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Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce (2008)

Chapter: Appendix B: Commissioned Papers

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Commissioned Papers." Institute of Medicine. 2008. Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12089.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Commissioned Papers." Institute of Medicine. 2008. Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12089.
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appendix B Commissioned Papers Health Workforce and Future Technologies Author:  he Health Technology Center (HealthTech) T How Will the U.S. Health Care System Meet the Challenge of the Ethnogeriatric Imperative? Author: Gwen Yeo, Ph.D., with assistance from Wendy King, Stanford   University School of Medicine Paraprofessional Health Care Workforce for an Aging Population Author:  . Tamara Konetzka, Ph.D., University of Chicago R State Profiles of the U.S. Health Care Workforce Author:  ark Mather, Ph.D., Population Reference Bureau M Successful Models of Comprehensive Health Care for Multi-Morbid Older Persons: A Review of Effects on Health and Health Care Authors: had Boult, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Johns Hopkins University C   Bloomberg School of Public Health Ariel Green, M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University School of   Medicine  Lisa B. Boult, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., Johns Hopkins University   School of Medicine James T. Pacala, M.D., M.S.P.H., University of Minnesota   Medical School 279

280 RETOOLING FOR AN AGING AMERICA Claire Snyder, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of   Medicine Bruce Leff, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Supporting and Sustaining the Family Caregiver Workforce for Older Americans Author: Jennifer L. Wolff, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of   Public Health NOTE: All commissioned papers have been placed in this project’s public access file.

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As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs.

Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides.

Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.

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