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Pioneering COVID-19 Pandemic Partnerships: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs Work Together to Care for Diverse Underserved Older Adults
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected populations served by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), with high morbidity and mortality rates in ethnic minority older adults. In response to this pandemic, academic geriatric medicine teams through federally funded Geriatric...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9452800/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23337214221122523 |
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author | Gibbs, Lisa Rousseau, Julie Tumosa, Nina Gupta, Roopali Olsen, Bonnie Faul, Anna Reichstadt, Jennifer Cotton, Samantha Sivers-Teixiera, Theresa Saville, Neika Lee, Jung-Ah |
author_facet | Gibbs, Lisa Rousseau, Julie Tumosa, Nina Gupta, Roopali Olsen, Bonnie Faul, Anna Reichstadt, Jennifer Cotton, Samantha Sivers-Teixiera, Theresa Saville, Neika Lee, Jung-Ah |
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description | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected populations served by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), with high morbidity and mortality rates in ethnic minority older adults. In response to this pandemic, academic geriatric medicine teams through federally funded Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) with FQHC partnership implemented new initiatives to improve the care for vulnerable older adults. Objectives: To describe how four FQHC/GWEP teams collaborated in caring for diverse communities of older adults during the pandemic. Methods: Four GWEPs have addressed pandemic response efforts with their respective FQHC partners. These collaborations to meet the increasing numbers of older adults seeking services, and the rising disparities exacerbated during the pandemic are delineated. Results: FQHC/GWEP partnerships enabled access to care, whether in-person or virtually to serve unmet needs of underserved older adults during the pandemic. Partnerships promoted COVID-19 education, testing, and vaccinations. Most FQHCs faced severe staffing shortages, and the digital divide challenged patients with barriers. GWEPs provided direct care, created educational materials, and developed telehealth programs. These partnerships addressed social determinants of health gaps caused by the pandemic. Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that strong partnerships between GWEPs and FQHCs mitigate health inequities for vulnerable ethnic minority and rural older adults during pandemic crises. |
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spelling | pubmed-94528002022-09-09 Pioneering COVID-19 Pandemic Partnerships: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs Work Together to Care for Diverse Underserved Older Adults Gibbs, Lisa Rousseau, Julie Tumosa, Nina Gupta, Roopali Olsen, Bonnie Faul, Anna Reichstadt, Jennifer Cotton, Samantha Sivers-Teixiera, Theresa Saville, Neika Lee, Jung-Ah Gerontol Geriatr Med Brief Report Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected populations served by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), with high morbidity and mortality rates in ethnic minority older adults. In response to this pandemic, academic geriatric medicine teams through federally funded Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) with FQHC partnership implemented new initiatives to improve the care for vulnerable older adults. Objectives: To describe how four FQHC/GWEP teams collaborated in caring for diverse communities of older adults during the pandemic. Methods: Four GWEPs have addressed pandemic response efforts with their respective FQHC partners. These collaborations to meet the increasing numbers of older adults seeking services, and the rising disparities exacerbated during the pandemic are delineated. Results: FQHC/GWEP partnerships enabled access to care, whether in-person or virtually to serve unmet needs of underserved older adults during the pandemic. Partnerships promoted COVID-19 education, testing, and vaccinations. Most FQHCs faced severe staffing shortages, and the digital divide challenged patients with barriers. GWEPs provided direct care, created educational materials, and developed telehealth programs. These partnerships addressed social determinants of health gaps caused by the pandemic. Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that strong partnerships between GWEPs and FQHCs mitigate health inequities for vulnerable ethnic minority and rural older adults during pandemic crises. SAGE Publications 2022-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9452800/ /pubmed/36090315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23337214221122523 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Gibbs, Lisa Rousseau, Julie Tumosa, Nina Gupta, Roopali Olsen, Bonnie Faul, Anna Reichstadt, Jennifer Cotton, Samantha Sivers-Teixiera, Theresa Saville, Neika Lee, Jung-Ah Pioneering COVID-19 Pandemic Partnerships: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs Work Together to Care for Diverse Underserved Older Adults |
title | Pioneering COVID-19 Pandemic Partnerships: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs Work Together to Care for Diverse Underserved Older Adults |
title_full | Pioneering COVID-19 Pandemic Partnerships: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs Work Together to Care for Diverse Underserved Older Adults |
title_fullStr | Pioneering COVID-19 Pandemic Partnerships: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs Work Together to Care for Diverse Underserved Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Pioneering COVID-19 Pandemic Partnerships: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs Work Together to Care for Diverse Underserved Older Adults |
title_short | Pioneering COVID-19 Pandemic Partnerships: Federally Qualified Health Centers and Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs Work Together to Care for Diverse Underserved Older Adults |
title_sort | pioneering covid-19 pandemic partnerships: federally qualified health centers and geriatric workforce enhancement programs work together to care for diverse underserved older adults |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9452800/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36090315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23337214221122523 |
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