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Age-Friendly Health Systems

Launched in 2019, the Age-Friendly Health System seeks to transform health systems to provide evidence-based higher quality care to older adults. It is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association of the United States


Age-Friendly Health Systems in Wyoming:

Level 1: Age-Friendly Health Systems Participants 

    • Ivinson Memorial Hospital.  Ivinson Medical Group.  Laramie, WY

    • Banner Health.  Platte County Memorial Hospital.  Wheatland, WY

    • Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.  Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic.  Cheyenne, WY

    • Veterans Health Administration (VHA).  Cheyenne VAMC Community Living Center.  Cheyenne, WY

Level 2: Age-Friendly Health Systems — Committed to Care Excellence

    • Ivinson Memorial Hospital.  Ivinson Medical Group.  Laramie, WY

    • Banner Health Community Hospital.  Banner Health Community Hospital.  Torrington, WY

    • Veterans Health Administration (VHA).  Sheridan Home-Based Primary Care.  Sheridan, WY

    • Washakie Medical Center, Critical Access Hospital.  Worland, WY


What Is an Age-Friendly Health System?

Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), designed to meet this challenge head on.

Age-Friendly Health Systems aim to:

  • Follow an essential set of evidence-based practices;

  • Cause no harm; and

  • Align with What Matters to the older adult and their family caregivers.

What Does It Mean to Be an Age-Friendly Health System?

Becoming an Age-Friendly Health System entails reliably providing a set of four evidence-based elements of high-quality care, known as the “4Ms,” to all older adults in your system: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility.  Learn more about How to Practice the 4Ms by Care Setting!

4Ms

Learn more about Age-Friendly Health Systems at the IHI Website!


Learn about how the Wyoming Center on Aging it partnering with primary care clinics and nursing homes throughout the state to better integrate Age-Friendly geriatrics care.

 

The latest news from Age-Friendly Health Systems in Wyoming!  *Links to press releases & news articles

 

 

 

 
Wyoming Center on Aging
wycoa@uwyo.edu
(307) 766 - 2829