Starting in 2025, hospitals will be responsible for improving the care of older patients.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Age-Friendly Hospital Measure is a new quality measure that evaluates hospitals’ commitment to providing high-quality care for older adults by assessing their compliance with five key domains.
- Elicit patient health care goals
- Responsibly manage medications
- Implement frailty screening and intervention (including for cognition and mobility)
- Assess social vulnerability (e.g., social isolation, caregiver stress, elder abuse)
- Designate age-friendly leadership
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