These studies underscore the enormous value of CHWs and PPs, an often overlooked, usually underutilized, yet highly versatile health workforce, as powerful health equity change agents.
This report reviews results from nine recent studies funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) that provide further support for including community health workers (CHWs) and peer providers (PPs) as important components of health care delivery that are particularly effective in addressing health and care for people with complex health and social needs. The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our society in unprecedented ways. GIA members have swung into action, exemplifying what it means to be a champion in aging.Īs part of our partnership with GIH, we are conducting a joint survey on COVID's impact on grantmakers in aging, supported by Archstone Foundation. …Īdvancing Health Equity Through Community Health Workers and Peer Providers: Mounting Evidence and Policy Recommendations What are the critical policy issues that must… While much remains unknown about the disease and its course, we know for certain that older people will be impacted the most. The Coronavirus pandemic is impacting all segments of our society in unprecedented ways, from sheltering in place to social distancing to panic shopping. By some estimates, many long-term care facilities will experience an outbreak of the virus, transfer to hospitals may not be an option, and… Older people and people with underlying health problems are at elevated risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19, particularly the 1.3 million residents of nursing homes and other institutional long-term care facilities. In the report, the committee sought to carefully report the evidence accurately in terms of the specific aspects of social isolation and loneliness that were actually targeted and measured. Role that health care professionals and providers can play.During this broad-based review of the issues of social isolation and loneliness, the committee identified several overarching challenges. This exploration is notable in that relatively few stakeholders have paid attention to the particular Recommendations on the role of the health care system in helping to reduce the incidence andĪdverse health impacts of social isolation and loneliness among older adults in clinical settings. In this context, the AARP Foundation came to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for anĮxamination of the health and medical dimensions of social isolation and loneliness and for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
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