Approaches to Making Practice and System Changes to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 12 Ways Hospitals Integrate Family Caregiver Support
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses a variety of approaches to make practice and system changes to improve patient and family engagement. It also lists and discusses 12 ways hospitals can integrate family caregiver support.
Transitions in Care and Hospital Discharge Practices to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 16 Ways to Prepare and Support Family Caregivers
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses transitions in care and hospital discharge practices to improve patient and family engagement. It lists and describes 16 ways to prepare and support family caregivers.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Practices to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 9 Ways to Help Staff Access Data on Family Caregiver Discharge Preparation
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses electronic health record (EHR) practices to improve patient and family engagement. It lists and describes nine ways to help staff access data on family caregiver discharge preparation.
Promoting Caregiving Across the Full Community: The Role for Public Health Strategists
This resource created by the CDC and Alzheimer's Association offers an overview of the challenges of caregiving for people living with dementia. It also provides state, local, and tribal public health leaders with a framework and resources for action regarding an initiative. Implementation of these 360-degree plans would ideally result in widespread availability and use of caregiver supports, improved service coordination, and a firm commitment to caregiving throughout healthcare systems, workplaces, and communities.
Better Brain Health through Equity: Addressing Health and Economic Disparities in Dementia for African Americans and Latinos
This report from the Milken Institute Alliance to Improve Dementia Care centers around two overarching themes: (1) strengthening the infrastructure among health care, long-term, and community-based organizations to achieve greater health equity for people living with dementia and their caregivers and (2) expanding dementia-friendly networks and workplaces in racially and ethnically diverse communities. This report presents actionable recommendations to build health equity by reducing disparities in dementia prevention, detection, diagnosis, and care.
Quality Health Care for Homeless Children: Achieving the AAP Recommendations for Care of Homeless Children and Youth
Background. We assessed whether and how health care organizations serving homeless pediatric patients meet recommendations issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Methods. We conducted a web-based survey of Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Program grantees serving children. Results. Of 169 grantees, 77 (46%) responded. All organizations reported connecting patients to specialty services.
NIH Inclusion Across the Lifespan
The NIH Inclusion Across the Lifespan policy requires individuals of all ages (including children and older adults) be included in clinical research studies unless there are scientific or ethical reasons to exclude them. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the Inclusion Across the Lifespan Workshop (IAL-II) including the topics of inclusion and exclusion criteria; study designs and metrics; recruitment, enrollment, and retention; and data analysis and study interpretation.
Source: National Institute of Health, 2020
Issue Brief: Creating Value with Age-Friendly Health Systems
This Issue Brief from the American Hospital Association's The Value Initiative highlights ways that age-friendly care’s 4Ms Framework and measures enable value, along with case examples and considerations for becoming an Age-Friendly Health System. This is part of a series of Issue Briefs framing the complex issue of affordability. These briefs can be used to initiate conversations with stakeholders in your community. Relevant resources are included at the end of the Issue Brief.
Source: American Hospital Association, 2020.
National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging 2020 Report and Toolkit
The National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging 2020 Report and Toolkit describes the findings of the survey. This data is essential for analyzing policy issues, benchmarking services, supporting requests for funding, preparing local issue briefs, speaking with funders or legislators and more. In addition to the report, the National Survey Report Toolkit includes a "fast facts" sheet, a data brief, key findings in customizable PowerPoint, newsletter articles and social media posts on the survey findings, and state reports.
Opioid Workforce Expansion Program (OWEP) Paraprofessionals
Welcome to the Opioid Workforce Expansion Program (OWEP) Paraprofessionals cohort engagement group. This platform was created to enable OWEP grantees to connect with each other to discuss best practices, brainstorm solutions to program challenges, facilitate collaborative partnerships, and to encourage cohort cohesion.
