4079.0 Health, Health Care & Aging

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 10:30 AM
Roundtable
This session addresses various health and health care issues among the older adults. Topics include but are not limited to: giving voice to older patients in a child-rich Medicaid health plan, improving care transitions for older adults, effective community-based care management model for chronically ill older adults, and unmet needs and delayed healthcare.
Session Objectives: 1. Contrast differences between access barriers reported by older patients and other patients to identify areas for improvement in services. 2. Identify common transitional care issues encountered by older adults 3. Describe an effective model of community-based care management for chronically ill older adults
Moderator:
Yu Kang, PhD

Table 1
Rebalancing Institutional Care to Grassroots Aging in Place Models
Melissa Lang, MPH, MPA, MA, DrPH(c)
Table 2
Exploration into Expanding the Burlington VT Seniors Aging Safely at Home (SASH) Program
Erin Hayes, Robert Areson, Vicash Dindwall, Christopher Duncan, Emily Keller, Tiffany Kuo, Susanna Thach, Patricia Berry, MPH, Molly Dugan, Thomas V. Delaney, PhD and Jan K. Carney, MD MPH
Table 3
Giving voice to older patients in a child-rich Medicaid health plan: Using CAHPS satisfaction surveys to identify areas for improvement in health services for older patients, 2008-2010
Earl Leonard, MS, Lynnette Hutcherson, RN, S. Rae Starr, MPhil, MOrgBehav and Rus Billimoria, MBBS, MPH, CPHQ
  
Table 4
Footsteps to Wellness, One Moccasin at a Time; A Diabetes Prevention Program
Ramin Naderi, MA Kinesiology and Jan Chacon, BS Health Science , CHES
  
Table 5
Improving care transitions for older adults: The Enhanced Discharge Planning Program
Susan Altfeld, PhD, Anthony Perry, MD, Vanessa Fabbre, MSW, Gayle Shier, MSW, Anne Buffington, MPH and Robyn Golden, AM, LCSW
  
Table 6
Cost Analysis of Chronic Disease Self Management Programs Being Delivered in South Florida
Timothy Page, PhD and Richard Palmer, DrPH
Table 7
Community based case management for uninsured patients with chronic diseases: Effects on acute care utilization and costs
Alison Glendenning-Napoli, RN, BSN and Beverly Dowling, CPA, CHFP
  
Table 8
Effective Community-based Care Management Model for Chronically Ill Older Adults: An Eight Year Randomized Trial
Kenneth Coburn, MD, MPH
Table 9
Unmet needs and delayed healthcare: Healthcare costs and coverage
Chia-Ching Chen, MA, MS, EdD, CHES and Tetsuji Yamada, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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