The "4M" approach is an emerging framework for age-friendly care that shifts the focus from treating conditions to treating people. The "4Ms" stand for: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and ...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) is proud to announce its designation as an Age-Friendly Health System, Level 2 – Committed to Care Excellence, awarded by the ...

Rising rates of COVID-19 infections, deaths, and a sluggish vaccine rollout are combining to increase the urgency for health systems to prioritize age-friendly health care and implement the 4Ms ...

Preparing future healthcare professionals for caring for older adults is a necessity. The 4Ms Framework focuses on what matters most to the patient, medications, mentation (or mind) and mobility as ...

Shot of a physiotherapist helping a senior man with weights GAPNA discusses how making the most of Medicare’s annual wellness visits, preventing falls, and focusing on the 4Ms (what matters, ...

Mary Dolansky found herself in the middle of a family health predicament. Years ago, her aging father-in-law, Robert, was battling the precarious edge of a heart condition, and Dolansky and her ...

Team skills are not new, especially in geriatric care. In 2003, now President of The John A. Hartford Foundation, Dr. Terry Fulmer, led an initiative to improve interprofessional geriatric care ...

MinuteClinic, the retail health clinic inside select CVS Pharmacy and Target stores, has received major recognition. CVS Health shared that its health clinic has been recognized for achieving ...

Social activities and inclusiveness, followed by health, then independence and family togetherness were the most important priorities among patients 65 and older. That is according to an October study ...

Dementia Care Aware (DCA) is collaborating with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to support its March 2026 ...