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Prevention & Wellness – Healthy Aging

Prevention & Wellness – Healthy Aging. Nancy Whitelaw, PhD National Council on Aging Forum on Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act February 2010. The Sweet Spot for Healthy Aging & OAA. The Timing is Right to Bend the Curve. Per Capita.

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Prevention & Wellness – Healthy Aging

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  1. Prevention & Wellness – Healthy Aging Nancy Whitelaw, PhD National Council on Aging Forum on Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act February 2010

  2. The Sweet Spot for Healthy Aging & OAA

  3. The Timing is Right to Bend the Curve Per Capita Source: K. Davis, C. Schoen, S. Guterman, T. Shih, S. C. Schoenbaum, and I. Weinbaum, Slowing the Growth of U.S. Health Care Expenditures: What Are the Options?, The Commonwealth Fund, January 2007, updated with 2007 OECD data

  4. $245 billionan average of $1,066 per person 1980 • $1.4 trillionan average of $5,039 per person 2001 • $2.8 trillionan average of $9,216 per person 2011 Chronic Conditions: 75% of $2 Trillion Mensah: www.nga.org/Files/ppt/0412academyMensah.ppt#21 Heffler et al. Health Affairs, March/April 2002

  5. Chronic Care Model Health System Community Health Care Organization Resources and Policies ClinicalInformationSystems Self-Management Support DeliverySystem Design Decision Support Prepared, Proactive Practice Team Informed, Activated Patient Productive Interactions Outcomes Improved Outcomes

  6. Healthy Aging - Systems Change Not just a program or service.

  7. Changing Systems for Healthy Aging • Prevention – focus on the whole person • Self-management, self-determination • Evidence and outcomes • Community-based solutions • Multi-sector partnerships • Confront ageism, reduce health disparities

  8. The Road Ahead and A Call to Action

  9. Thank you - Nancy Whitelaw, PhD Nancy.whitelaw@ncoa.org

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