>, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association</li><li><strong>Jose Azar, M.D.</strong>, <em>Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Professor of Medicine</em>, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Department of Hematology/Oncology | Hackensack Meridian Health</li><li><strong>Shawn Reynolds</strong>, <em>Chair of HMH Hospital Corporation Board</em>, Hackensack Meridian Health  </li></ul><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/center/age-friendly-health-systems/empowering-teams-through-trustee-and-c-suite-leadership-age-friendly-care" title="Register" data-view-context="top-level-view"><strong>Register</strong></a></p> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:31:43 -0500 Age-Friendly Health Systems /advancing-health-podcast/2025-07-30-what-matters-most-inside-froedterts-mission-transform-geriatric-care <p>What does it take to become a truly age-friendly hospital? In this conversation, Shelley Hart, R.N., clinical nurse specialist at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, explores the hospital's inspiring journey toward delivering exceptional care for older adults. Through innovative delirium prevention programs, goals of care conversations, and simple acts of human connection, Shelley shares how the team is creating a hospital experience centered on dignity and purpose.</p><hr><div></div><div class="raw-html-embed"><details class="transcript"> <summary> <h2 title="Click here to open/close the transcript."> <span>View Transcript</span><br> </h2> </summary> <p> 00:00:01:02 - 00:00:26:02<br> Tom Haederle<br> Welcome to Advancing Health. About a decade ago, Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital in Wisconsin decided to focus on improving care and services for its geriatric population of patients. In today's podcast, we learn more from a Froedtert clinical nurse specialist about how its age-friendly journey is advancing the quality of care for older adults. </p> <p> 00:00:26:04 - 00:00:43:01<br> Jen Braun<br> Hi everyone! I'm Jen Braun, director of workforce and organizational development at the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association, and my guest today is Shelly Hart, who's the clinical nurse specialist at Froedtert Menominee Falls Hospital. Thanks for joining me, Shelly. I was wondering if you could share a little bit about yourself and what you do at Froedtert. </p> <p> 00:00:43:04 - 00:00:59:23<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> As you said, I'm a clinical nurse specialist, and I've worked at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital for many decades. I have geriatric background. And so I was very instrumental in when we started to develop our age-friendly status. </p> <p> 00:01:00:00 - 00:01:06:04<br> Jen Braun<br> So tell me a little bit more about how your organization began their age-friendly journey. </p> <p> 00:01:06:07 - 00:01:46:23<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> I will tell you a little story because it started many, many years ago - right around 2015, 2016 - when we decided we needed to develop an ACE unit. And at that point we thought we needed to do lots of different things to be much more attuned to our geriatric patient population. So, at that point, we started training using our niche protocols and our nursing assistants and RNs learned a lot about geriatric assessments, protocols, discharge planning, etc. and then we also put into place a lot of other protocols for the providers to use. </p> <p> 00:01:46:25 - 00:02:31:21<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> We are very fortunate because of our pharmacists and how we have lots of medication guidelines and other daily work that they do supporting age-friendly geriatric patient populations. And we also roped in our geriatricians and they were very supportive and did a lot of work, preparing us. So when we started looking at all of these protocols, everything that we're doing in terms of 4Ms, with mentation, with mobility, with medication and what matters, we had a lot of things already in place that we just had to pull together and look at how we were doing with that. </p> <p> 00:02:31:22 - 00:02:46:06<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> How could we do better, and how could we spread this to other areas in the hospital and make this really well received by everybody and make an impact? And so that led us to our age-friendly journey. </p> <p> 00:02:46:08 - 00:03:04:03<br> Jen Braun<br> That's amazing. So it sounds like you had a lot of the pieces in place for the 4Ms, which you mentioned were what matters medications, mentation and mobility. And you just had to kind of button them up a little bit. What were some of the interventions, though, that you, that you made to help provide that age-friendly care? </p> <p> 00:03:04:09 - 00:03:30:12<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> And that is really, you know, one of the really great pieces about using the 4Ms framework, because you can integrate that into lots of existing things you're already doing. So, for example, what matters in our organization as we really are leveraging our providers when they're talking about goals of care with patients. And they already had a smart phrase that was developed for that. </p> <p> 00:03:30:13 - 00:04:00:29<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> So we harnessed that. We also tightened up our medication review, all the daily work our pharmacists are doing. We're really grateful that they use our Beers list criteria and all of the work when they are calling about deprescribing or changing dosing of different medications. I do have to say we did tighten up, you know, our mobility screening, mobility activities, delirium screening and delirium activities. </p> <p> 00:04:00:29 - 00:04:27:05<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> And I if I could, I'd like to just explain a little bit more about our mentation and how we have a really robust delirium prevention group within our system and also within our community hospital of Menominee Falls. And, we've just developed some education around that, doing education posts every 1 to 2 weeks so everybody can look at that. </p> <p> 00:04:27:08 - 00:04:53:29<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> We also developed a delirium champion program. So now we have unit champions coming. And there's many stories I could share about the delirium champions and all the work they're doing. This is just within the last year or so. We're also just celebrated our delirium awareness day. We took a wellness cart around the hospital. We talked about delirium awareness, delirium prevention, extremely well received. </p> <p> 00:04:54:00 - 00:05:04:24<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> So that was with ED, ICU, our stepdown units and all of that surge. So those are all activities we've been doing that just keep spreading age-friendly. </p> <p> 00:05:04:26 - 00:05:25:27<br> Jen Braun<br> That's incredible. You've mentioned so many strategies that you've employed. And you know, health care is a team sport. And there are sounds like many, many, many teams involved, many stakeholders. So how did you get engagement and ownership with some of those key stakeholders or what strategies did you employ? </p> <p> 00:05:25:29 - 00:05:59:10<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> We are really lucky because our executives actually talked about: You know what? There's this age-friendly action community going on. You guys have a lot of experience with this. You're really subject matter experts, and I'm talking about myself and our director, Sheri Katzer. Would you guys like to lead this work and include our geriatricians and our subject matter expert pharmacists and all of our interdisciplinary therapists? </p> <p> 00:05:59:10 - 00:06:19:21<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> And we're like, sure, let's do it. So that was, you know, coming from executives as well as one of our vice presidents. What is their length of stay? How can we make it the best for them meeting their needs? Just employing all those and that's how we actually were propelled into doing the age-friendly submission. </p> <p> 00:06:19:25 - 00:06:34:11<br> Jen Braun<br> So it sounds like you had a lot of leadership support from the jump. Did you have any stakeholders who are a bit challenging to get, you know, over the curve there, or what did you specifically do to, do any outreach to them? </p> <p> 00:06:34:14 - 00:07:00:06<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> I do think as a group meeting understanding age-friendly, really, and doing a gap analysis. What do we have? What are we working towards? Helping people understand what is what matters mean? What is the medication piece mean? What does mentation piece mean? What does this actually mean in your work? In your daily work? How can we quantify that? </p> <p> 00:07:00:09 - 00:07:09:08<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> How can we make it work and improve it? And how can we spread it to the hospital? And at this point, we want to spread it into the system. And what's the next steps for that? </p> <p> 00:07:09:15 - 00:07:12:06<br> Jen Braun<br> And so, speaking of, what are the next steps for that? </p> <p> 00:07:12:08 - 00:07:38:13<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> And you know, it's great that we're here and there's people really looking forward to us bringing back all the information from today. We really want to talk about dashboards, metrics, quantifying data. We're looking at the CMS, age-friendly measure. How is that impacting things? What can we do to improve? Let's set us up for success. And of course, the patient. That, you know, that's the primary center of everything. </p> <p> 00:07:38:15 - 00:07:49:13<br> Jen Braun<br> So how is participating in an AHA age-friendly health systems action community contributed to your work or Froedtert'success? </p> <p> 00:07:49:15 - 00:08:18:25<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> Lots and lots of older adults come into the hospital, so we want to make it the best experience for them. We want to make it, what matters to them a lot. A lot of dignity involved in what's going on for the patient, what's going on for their family. And, really, that helps with success of the organization in terms of the patient satisfaction, family satisfaction, all the health care workers working best practice. </p> <p> 00:08:18:27 - 00:08:37:01<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> And it's every patient, every time. So it's really an exciting time. And I think everybody should take advantage of age-friendly because there's energy in it. So that's a big piece of it too, is you focus the energy on age-friendly and we're all working towards the same goal. </p> <p> 00:08:37:04 - 00:08:46:24<br> Jen Braun<br> You mentioned some of the impacts that you've seen from delivering age-friendly care. Are there any impacts that you want to specifically call out that you're really proud of? </p> <p> 00:08:46:26 - 00:09:12:02<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> Well, there's a lot of patient stories I could go into about how training of nurses, training of nursing assistants, providers, and how they centered care around what matters to the patient. From you know, couples that are in the hospital in different places at the same time and how we're getting them together for lunch and people making that happen. </p> <p> 00:09:12:04 - 00:09:33:25<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> Families, you know, thinking, you know, mom hasn't been doing so well over the course of the months. Can I talk about this? We need to really talk about this and someone listening and say, yeah, let's get together. We're going to have a family meeting about this, and they get the right players involved to make it best for the patient. </p> <p> 00:09:33:27 - 00:09:42:14<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> Those are just a couple, like, stories that happen all the time, and that is not possible unless you're all in sync. </p> <p> 00:09:42:17 - 00:09:57:03<br> Jen Braun<br> So, Shelly, I just want to thank you for sharing all the work that Froedtert has done, and you have done to implement the 4Ms at your system to ensure that older adults are receiving quality care. So I really want to thank you for sharing your story and your time here today. </p> <p> 00:09:57:06 - 00:10:03:04<br> Shelley Hart, R.N.<br> You're very welcome. I am really happy to be here and to share stories. </p> <p> 00:10:03:07 - 00:10:11:18<br> Tom Haederle<br> Thanks for listening to Advancing Health. Please subscribe and rate us five stars on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. </p> </details></div> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:38:56 -0500 Age-Friendly Health Systems /center/population-health-management Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0500 Age-Friendly Health Systems /advancing-health-podcast/2025-07-22-mobilizing-4ms-how-el-camino-health-transforming-age-friendly-care <p>The 4Ms framework that supports age-friendly health care for older patients continues to expand in hospitals and health systems across the nation. In this conversation, Carolyn Bogard, DNP, R.N., director of care coordination and palliative care at El Camino Health, talks about her system’s use of data to harness the passion that care providers feel for improving outcomes and streamlining care delivery for older adults.</p><hr><div></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <details class="transcript"> <summary> <h2 title="Click here to open/close the transcript."> <span>View Transcript</span><br>   </h2> </summary> <p> 00:00:01:06 - 00:00:23:22<br> Tom Haederle<br> Welcome to Advancing Health. The 4Ms are the core components of Age-Friendly health systems that aim to improve the quality of care for older adults. Today, we hear from California-based El Camino Health about how its adoption of the forums has produced measurable improvements for the older people it serves. </p> <p> 00:00:23:24 - 00:00:40:20<br> Raahat Ansari<br> Hi everyone. We're here in Chicago at AHA’s Advancing Age-Friendly Care Convening. I'm Raahat Ansari, senior program manager at the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association. Today I'm here and joined by Carolyn Bogard from El Camino Hospital. Thank you so much for being here with us today. </p> <p> 00:00:40:23 - 00:00:43:19<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here. </p> <p> 00:00:43:22 - 00:01:06:18<br> Raahat Ansari<br> Great. So we wanted to take some time to understand your Age-Friendly journey and how you implemented the 4M's framework at your organization. And I'll just take a quick moment for those listeners who might be new to this work to explain that the 4Ms is: what matters, medication, mentation and mobility, and applying that care to older adults. So can you tell us how it got started? </p> <p> 00:01:06:20 - 00:01:29:09<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Absolutely. And again, thank you so much for having me and for this opportunity. I'm so proud to talk about the work being done at El Camino Health, and where we're at on our journey. We are still in the beginning phases of our journey and the 4M implementation at El Camino Health - it actually started with the leadership of one nurse. </p> <p> 00:01:29:15 - 00:02:02:08<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> This nurse was making advances in her unit to implement an evidence based project, and her passion was really around delivering Age-Friendly care to older adults. And through her work and collaboration with pharmacy and our Epic analysts and other interdisciplinary team members, she was able to advance and roll out the 4M's on this medical unit within El Camino Health. </p> <p> 00:02:02:11 - 00:02:14:15<br> Raahat Ansari<br> It's amazing to hear. I just want to share that we do hear that a lot of organizations get started with this by one single individual championing this work, so I'm super excited to hear that that's the story at your organization. </p> <p> 00:02:14:18 - 00:02:37:21<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Oh, thank you so much. Yeah, we're super proud of her. And she continues to be a steadfast advocate for this work and continues to be so passionate about it and deeply involved with rolling out the 4Ms further throughout our health system. We certainly saw the impact in the benefits of rolling out the 4Ms and of this Age-Friendly health initiative. </p> <p> 00:02:37:24 - 00:02:47:22<br> Raahat Ansari<br> Did you see some outcomes and did you have data and what did you do with that data? And I wonder, were you able to share that with your leadership if you needed some help with leadership buy in? </p> <p> 00:02:47:29 - 00:03:26:18<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Yes. One of the things that we helped to do to advance this work, one of the first things is really to pull some of the data. And some of the data already on this unit was around high patient engagement scores and also the volume of older adults within this specific unit. We knew through the Age-Friendly initiative and the work with the IHI and ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association that rolling out the 4Ms within a health system impacts length of stay, readmissions, falls and other patient health outcomes and health system outcomes, too. </p> <p> 00:03:26:21 - 00:03:52:29<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> And we were able to bring this information in this data to our chief nursing officer. And we began conversations around how can we expand this initiative throughout our health care organization? So, she was extremely supportive and excited and passionate around this work as well. And then it was a matter of identifying next steps. </p> <p> 00:03:53:03 - 00:03:58:09<br> Raahat Ansari<br> So it was the data that got your chief nursing officer on board. Did I hear that correctly? </p> <p> 00:03:58:09 - 00:04:32:15<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> I think it was the data and also her passion around it. And I think what I've seen is there is a lot of health care providers passionate about caring for older adults. And I think the 4M framework really helps to create a platform for where to focus that passion and energy to help produce really tangible outcomes and help to really streamline health care delivery for the older adults in our health systems. </p> <p> 00:04:32:17 - 00:04:43:17<br> Raahat Ansari<br> So I'm hearing a little bit of outcomes across the board. So there were definitely some positive patient outcomes. And from what you just shared right now, there were some positive provider outcomes. </p> <p> 00:04:43:19 - 00:05:21:09<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Well, I think certainly our providers are interested in continuing to advance this work. I think from the pilot phases and initial rollout of the 4Ms and this unit, the nurses in particular in this area found the work to be important and meaningful. And recognized the value that this work can have for their patients. And, you know, one thing that we did within our health system, when we're talking a little bit about scope and spread and how to really expand this work is, where do you begin? </p> <p> 00:05:21:15 - 00:05:52:05<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> We had some success on this medical unit within our health system. What nursing leaders, what key stakeholders within the health system do we need to further expand? And we are so thankful to have the executive support that we do. Because our CNO knows exactly who to pull into the conversation. And one of the stakeholders that was really helpful with advancing these conversations is our process improvement adviser. </p> <p> 00:05:52:07 - 00:06:19:20<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> And we really started by identifying what problem are we trying to solve, and then really doing a value stream about current processes within our health care organization. And what do we need to do to further expand some of this work? And some of the things that we identified right off the bat is identifying some programmatic leadership. </p> <p> 00:06:19:23 - 00:06:48:24<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Who's in charge of further expanding this, this, health care initiative? And also, where can we get consistent data from? Data can help tell your story and we know that this is an important story to tell, both to our patients and our health system. And we were lucky enough to work with a fantastic data analyst within our health care organization and he helped to develop an Age-Friendly dashboard. </p> <p> 00:06:48:27 - 00:07:29:12<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> It's still in the beginning stages because sometimes there's so much data you can get paralyzed. And so we have to really think about what data do we need and how do we act upon the data that we have. Part of the initial data collection was around our patient population. You know, better understanding who are we caring for in our health system, identifying certainly ages and demographics and what service lines are these patients on based on that data that's helping to inform us around which units will we spread to next? </p> <p> 00:07:29:14 - 00:07:45:24<br> Raahat Ansari<br> I think that makes perfect sense. And one question that I want to ask you that I imagine some of our listeners might have of you is do you have any tips that you could share that you used to get that leadership buy in? We all know how important that is to leverage. </p> <p> 00:07:45:27 - 00:08:30:04<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Well, I'm so thankful to have regular and consistent communication with my executive and that alone gives me a pathway to communicate where we need help and what type of support that we need. And through that support and engagement and ongoing communication, we were able to develop a plan. Now, the plan did not develop overnight. It took probably three months from that initial conversation to even get a quorum of nursing directors across the organization in one room, with the process improvement advisory to talk a little bit about Age-Friendly care within our health care organization. </p> <p> 00:08:30:04 - 00:08:35:16<br> Raahat Ansari<br> And that's a success in and of itself, right? And get have all the stakeholders in one room to talk about that. </p> <p> 00:08:35:16 - 00:09:13:09<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Definitely. And when we had these initial conversations, everyone had different thoughts and ideas and opinions and observations about what was going well within the organization and what could be improved. And following that, we completed an A3, which is really a, you know, a systematic way to tackle a problem. And through input in discussion and these observations from all the nurse leaders, we were really able to see what areas are we doing well in and what areas can we improve in. </p> <p> 00:09:13:12 - 00:09:39:05<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> And because we did have the 4M framework already rolled out on one unit, we weren't starting from scratch. We already had a pilot unit that implemented the 4Ms and was successful with that. So it was really more about building upon that success. Now we're at a spot as we think a little bit more about spread and scale across the organization. </p> <p> 00:09:39:08 - 00:09:51:03<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> How do we dive a little bit deeper into each M, and how do we gain further engagement from members of the interdisciplinary team? </p> <p> 00:09:51:06 - 00:10:05:06<br> Raahat Ansari<br> And I do hear another challenge from some organizations about breaking down those silos and having that those interdisciplinary conversations. Any advice that you could share and how you successfully made that happen at your organization? </p> <p> 00:10:05:09 - 00:10:29:19<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Oh, yeah. Thank you so much for that question. And I would just add, being here at this forum, it's just so fantastic because even just today, I learned different ideas from different folks within the community. So one of the areas that we talked about was how do we get that buy-in and collaboration from members of the interdisciplinary team? </p> <p> 00:10:29:21 - 00:11:04:27<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Being that it's, you know, pharmacy or rehab services, case management, social worker, even our physicians, and certainly one of the best practices that was identified is really trying to find a champion in each area. And in my experience and observations, I have seen some passion out there about delivering high quality care to our older adult patient population. So at least within my health system, I don't have to look too far for individuals that are interested in advancing this work. </p> <p> 00:11:05:00 - 00:11:32:02<br> Raahat Ansari<br> When we started this work, that provider re-engagement and that spark, that passion that really was reignited when providers were working towards implementing the 4Ms framework into a patient care plan - that was something we were not expecting to see. So I really appreciate that you're saying that it's not hard to find, because we have seen that in real life when we have new teams come and join the action </p> <p> 00:11:32:02 - 00:11:50:00<br> Raahat Ansari<br> communities a little unsure of what to expect, what they're going to get out of it. And come two, three months into this, we've got a whole host of providers from all different disciplines who are really excited and passionate about being able to implement this work with their patients. So just wanted to highlight that point. Thank you for bringing that up. </p> <p> 00:11:50:06 - 00:12:08:15<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Oh you're welcome. And actually to your exact point, I have been part of the action community intermittently, throughout a number of years based on various jobs that I've had. And I get it. Caring for older adults, it is a passion of mine and it's such a privilege to be able to continue to be part of this work. </p> <p> 00:12:08:18 - 00:12:46:11<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> But I would even think 5 to 7 years ago, people were just better understanding the importance of delivering high quality, reliable care to older adults. And even in that short period of time, I feel as if I have seen some reinvigoration in interest into this real specialty area of medicine. It's fantastic because it really does take a village, and an interdisciplinary team to provide holistic care to our patients, certainly within the hospital setting, but also across the care continuum. </p> <p> 00:12:46:14 - 00:13:03:09<br> Raahat Ansari<br> And so what I'm hearing is you have nailed it at this at this one site, you are done and done. Just kidding. Because that work is never done, right? But you've made some really good strides at one care site and you're moving to expand to other care sites within your organization. And that is fantastic news and something to celebrate. </p> <p> 00:13:03:11 - 00:13:05:06<br> Raahat Ansari<br> Thank you again for being here with us today. </p> <p> 00:13:05:09 - 00:13:08:05<br> Carolyn Bogard, R.N.<br> Thank you. It's been an honor and a pleasure. </p> <p> 00:13:08:07 - 00:13:16:18<br> Tom Haederle<br> Thanks for listening to Advancing Health. Please subscribe and rate us five stars on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. </p> </details> </div> Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:47:48 -0500 Age-Friendly Health Systems /afhs-action-community-dashboard-6 <div> /* center_body */ .center_body { /*margin-top:50px;*/ /*margin-bottom: 50px;*/ } .center_body h2 { margin-bottom:25px; } .center_body h2 span { color: #d50032; display: block; font-size: 18px; } .center_body .center_Intro { color: #002855; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 30px; margin: 10px 0 25px 0; font-weight: 700; font-size: 2em; } .center_body .center_Lead { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; } @media (max-width:768px) { .center_body .center_Intro { line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 23px; font-size: 1.45em; } }   @media (max-width:990px){ .AFHScenter{ text-align:center; } } </div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8 center_body AFHScenter"><h2><span>2024-2025</span> ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association Action Community 6</h2></div><div class="col-md-4"><a href="/center/age-friendly-health-systems" title="Go to Age-Friendly Health Systems home page"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-08/AFHS-logo.jpg" alt="Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) logo." width="100%" height="100%"></a></div><div class="col-sm-12 center_body"><p class="center_Lead">The Institute for Healthcare Improvement recognizes clinical care settings that are working toward reliable practice of evidence-based interventions for all older adults in their care known as the 4Ms (4Ms: What Matters, Medications, Mentation, Mobility). 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At first, their 4Ms Care Description might represent a plan that they will test and work towards reliably performing. <a href="https://www.ihi.org/initiatives/age-friendly-health-systems/recognition#:~:text=Submit%20Your%204Ms%20Care%20Description" title="Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Submit Your 4Ms Care Description">4Ms Care Description fillable PDF forms for submission</a> can be found on the <a href="https://www.ihi.org/initiatives/age-friendly-health-systems/recognition" title="Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Age-Friendly Health Systems Recognition">IHI Recognition page</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li class="acc-items"> Level 2 (Committed to Care Excellence) teams have three months of data of older adults who received 4Ms care. <div class="acc-content"> <p>An Age-Friendly Health System — Committed to Care Excellence is working toward reliable practice of the 4Ms. They have achieved level 1 and have submitted at least three months of counts of the number of older adults that have received care that included all 4Ms. Counts of older adults reached can be submitted with the bottom portion of the 4Ms Care Description form that was submitted for level 1 recognition.</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <ul class="acc-container"> item 1 <div class="acc-content"> <p>====</p> </div> </li> </ul> <div> --> </div> </div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1"><p>Age-Friendly Health System recognitions are made at the facility level including hospitals, practices, nursing homes and convenient care clinics. This dashboard has been specifically crafted for participants of the 6th AHA Action Community to track their progress towards achieving recognition. Once recognition has been achieved, the site name is added to <a href="https://www.ihi.org/initiatives/age-friendly-health-systems/recognition#:~:text=Age%2DFriendly%20Health%20Systems%20Recognized%20by%20IHI" title="Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Age-Friendly Health Systems Recognized by IHI">IHI’s public list of recognized Age-Friendly Health Systems</a>.</p></div><div class="col-md-12"> <div data-entity-type="block_content" data-entity-uuid="68ba45de-202f-4a2a-9b33-6e0f9da8b4b4" data-embed-button="block_embed" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:block_content.full" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity tableau-embed"> </div> </div></div> Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:00:00 -0500 Age-Friendly Health Systems /center/age-friendly-health-systems/pathways-selection-tool Fri, 16 May 2025 15:00:00 -0500 Age-Friendly Health Systems /center/age-friendly-health-systems Fri, 16 May 2025 15:00:00 -0500 Age-Friendly Health Systems /older-adult-behavioral-health <div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 col-sm-8"> <p> Older adulthood often comes with mental health stressors, such as physical and/or cognitive decline, deaths of family and friends, and isolation. These stressors can contribute to behavioral health conditions, including substance use disorders. With approximately 10,000 Americans turning 65 every day, older adults’ behavioral health is an area of significant concern — particularly when you consider that chronic conditions common in older adults such as diabetes, stroke, hearing loss or heart disease can put them at greater risk of depression and anxiety. </p> <p> There are ways that hospitals and health systems can support behavioral health and mental well-being in their older patients. </p> <div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-4"> <div> <div> <h4 class="text-align-center"> Older Adult Behavioral Health Infographic </h4> <p class="text-align-center"> <a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/04/older-adult-behavioral-health-infographic.pdf" title="Click to open The Realities of Behavioral Health in Older Adults infographic in a new window"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-04/older-adult-behavioral-health-infographic-cover.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="2025 Behavioral Health in Older Adults Infographic. 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