Featured Publications
Early clinical and quality impacts of the Age-Friendly Health System in a Veterans Affairs skilled nursing facility
Published in Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination on July 15, 2024
By Sarah E. King MD, Marcus D. Ruopp MD, Chi T. Mac PharmD, Kelly A. O'Malley PhD, Jordana L. Meyerson MD, MSc, Lindsay Lefers PT, DPT, Jonathan F. Bean MD, MPH, Jane A. Driver MD, MPH, Andrea Wershof Schwartz MD, MPH, AGSF
Evaluating the relationship between facility Age-Friendly recognition and subsequent facility-free days in older Veterans
Published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation on March 20, 2024
By Robert E. Burke MD, MS, Andrew Tjader MS, Kimberly Church MS, Shannon Munro PhD, APRN-BC, Liam Rose PhD
No wrong floor on the elevator: A vision for the VA as an Age-Friendly Health System.
Published in Federal Practitioner in March 2023
By Schwartz AW
Age-Friendly Health Systems: Improving care for older adults in the Veterans Health Administration.
Published in Health Services Research in February 2023
By Church K, Munro S, Shaughnessy M, Clancy C.
Age-friendly care in the Veterans Health Administration: Past, present, and future.
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in August 2022
By Farrell, TW, Volden, TA, Butler, JM, et al.
What matters when it comes to measuring Age-Friendly Health System transformation.
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in October 2022
By Burke RE, Ashcraft LE, Manges K, et al.
Evidence for the 4Ms: Interactions and Outcomes across the Care Continuum.
Published in Journal of Aging and Health in August 2021
By Mate, K., Fulmer, T., Pelton, L., Berman, A., Bonner, A., Huang, W., & Zhang, J.
More Publications
Age-Friendly Health Systems and meeting the principles of High Reliability Organizations in the Veterans Health Administration.
Published in Federal Practitioner in January 2024
By Church, K., Munro, S., Solberg, L., Gruber, E., Shaughnessy, M.
Shifting culture toward Age-Friendly care: Lessons from VHA early adopters.
Published in Federal Practitioner in October 2023
By Kalsy M, Church K, Bowman E, Mirk A, Olunuga D, Edes T.
Informatics tools in deprescribing and medication optimization in older adults: Development and dissemination of VIONE methodology in a High Reliability Organization.
Published in Clinical Therapeutics in September 2023
By Winter SG, Sedgwick C, Wallace-Lacey A, Dickerson K, Battar S, Hung W.
Bringing age-friendly care to the wards: A feasibility study implementing a 4Ms Bundle.
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in August 2023
By Jindal, S. K., Paniszyn, L., Lee, T., Kumar, A., Holliday, A. M., Orkaby, A. R., & Schwartz, A. W.
Integrating the age-friendly health systems movement in the Veterans Health Administration: National Advance Care Planning via Group Visits and the 4Ms framework.
Published in Health and Social Work in August 2023
By Matthieu, M. M., Church, K.A., Taylor, L. D., Oliver, C. M., McCullough, J. A., Adkins, D. A., Mallory, M., & Garner, K. K.
Using the Geriatric 5Ms to teach structural and social determinants of health.
Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in August 2023
By Miller, R. K., Young, M., Chippendale, R., Jantea, R., Goroncy, A., Murdock, C., Schwartz, A. W., & Sehgal, M.
Implementation of an Age-Friendly template in the Veterans Health Administration electronic health record.
Published in Journal of Informatics Nursing in June 2023
By Munro S, Church K, Berner C, Prout F, Hehr A, Griffith E, Phillips T.
Optimizing medications with the Geriatrics 5Ms: An Age-Friendly approach.
Published in Drugs Aging in May 2023
By Monette PJ, Schwartz AW.
Study protocol: Type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation study implementing Age-Friendly evidence-based practices in the VA to improve outcomes in older adults.
Published in Implementation Science Communications in May 2023
By Piazza KM, Ashcraft LE, Rose L, et al.
Dissemination and implementation of age-friendly care and geriatric emergency department accreditation at Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Published in Academic Emergency Medicine in April 2023
By Hwang U, Runels T, Han L, et al.