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Symposium

Health Sciences

Building Bridges Across Age-Friendly Elements Guided by the 4Ms Framework

Saturday, November 11, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
Location: Room 101

The 4 Ms framework is a set of evidence-based elements of high-quality care delivered to older adults. These include What Matters, Mobility, Medication, and Mentation. By following these principles and practicing age-friendly older adults are more likely to experience good quality care that addresses their needs. This symposium aims to build bridges across age-friendly elements that focus on the 4 Ms framework by highlighting the research of four nurse scientists. Representing the “What Matters” element, advance care planning and palliative care interventions aim at understanding and aligning care with older adults’ care preferences. In the first presentation, Dr. Rahemi will present findings of health disparities across sociodemographic groups in advance care planning using data from the Health and Retirement Study. In the second presentation, Dr. Carpenter will report on findings from a pilot pragmatic clinical trial that examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a primary palliative care intervention among nursing home residents with serious illness. Under the element of “Mobility”, Dr. Sefcik will present findings from a qualitative descriptive study aimed at discovering how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the outdoor activities of senior living community-residing older adults. In the fourth presentation, Ms. Coates presentation examines the last two elements of the framework - Medication and Mentation. She will report on findings from a longitudinal case-control observational study using data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study examining differences in the frequency of unpleasant symptoms experienced by older adults with polypharmacy and/or dementia.

Learning Objectives:

  • Bridge the integration of the 4M Age Friendly Framework into the nursing care of older adults.
  • Discuss improved person-centered care as a result of additional discussions with older adults about what matters to their individual wellbeing.

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Advance Care Planning Across Sociodemographic Characteristics and Cognition Levels

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Zahra Rahemi, PhD (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Outcomes of a Pilot Pragmatic Trial Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Home Care

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FPCN (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland School of Nursing

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Outdoor Activity Engagement Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Senior Living Communities

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Justine S. Sefcik, PhD, RN (she/her/hers) – Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Polypharmacy and the Symptom Experience of Older Adults With and Without Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Martha C. Coates, PhD, RN, CRNP, AGPCNP-BC (she/her/hers) – Drexel University