4Ms for older adults
ChristianaCare is using innovative strategies to make the complex care of older adults more manageable, safe and attuned to their needs and goals. We’re an early adopter of the evidence-based 4Ms framework, which is designed to give older patients the best care possible in the ways that are important to them. Developed as part of an Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative led by The John H. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association of the United States, the 4Ms are What Matters Most; Mobility; Mentation (or the Mind) and Medications. Implementation of the 4M framework is led by our We Improve Senior Health (WISH) program, which is managed by Denise Lyons, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, LSSBB. WISH has helped earn ChristianaCare recognition — for the seventh consecutive year — as an “Exemplar” site by Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders, a nursing education and consultation program to improve geriatric care in health care organizations.
ChristianaCare Nursing Annual Report 2019 | 17
