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Wellness promotion among elders in community settings and licensed health care facilities
Learning Areas:
Clinical medicine applied in public healthOther professions or practice related to public health
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related nursing
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Describe how health care reform may affect the health of the elderly.
Discuss the ways wellness is promoted among elders in both community settings and licensed health care facilities.
Identify how to link the public health and prevention approaches to clinical care in work with the elderly.
Analyze innovative and evidence-based approaches that are currently being used for work with elderly people.
Keyword(s): Elderly, Health Reform
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Executive Director of the largest facility rehabilitation facility in New England that specializes in care for the elderly. Hebrew Senior Life provides care to thousands of elderly clients in community and facility settings. A central part of my work in this arena has involved research regarding the best practices for maximizing independence and good health among the elderly. I am a former state health commissioner.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.