For Professionals
Older Adult and Family Care
Here health care professionals can learn more about services that facilitate the care and support of older patients and their families at RUSH.
For Older Adults, Families & Caregivers
Discover services and programs to help you navigate issues related to aging.
Age-Friendly Health System
Age-Friendly Health System
Introducing The 4Ms Framework for an Age-Friendly Health System
American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Series
Article series about the 4Ms
Family and Patient Support
Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP)
The Rush Hospital Elder Life Program collaborates with care teams across RUSH to support older adults at risk for delirium and functional decline during hospitalization through evidence-based, patient-centered interventions.
AIMS Model
Social workers collaborate with a variety of practices at RUSH to assist people having difficulty following their medical plan of care due to social and environmental barriers.
Bridge Model: Transitional Care Support
Bridge supports Medicare beneficiaries (ages 18 and older) who are discharged with home health needs. The Advanced Bridge Coordination Project helps Medicare beneficiaries with five or more hospitalizations or emergency department visits in the previous year.
Caring for Caregivers at RUSH
Draws together evidence-based practices into a single framework to improve care for older adults and caregivers
Caring for Caregivers Across the U.S.
RUSH University Medical Center is working to integrate Caring for Caregivers into Age-Friendly Health Systems and Area Agencies on Aging nationwide.
Medical Support
College of Nursing Faculty Practice
Nurses from RUSH strategically partner with Chicagoland long-term care facilities to provide expert faculty clinicians, consultants and students.
Other Initiatives Related to Aging Well
Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE)
The NICHE model provides the structure and resources to position nurses as leaders in the systemic use of evidence-based care for older adults.
Illinois Cognitive Resources Network
Developed at RUSH and led by a RUSH physician, this organization addresses cognitive health and meets monthly to help Illinois become Age and Cognitive Health Friendly.