Training

Age-Friendly Health Systems Online Course with Coaching

Format:

Online

Course Opens:

Mar 26, 2025

April 2, 2025

Fee:

$549*

Duration:

9 Weeks

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According to the US Census Bureau, the US population aged 65+ years is expected to nearly double over the next 30 years. These demographic advances have left our health systems struggling to reliably provide evidence-based practice to every older adult at every care interaction. IHI’s Age-Friendly Health Systems Online Course with Coaching is a new, in-depth course that teaches the elements of the 4Ms Framework (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility), and how to implement age-friendly care learnings in different types of care settings.

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What You Will Learn

By the end of the course, participating health care professionals will be able to:

Assess, document, and act on the 4Ms of evidence-based, age-friendly care.
Act as champions of age-friendly care within their health system.
Apply best practices for age-friendly care across settings (nursing homes, ambulatory care, hospitals, convenient care clinics, and more), including preparing for the new CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure

Who Should Attend

Physicians, nurses, and other clinicians who provide direct care to older adults in various settings, such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and home health agencies
Pharmacists who review and manage the medications of older adults
Social workers, case managers, and care coordinators who help older adults navigate the health care system
Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other rehabilitation professionals who help older adults maintain or improve their mobility and function
Public health professionals who work to improve the health and well-being of older adults

Faculty

Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP, has been a nurse practitioner for over 30 years. She is currently Senior Advisor for Aging at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and Chair of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition. She is also Adjunct Faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Dr. Bonner received an AB from Cornell University, a BSN from Columbia University, an MSN from University of Massachusetts – Lowell and a PhD from the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing. From 2015-2019, Bonner served as Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. From 2011 to 2013, Dr. Bonner served as Director of the Division of Nursing Homes in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, MD. Her research interests include home and community-based programs, nursing home quality, and nursing workforce development.

Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH, AGSF, is an IHI faculty member and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where she co-directs the Geriatrics Theme for medical students. Dr. Schwartz is a geriatrician at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare Center in Boston, Massachusetts, where she serves as Associate Director for Clinical Innovation in the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center.

Christina Southey, MSc, is an Improvement Advisor with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and independent consultant. She currently supports IHI’s Age-Friendly Health Systems action communities, spread initiative and international work and has been involved in the movement since 2020. Additionally, she has supported multiple projects in various care settings including those focused on equity, chronic disease, and maternal care. She especially enjoys initiatives that include fostering community collaboration in partnership with those with lived experience. Southey has taught quality improvement in small and large group education sessions in North America and internationally. She is a seasoned facilitator and trained in the Lewis method of Deep Democracy to support groups working through conflict. Christina holds a Masters in Community Health and Epidemiology and lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario Canada.

Resources

Session Agenda

The agenda for the March 2025 offering is available to download:

Age-Friendly Health Systems Online Course with Coaching Agenda

A Unique Learning Experience

IHI online courses with coaching combine self-directed sessions and live virtual instruction facilitated by expert IHI faculty. This design gives learners flexibility with their schedule, without sacrificing the deep learning that occurs with our specialized faculty.

Continuing Education

In support of improving patient care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.

This program is approved to provide 10 credits for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, physical therapists, and Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) recertification.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this blended learning activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity may also be applicable for other professions that accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

A growing list of countries accept ACCME-accredited education.

CEUL155098 has been Approved by the APTA Massachusetts. Please check with your state to verify approval outside of Massachusetts.

CE Instructions

To be eligible for a continuing education certificate, attendees must complete the online evaluation within 30 days of the continuing education activity. After this period, you will be unable to receive a certificate.

Continuing education credits will not be awarded for non-educational activities, including (but not limited to) meals, breaks and receptions.

Already attended?

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Planning Committee

Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP, Senior Advisor for Aging, IHI
Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH, AGSF, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Christina Southey, MSc, Improvement Advisor, IHI
Cayla Saret, MPH, Senior Managing Editor, IHI
Lauren Cameron, Program Manager, IHI

Disclosure: None of the planners, presenters, or staff for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Fees & Scholarships

Registration Rates

Regular Rate: $549 per person

This rate includes all video modules released throughout the online course, five all-learner calls, and the use of all tools and resources.

Scholarships

IHI is pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships to assist with program registration costs for those working in:

Independent, United States Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that are not affiliated with a hospital or health system
Critical Access Hospitals
Independent practices with fewer than 20 physicians
Hospitals with fewer than 50 beds
Members of America's Essential Hospitals
501(c)(3) organization with a defined operating budget of less than $5 million, serving community-based populations
Ministries of Health
Faith-based health institutions
Skilled Nursing Facilities

Scholarship applications are due February 28, 2025. Scholarship decisions will be announced by March 14, 2025.

All Scholarships are reviewed on an individual basis. If multiple individuals from the same organization wish to apply for a scholarship, each individual must submit an application. Group discounts are also available, see information above.

To ensure equal distribution of funds, all scholarships applications are reviewed using the same scoring criteria. All awarded amounts are final.

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