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AHA podcast: Preparing for the Future — How the Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative Is Transforming Care for America's Aging Population 

In this conversation, Dave Eaker, geriatric program manager at Atrium Health, and Shannon Morton, assistant vice president of patient care services at Atrium Health Cabarrus, discuss the reasons the organization joined the Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative, the infrastructure being developed across the system and the difference it has made for the aging population.

AHA podcast: Caring for the Aging Veteran — Age-Friendly Health Systems at the VHA 

Kimberly Wozneak, national lead for age-friendly health systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses how the Veterans Health Administration is weaving four foundational age-friendly principles into its care to support the growing number of aging veterans

AHA podcast: The Work of Action Communities in Age-Friendly Health Systems 

In this conversation, Rani Snyder, vice president, program at The John A. Hartford Foundation, discusses the importance of action communities in age-friendly care and why health organizations should use the tools they provide to build exceptional care frameworks.

AHA blog: Trustees Can Help Lead the Way to Age-Friendly Health Systems

Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N., president of the John A. Hartford Foundation, explains in a new blog how its "4Ms" care model aligns with AHA's Patient Safety Initiative.

Next AHA Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community convenes this fall 

The AHA has launched recruitment for its sixth Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community convening in September.

AHA podcast: Caregivers Need Care, Too 

Diane Mariani, program manager at Rush University Medical Center, discusses their Caring for Caregivers program, which shares resources and guidance to family and friends who care for older adults.

Age-friendly health systems overview presented in AHA webinar

Across the country, hospitals, clinics and long-term care sites are becoming age-friendly health systems by implementing the 4Ms Framework — what matters, medications