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Community health workers and care of older adults: How to learn …

WEBKennedy and colleagues 1 present a systematic review of Community Health Worker (CHW)-led interventions for older adults with complex health needs and what is …

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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

WEBJournal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) is the go-to geriatrics journal for clinical aging research including education, clinical practice and public policy.

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Getting patients ready for “in the moment” decisions

WEBPatient-centeredness is a cardinal dimension of healthcare quality. The National Academy of Medicine defines patient-centered as “providing care that is …

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The Health of Older Americans: A Primer on Medicare and a Local

WEBTo say that healthcare delivery in America is caught up in a political whirlwind is an understatement. Although this may seem like a new phenomenon, how we define …

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Self‐perception of aging and perceived medical discrimination

WEBINTRODUCTION. Around 60% of older Americans have at least one chronic condition, with 42% having multiple. 1 To manage these comorbidities, millions of older Americans interact with the healthcare system every year. One barrier for older patients to receiving ideal care is perceived discrimination in the medical sphere. 2, 3 In order to …

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Person-Centered Care: A Definition and Essential Elements

WEBImproving healthcare safety, quality, and coordination, as well as quality of life, are important aims of caring for older adults with multiple chronic conditions and/or …

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Complexities of care: Common components of models of care in …

WEBINTRODUCTION. The aging of the population and the ability to extend life in the face of advanced chronic illness has created challenges for the U.S. healthcare …

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Medication use quality and safety in older adults: 2022 update

WEBImproving the quality of medication use and medication safety are important priorities for healthcare providers who care for older adults. The objective of this article …

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Heterogeneity of Aging: Individual Risk Factors, Mechanisms, …

WEBIt is also important to consider that deviations from the homeostatic equilibrium connected with deteriorations of health and varied comorbidities may …

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Addressing the Community‐Based Geriatric

WEBUniversity faculty representing a variety of disciplines and community-based providers from Area Agencies on Aging have worked together to address the gaps in training and siloed workforce providing care to older adults through an Interprofessional Curriculum for the Care of Older Adults. 18 This training is community based 18 and …

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The hospital care experiences of older patients compared to …

WEBINTRODUCTION. There is growing recognition of deficiencies in care provided to older patients that negatively affect quality-of-life. 1 Consequently, there is a …

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Breathlessness in older adults: What we know and what we still …

WEBJean-Marie Degryse MD, PhD. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium. Institute of Health and Society, Université Catholique de Louvain (UC Louvain), Leuven, Belgium

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Hospital at Home services: An inventory of fee‐for‐service …

WEBBackground. Hospital at Home (HaH) is a growing model of care with proven patient benefits. However, for the types of services required to provide an episode of HaH, full Medicare reimbursement is traditionally paid only if care is provided in inpatient facilities.

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Measuring patient‐centered care to improve hospital experiences …

WEBThe National Academy of Medicine developed a framework for measuring healthcare quality that endures after more than two decades. The model proposes six …

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Medicare's annual wellness visit: 10 years of opportunities gained …

WEBMedicare annual wellness visits (AWV) were initiated 10 years ago. Though AWVs emphasize on disease prevention and health promotion for older adults was a …

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Caregiving and all‐cause mortality in postmenopausal women: …

WEBBackground. Caregiving is commonly undertaken by older women. Research is mixed, however, about the impact of prolonged caregiving on their health, well-being, and mortality risk.

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What matters when it comes to measuring Age‐Friendly Health …

WEBDaniel E. Hall MD, MDiv, MHSc. Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. …

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Addressing The Community-Based Geriatric Healthcare …

WEBtasks, and assisting in decision making. A total of 13 million of these family caregivers assist 9 million of the seriously ill older adults.4 Family caregivers provide billions of hours of …

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Transforming health care: A large health organizations' journey to

WEBBackground. In 2017, the John A. Hartford Foundation partnered with the Institute for Health Care Improvement, American Hospital Association, and Catholic …

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