GAPNA Chat Podcast
GAPNA Chat provides interviews and discussions with GAPNA leaders and members of the gerontological health care community, and will focus on advocacy, policy, education, professional development, research, and clinical care for older adults. GAPNA Chat is an official podcast of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA).
Source: Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, 2022
What Matters Is Most Important
The John A. Hartford Foundation puts what matters to the patient first. President Terry Fulmer says that strategy fights ageism and improves care. In this video, Dr. John Whyte interviews Dr. Fulmer to learn about what matters to the patient first as they get older and develop more health conditions. Dr. Fulmer also TALKS about fighting ageism and improving care for older adults.
Source: WebMD, 2023
Medication: More Birthdays Often Means More Pills
In this video, Richard is an older adult who takes 10 medications a day. The older he gets, the more he has to take, and the more he has to manage. It's why experts worry about medication burden so Dr. Nicole Brandt and Dr. Evelyn Mwangi talk about medication and older adults.
Source: WebMD, 2023.
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/toc-aging-well
Mentation: Dementia vs. Normal Memory Loss
In this video, a caregiver, Jelicia Harrison, and an expert, Nora Super, explain what is normal memory loss with aging and what lost memories are not normal.
Source: WebMD, 2023
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/toc-aging-well
Mobility: Getting Around and Preventing Falls
In this video, Jackie is an older adult who shares her experiences with mobility and aging. Lil Banchero of the Institute for Healthy Aging provides more information on mobility and what interventions can help with it.
Source: WebMD, 2023
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/toc-aging-well
How Doctors Achieve Diagnostic Excellence
Accurately diagnosing older adults can be challenging for a number of reasons. Providers have to consider the aging process and effective communication which is discussed by Evelyn Mwangi and Christine Cassel in this video.
Source: WebMD, 2023
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/toc-aging-well
CHAP Age-Friendly Care at Home: Blogs and Podcasts
This resource provides different links to various blogs and podcasts addressing Age-Friendly Care.
Source: Community Health Accreditation Partner, 2022.
https://chapinc.org/
Engaging Older Adults and Family Caregivers
Community Catalyst’s Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation partnered with Rush University Medical Center’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), CATCH-ON (Collaborative Action Team training for Community Health – Older adult Network), to develop a suite of consumer-facing, age-friendly “4M” materials. The 4Ms are a framework first developed by the Institute for Health Improvement and The John A. Hartford Foundation as part of their Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative - an evidence-based approach to high quality care for older adults.
GWEP-CC Age-Friendly Health Systems Case Studies
This series of Case Studies is focused on primary care experiences implementing the 4Ms (Mentation, Medications, Mobility, What Matters) of Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) in their practices. Case study authors participated in the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Coordinating Center (GWEP-CC) AFHS Action Community (2020-2021). The Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) has recognized these practices as an Age-Friendly Health System Participant (Level-1) or Age-Friendly Health System – Committed to Care Excellence (Level-2).
Community Grand Rounds: An Inconvenient Care
Grand rounds are an integral component of medical education. It helps doctors and other healthcare professionals keep up to date in important evolving areas which may be outside of their core practice. In the hospital or health system, they are hosted in an auditorium or symposium for everyone to gather and continue their learning. The purpose of this activity is to educate medical practitioners working in community-based care on the importance of Age Friendly Care (AFC). As Age Friendly Care continues to grow and gain momentum, community-based care can be an integral part of AFC.