IOM Calls for Fundamental Reform in the Way that Care is Delivered to Older Adults

Research Nov-10-2010 | Barr BM | 1-min read

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IOM Calls for Fundamental Reform in the Way that Care is Delivered to Older Adults

Read the Program Results Report IOM Report: Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce

In April 2008 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report, Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, which calls for fundamental reform in the way that care is delivered to older adults and puts forth a plan to help ensure that the health care workforce is sufficient in both size and skill to handle the needs of a new generation of older Americans.

The report was the product of a 15-month effort by the institute’s Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans.

Key Recommendations

Focus attention by requiring an annual report to Congress on the health care workforce devoted to serving older Americans.
Enhance the geriatric competence of the health care workforce through changes in training, licensing and certification.
Increase the recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and caregivers through financial incentives.
Promote the development and dissemination of more efficient and effective models of care for elder Americans.

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IOM Calls for Fundamental Reform in the Way that Care is Delivered to Older Adults

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