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. 2016 Sep 18:2:2333721416667877.
doi: 10.1177/2333721416667877. eCollection 2016 Jan-Dec.

Population Health Management for Older Adults: Review of Interventions for Promoting Successful Aging Across the Health Continuum

Rifky Tkatch  1 , Shirley Musich  1 , Stephanie MacLeod  1 , Kathleen Alsgaard  2 , Kevin Hawkins  1 , Charlotte S Yeh  3
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Population Health Management for Older Adults: Review of Interventions for Promoting Successful Aging Across the Health Continuum

Rifky Tkatch et al. Gerontol Geriatr Med. .

Abstract

Background: The older adult population is expanding, living longer, with multiple chronic conditions. Understanding and managing their needs over time is an integral part of defining successful aging. Population health is used to describe the measurement and health outcomes of a population. Objectives: To define population health as applied to older adults, summarize lessons learned from current research, and identify potential interventions designed to promote successful aging and improved health for this population. Method: Online search engines were utilized to identify research on population health and health interventions for older adults. Results: Population health management (PHM) is one strategy to promote the health and well-being of target populations. Interventions promoting health across a continuum tend to be disease, risk, or health behavior specific rather than encompassing a global concept of health. Conclusion: Many existing interventions for older adults are simply research based with limited generalizability; as such, further work in this area is warranted.

Keywords: older adults; population health; population health management; successful aging.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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The continuum of population health for older adults.
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