Actualizing Better Health And Health Care For Older Adults.
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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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Public Health
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Patient-Centered Care
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Delivery of Health Care
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Aff (Millwood)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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