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Registration for this event is now closed. Visit the link below to access webinars from the 2025 VA Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community. (VA access required)

Registration for this event is now closed. Visit the link below to access webinars from the 2024 VA Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community. (VA access required)

The two-day Age-Friendly Summit, supported by Diffusion of Excellence, convened movement leaders to document lessons learned from early adopters and develop a five-year plan to further VHA’s transformation into the largest Age-Friendly Health System in the Nation.

When Navy Veteran Stephen Gomez was first admitted to the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center’s Community Living Center (CLC), he weighed less than 90 pounds. He didn’t have a place to live, was bedbound and couldn’t lift his head to look anyone in the eye.

In this conversation, Kimberly Wozneak, national lead for age-friendly health systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses how the Veterans Health Administration is weaving four foundational age-friendly principles into its care to support the growing number of aging veterans.

Through a collaborative effort, the care team at a Community Living Center identified changes to improve an older adult’s health based on what was most important to her. “The heart of geriatrics is interdisciplinary,” said Dr. Priscilla Yee.

Published June 21, 2024 by Charlie Goodwin-Smith

The patient was a veteran with heart failure who was not taking his prescribed diuretic every morning. Instead of making assumptions about her patient’s choices, Jindal took the time to establish a relationship.

Published May 8, 2024 by U.S Department of Veterans Affairs

Roseburg VA Health Care System (RVAHCS) is proud to announce its selection for participation in the Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative. RVAHCS earned the initiative’s Committed to Care Excellence designation in 2023 after demonstrating reliable practice of the 4Ms in six sites of care.

Published on January 21, 2024 by Ned Riley, Senior Consultant

Then Maloney lost control of his bike during a routine ride through the Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado and suffered a catastrophic C3 spinal cord injury, classifying him as a person with quadriplegia. The doctors told him he would likely never walk again, but Maloney refused to give up hope.