Transforming Care for Older Adults
Distinction in Age-Friendly Care

Optimize Services for Older Patients

As the U.S. population ages, attention is turning to age-friendly practices that align care with the special needs of older adults and respect their individual goals and preferences.

ACHC’s Distinction in Age-Friendly Care prepares your home health or hospice agency to meet growing demands for age-related services. Standards are based on the 4Ms Framework of evidence-based quality measures — principles designed to improve patient outcomes, safety, and quality of life while reducing costs and hospitalizations.

Set the Standard

With health care increasingly moving home, incorporating age-friendly practices gives your agency a unique opportunity to lead the way in redefining care for older patients, now and in the future.

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Supporting Patients

Deliver services important to your patients.

By understanding what matters most to older patients, you’ll create more meaningful connections and elevate care delivery — enhancing patient experiences.

Stand out for providing exceptional care.

Achieving this accreditation distinction confirms your commitment to providing the best care, reinforcing the value of your services to patients, payors, and referral sources.

4Ms Framework

Evidence shows age-friendly practices improve patient outcomes, satisfaction, and quality of care while reducing costs and hospitalizations.

Distinction standards are modeled on the 4Ms Framework* of quality practices, which focus on the special needs of older adults.

Match care with the individual priorities and goals of older patients.

Review medications and resolve potential interactions and side effects.

Identify and manage patients’ mental or cognitive conditions.

Help patients find safe ways to stay active and maintain functionality.

 

*The 4Ms Framework is a key component of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative developed by The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in collaboration with the American Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

“The best part of delivering age-friendly health services is when the clinicians realize it is the most important part of the care we give. When we ask the patient what matters to them, we get a completely different view of what the goal for their care should be and how important it is to them.”

— Karen Snavely, BSN, RN, Regional Director of Clinical Services
Central Region, CommonSpirit Health at Home

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See why so many home health and hospice agencies rely on ACHC. Learn more today! Call (855) 937-2242 or email [email protected].