Sarah L. Szanton, a professor in the Department of Community-Public Health and director of the school's PhD program, has been named an American Academy of Nursing Edge Runner for her Community Aging in Place: Advancing Better Living for Elders intervention, known by the acronym Capable. The honor recognizes nurses and models of care that improve health, impact cost, and influence policy.
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"Along with my colleagues and my extraordinary participants, I am honored to be designated an American Academy of Nursing Edge Runner," Szanton says. "Our goal is to test ways to help older adults age where and how they would like. We are thrilled that this approach also has long-term sustainability and cost savings. I'm grateful for the Academy's support and the privilege to continue such meaningful work."
Through a multidisciplinary approach based primarily on increasing patient strength, mobility, and house safety, Capable combines home visits from a nurse, occupational therapist, and handyman to enable low-income older adults to live more comfortably and safely in their homes.
Results show that the program improves self-care of participants and decreases disability and depression while saving costs to Medicaid and Medicare. The intervention has been expanded to 16 cities in nine states and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation.
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