Community-Based Wellness and Prevention Programs: The Role of Medicare

[摘要] Community-based wellness and prevention programs have long served to address the needs of an aging population with multiple chronic diseases. Title IIID of the Older Americans Act, passed in 1987, called for the Administration on Aging (AoA) to fund “education and implementation activities that support healthy lifestyles and promote healthy behaviors (1).” AoA, now a part of the Administration for Community Living (ACL), has continued to review the evidence base for wellness and prevention programs and launched the Evidence-Based Prevention Program in 2003 to increase access to such programs for older adults (1, 2). The National Council on Aging, in conjunction with AoA, operates a clearing house of evidence supporting wellness interventions and provides technical assistance to organizations implementing the interventions (3).

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] Medicare;wellness;community-based programs;Affordable Care Act;aging;fitness;falls prevention;self-management