Cross-sector partnerships can be a powerful way to improve health care for older adults and people living with disabilities—and they demonstrate the extraordinary potential that can result for both health care systems and hospitals. Yet, without the right tools and information, these partnerships can be difficult to build and sustain. As a part of the …
When Susan Shelton’s 99-year old father, Chet, was a patient at the Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC), he received care that was tailored specifically to his needs. This unique experience is all due to AAMC’s Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative. The initiative aims to significantly improve care and quality of life for older adults through personalized, …
From enhanced interactions with older adults and their caregivers to sharing data via health information exchanges, technology is changing how community-based organizations (CBOs) provide supports and services to their clients. The Aging and Disability Business Institute (Business Institute) aims to ensure that CBOs have tools and resources they can use to put today’s innovations to …
An exciting, long-overdue and much needed movement is underway to close current gaps and failures in health care for older adults so that it better meets our needs as we age. The Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, conceptualized in 2015 and launched in 2017, has sparked innovation and improvement across the country and presents a …
Most of us spend our time, money and other resources on “things” that we find worthwhile. Whether those “things” are material purchases or experiences, we desire a return on our investment. A return-on-investment, or ROI, can come in a numeric or monetary return (Net Profit / Total Investment X 100), which is sometimes referred to …
This blog was originally published by Health Affairs on February 2, 2018. Community-based organizations such as area agencies on aging (AAAs) and centers for independent living (CILs) have served for decades as cost-effective, trusted, and proven resources for addressing the health-related social needs of older adults and people with disabilities, including long-term care needs. Yet, …
Those of us who have invested countless hours and extensive resources into the adoption and implementation of evidence-based programs (EBPs) are well-versed in the value of these programs. We know that EBPs: Have undergone rigorous evaluation Been published in peer-reviewed literature Are proven to have significant positive impacts on participants Have been broadly translated …
*This blog is cross-posted on America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) blog HERE. As part of its outreach to and collaboration with the health care community, the Aging and Disability Business Institute worked with AHIP to develop this blog and create a conference session on the Virginia AAA partnership described below for AHIP’s Conference on Dual …
