Trust, flexible funding, cross-sector support, sustainability, and an explicit focus on structural racism are identified as key components of effective community engagement to advance health equity.
Disparities in transitional care training for caregivers of older adults based on race or financial status demonstrate need for changes in discharge processes and strategies to address bias.
The 4Ms approach developed for the Age-Friendly Health System model — what matters, medication, mentation, mobility — has a robust evidence base for providing quality care to older adults.
Medication management interventions that support caregivers of people with dementia at care transitions can help reduce readmissions, caregiver burden, and use of high-risk medication.
Many physicians report low confidence in caring for patients with disability and negative perceptions about quality of life with a disability, which may reflect biased views that potentially contribute to persistent health disparities.
Includes promising practices, recommendations, vignettes, and other helpful tools to assist health systems in supporting family caregivers providing complex care.
For people with disabilities, familiarity with their care teams and care plans, and increased access to long-term services and supports can improve their perceptions of quality of life and health care.
High-need, high-cost older adult patients detail their health care goals, which may inform provider efforts to effectively engage with and care for these patients and their family caregivers.
Contains strategies, tips, and case studies to assist health care stakeholders in building meaningful, person-centered engagement in their organizations.
Telephone- and web-based dementia care provided through centralized hubs and delivered by an interdisciplinary team can improve outcomes for people with dementia and their caregivers.