PHELPS NAMED AGE-FRIENDLY HEALTH SYSTEM

From left: Cherry Fuentes, Sonia Sari, Stephanie Warycha, Ellen Woods, Eileen O”™Leary, Maureen O”™Brien, and Judy Dillworth celebrate Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health”™s status as a Level II Age-Friendly Health System by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health in Sleepy Hollow has been recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The hospital recently achieved Level II status, Committed to Care Excellence, which is the initiative”™s highest designation.

“Phelps has the honor of being identified as a leader in a rapidly growing movement committed to care of older adults,” said Ellen Woods, program director, Vitality and Caregiver Program at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health. “Becoming an Age-Friendly Health System entails reliably providing four evidence-based elements of high-quality care, known as the 4Ms, to all older adults in all settings.”

When the 4Ms model of care ”“ What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility ”“ are applied together, they represent a shift in the paradigm of how older adults are cared for.

Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health”™s newly created Care Connections program, a partnership with the Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services, assists caregivers by offering free services. For information, call 914-366-1199 or email caregiver@northwell.edu.