Deep Community Partnerships: The Future of Community-Based Senior Services in a Value-Driven Era
This presentation will review three scholarly products that examine how chronically ill older adults interact with healthcare systems and senior service delivery systems in the United States. Product One examines how community-based senior programs that are funded by the Older Americans Act (OAA) positively impact health outcomes and promote health and wellness among the older adult population. Product Two examines how Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) interact with the patient and with one another using the lens of Systems Theory.
Product Three examines best practices regarding care coordination among all systems that impact the older adult, uses a case example to discuss how care coordination addresses service gaps, and discusses strategies that organizational leaders can use among all systems to promote care coordination behaviors.