Age Friendly Health Care
- Why this is an urgent need
- What the Age Friendly Health Care Initiative?
- 4 M’s
- What Matters
- Mobility
- Mentation
- Medication
- Value of the 4 M’s in enhancing geriatric care
- Patient centered, coordinated, evidence-based
Integrate Age Friendly Care Assessments to Addresses each of the 4 M’s
- Values & What Matters, Goals, Respecting Choices
- Functional Mobility, Exercise, Fall Prevention
- Cognitive Status,
- Medication management, polypharmacy, adverse reactions
Practical Tips to Create an Age Friendly Therapy Practice
- Tools to promote independence and functional mobility in older adults
- Self-management tools for patients and caregivers to prevent hospital admissions
- Collaboration and communication with the multidisciplinary care team
- Case Studies