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WEBINAR: Advancing Geriatric Emergency Care: Best Practices and Accreditation Strategies (April 24, 2023)

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UC San Diego Health and West Health invite all clinical emergency department leaders interested in pursuing Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) accreditation to a sponsored educational webinar. Aligned to the Governor’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA) to expand the network of GEDs throughout California, UC San Diego will provide geriatric education tailored for emergency department clinical… Read more »

WEBINAR: Advancing Geriatric Emergency Care: Best Practices and Accreditation Strategies (April 3, 2023)

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UC San Diego Health and West Health invite all clinical emergency department leaders interested in pursuing Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) accreditation to a sponsored educational webinar. Aligned to the Governor’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA) to expand the network of GEDs throughout California, UC San Diego will provide geriatric education tailored for emergency department clinical… Read more »

CA Aging Network Legislative Reception: An Evening for Reflection on Aging and Equity

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On behalf of The SCAN Foundation, Archstone Foundation, Metta Fund, West Health and other partners of California’s Master Plan for Aging, we appreciated your attendance at the February 27 event. We convened the state’s aging and health equity experts and discussed the opportunities and challenges our state is facing in welcoming a growing older adult population. We highlighted the latest updates… Read more »

Multisector Plan for Aging: A Future Proof Live Event

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In this Future Proof Live episode, our panelists discuss what a Multisector Plan for Aging is, what it looks like at different stages, across different communities and with different priorities. We also will explore key tools and concepts to create a movement toward change through an aging and disability lens that goes beyond traditional health… Read more »

Healthcare at the Crossroads: Policy, Politics and Public Opinion

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What does a new Congress mean for healthcare in America? How should our nation’s leaders respond to overwhelming negative public sentiment around the high price of care and mounting issues related to equity and access?  This year, nearly half of the U.S. population, or about 114 million Americans, give poor or failing grades to our… Read more »

2022 National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Conference

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The National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Virtual Conference trains and educates healthcare professionals across Advocate Aurora Health, as well as multiple other health systems across the country and beyond. We will continue to seize the opportunity to use technology and reach more healthcare workers than ever before by offering this conference virtually. By bringing… Read more »

Addressing the Unaffordability of Health and Long-Term Care for California’s Middle-Income Older Adults

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More than one-third of people aged 65 and older express concern about paying for needed health care and long-term care. Middle-income older adults are in the particularly precarious position of being ineligible for Medicaid assistance, yet still have difficulty affording all their out-of-pocket costs when they need health and long-term care. Join West Health, The… Read more »

CA for ALL: Day of Action

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Join the California Master Plan for Aging partners to elevate Aging, Disability, and Equity in statewide cross-sector planning to achieve the Governor’s vision of a California for ALL. This full day of activities will include conversations with national and state leaders in aging and disability, presentations by stakeholder committees, as well as interactive discussions.

Home based Acute Care at Home: Getting Started Guide

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Clinical care models designed to treat older patients at home are gaining traction as research evidence is showing how these disruptive approaches to healthcare can lower total cost of care and provide better quality of care for their patients. The West Health Institute in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed the Home-based Acute… Read more »

Geisinger at Home

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Geisinger at Home is a home-based medical care model that began in 2018 to provide both comprehensive and acute care to Geisinger Health Plan’s most complex patients. Their model is one of co-management with primary care and collaboration with specialty care that provides innovative, high quality patient care while lowering the total cost of treatment…. Read more »