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VA Healthcare-VISN 4

 

SAGE QUERI 4Ms Framework

Graphic representation of the 4 Ms.

What Matters

Know and align care with each older adult's specific health outcome goals and care preferences including, but not limited to, end-of-life care, and across settings of care.

Medication

If medication is necessary, use Age-Friendly medication that does not interfere with What Matters to the older adult, Mobility, or Mentation across settings of care.

Mentation

Prevent, identify, treat, and manage dementia, depression, and delirium across settings of care.

Mobility

Ensure that older adults move safely every day in order to maintain function and do What Matters.

Age-Friendly Health Systems is an initiative of The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), designed to meet this challenge head on.

Source: https://www.ihi.org/initiatives/age-friendly-health-systems

Contact

Carson Clark
Communications Specialist
CHERP
VA Center for Health Equity Research & Promotion
Carson.Clark@va.gov