Roseburg VA Health Care System Selected for Nationwide Collaborative to Accelerate System-Wide Spread of Age-Friendly Care for Older Adults

Roseburg, OR (May 8, 2024) -- Roseburg VA Health Care System (RVAHCS) is proud to announce its selection for participation in the Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative. This first-of-its-kind Collaborative, led by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), has selected 30 US health systems who will accelerate and spread adoption of evidence-based, high-quality care for older adults across all of their sites and care settings. The Collaborative is the latest endeavor of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, which promotes four evidence-based elements of high-quality care known as the 4Ms: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility.

RVAHCS earned the initiative’s Committed to Care Excellence designation in 2023 after demonstrating reliable practice of the 4Ms in six sites of care. Now, during the 18-month Collaborative, RVAHCS will build on its progress and test changes to ensure that the 4Ms are provided equitably as a standard practice as older adults receive care across its entire system. All participating teams in the Collaborative will learn from each other and expert faculty and be among the first health systems to achieve an ambitious new IHI recognition for system-wide spread of Age-Friendly care. 

“RVAHCS is committed to staying on the leading edge of patient care, always looking for proven ways to deliver safe, equitable, and reliable care to all of our patients,” said Regina Haney, Associate Chief Nurse for Geriatrics of Roseburg VA Health Care System. “The Age-Friendly Systems-Wide Spread Collaborative advances this commitment and will give us the tools we need to provide the highest standard of care to every older adult at every care interaction.”

“We are honored to have Roseburg VA Health Care System participating in this Collaborative and applaud their dedication to equitably delivering Age-Friendly care as older adults and their family caregivers receive care across their practices, hospitals and nursing homes,” said Leslie Pelton, MPA, Vice President, IHI. “This is an exciting and ambitious endeavor and a testament to the increasing importance of the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement as we prepare our health systems and workforce to provide excellent care to the growing older adult population.”

Since 2018, the movement has recognized 3,907 care settings as Age-Friendly, benefiting 3.29 million older adults who have received Age-Friendly care centered around what matters to them and their families. Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and IHI, in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).

The point of contact for this release is the Public Affairs Office, Roseburg VA Health Care System; vharos-publicaffairs@va.gov; 541-440-1000, Ext. 43026.

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