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CMS announces Medicare Part B dementia care model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, a voluntary national Medicare payment model beginning next July that aims to help dementia patients remain at home and improve quality of life for them and their caregivers
AHA podcast: Enhancing Care for Older Patients with Age-Friendly Health Systems
Sonja Rosen, M.D., chief of geriatrics at Cedars-Sinai, discusses the health system’s journey as an Age-Friendly Health System and its multidisciplinary approach to providing quality care for older patients in the midst of a workforce shortage.
AHA blog: Supporting the Behavioral Health of Older Americans
“As a practicing geriatric psychiatrist for more than 15 years, I’ve seen firsthand the mental and physical toll that anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions have taken on older adults, especially when left untreated for years,” writes Arpan Waghray, M.D., CEO of Providence’s Well Being Trust and past chair of AHA’s Committee on Behavioral Health.
AHA, AHCA to CMS: Mandating nursing home staffing ratios wrong approach
Mandating federal staffing ratios for nursing homes would accelerate the labor shortage across the continuum of care and reduce access to care for America’s seniors, AHA and the American Health Care Association told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on April 3.
Sign up for AHA’s Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community
Join more than 2,800 care sites that are part of the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement, addressing the unique care needs of patients age 65 and older. The AHA is leading its fourth virtual action community this fall, providing free access to live webinars, resources and customized coaching. Past action community participants have reduced hospital readmissions, prevented patient falls and improved value and patient satisfaction.
AHA podcast: Partnering to address the needs of older patients
Nancy Myers, AHA’s vice president of leadership and system innovation, and Marisa Scala-Foley, director of the Aging and Disability Business Institute, discuss how hospitals and health systems are partnering with their Area Agencies on Aging to address the health and social needs of older community members.
AHA releases case studies on establishing age-friendly care
Two new case studies highlight how hospitals and health systems are customizing care for older adult patients.
Chair File: Working to Create Age-Friendly Health Systems
There were 54 million U.S. residents 65 or older in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The agency projects that number will grow by nearly 30 million (to 84 million) by 2050.
Report suggests actions to prevent older adult isolation, loneliness
Health care providers should periodically assess older adults for social isolation and loneliness, and initiate potential preventive interventions for individuals at elevated risk due to life events, such as loss of a significant relationship or geographic move, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.