Healthy Aging Month: Age-Friendly Communities Breathe New Life into Senior Communities

In essence, age-friendly care is designed to empower and drive healthcare that incorporates and emphasizes safe, evidence-based, person-centered care. At its core is the 4Ms clinical framework: What Matters (most to the person), Medication, Mentation, and Mobility.

While age-friendly care is rooted in clinical practice, it is most effective when it is thoughtfully integrated into the design and woven into every aspect of the community.

What does an age-friendly community look and feel like?