Lessons from the Department of Veterans Affairs: A continuum of age-friendly care for older adults

Abstract: With almost 90% of Americans expressing a desire to age in place in their home, many health systems and communities are challenged to provide the right resources, at the …

Evaluating the relationship between facility age-friendly recognition and subsequent facility-free days in older Veterans

Abstract: Background: Thousands of health systems have been recognized as "Age-Friendly" for implementing geriatric care practices aligned with the "4Ms" (What Matters, Medication, …

Overgrown lawn: military Veteran no longer able to maintain the yard

Abstract: Driving to her next housecall, a family physician* sees which house contains her new patients—a 1950s bungalow set among perfectly maintained rancher homes with …