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Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults.
Fulmer, Terry; Reuben, David B; Auerbach, John; Fick, Donna Marie; Galambos, Colleen; Johnson, Kimberly S.
  • Fulmer T; Terry Fulmer (terry.fulmer@johnahartford.org) is president and CEO of the John A. Hartford Foundation, in New York, New York.
  • Reuben DB; David B. Reuben is director of the Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and chief of the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California Los Angeles Center for Health Sciences, in Los Angeles, California.
  • Auerbach J; John Auerbach is president and CEO of Trust for America's Health, in Washington, D.C.
  • Fick DM; Donna Marie Fick is director of the Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence in the College of Nursing at the Pennsylvania State University, in University Park, Pennsylvania.
  • Galambos C; Colleen Galambos is the Helen Bader Endowed Chair of applied gerontology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Johnson KS; Kimberly S. Johnson is an associate professor in the Division of Geriatrics at the Duke University School of Medicine, in Durham, North Carolina.
Health Aff (Millwood) ; 40(2): 219-225, 2021 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1040063
ABSTRACT
By 2030 more people in the United States will be older than age sixty-five than younger than age five. Our health care system is unprepared for the complexity of caring for a heterogenous population of older adults-a problem that has been magnified by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Here, as part of the National Academy of Medicine's Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Priorities for 2021 initiative, we identify six vital directions to improve the care and quality of life for all older Americans. The next administration must create an adequately prepared workforce; strengthen the role of public health; remediate disparities and inequities; develop, evaluate, and implement new approaches to care delivery; allocate resources to achieve patient-centered care and outcomes, including palliative and end-of-life care; and redesign the structure and financing of long-term services and supports. If these priorities are addressed proactively, an infrastructure can be created that promotes better health and equitable, goal-directed care that recognizes the preferences and needs of older adults.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Public Health / Patient-Centered Care / Delivery of Health Care / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study Limits: Aged / Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: Health Aff (Millwood) Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Public Health / Patient-Centered Care / Delivery of Health Care / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study Limits: Aged / Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: Health Aff (Millwood) Year: 2021 Document Type: Article