CWRU awarded $2.56M for age-friendly care at MinuteClinics

LYDIA COUTRÉ

With the support of a $2.56 million grant from e John A. Hartford Foundation, Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will expand upon a care program for older adults in MinuteClinic at CVS locations, according to a news release.

Researchers at the school of nursing and MinuteClinic at CVS locations have worked together since 2018 to create a program to enhance care at the retailer’s pharmacies nationwide. With the three-year grant from the Hartford Foundation, CWRU’s nursing school will evaluate the improvements in care, economic impact and equity in outcomes for 1.2 million older adults receiving “age-friendly” care at MinuteClinics nationally, according to a news release.

“Age-friendly care is based on evidence, reduces harm and focuses on what matters to older adults,” Mary Dolansky, the Sarah C. Hirsh Professor at CWRU’s School of Nursing and the project’s principal investigator, said in a provided statement. “ is is a unique opportunity to not only ensure that older adults receive age-appropriate care, but also to evaluate the impact of Age-Friendly Health Systems treatment using Medicare data.” e academic-clinical partnership will continue to impact 1,100 MinuteClinics at select CVS Pharmacy locations nationwide with programming including virtual education for more than 3,300 nurse practitioners and 1,200 practical nurses, according to the release, which notes that the next phase welcomes the University of California, San Francisco, and its Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research as a new partner. is grant follows $2.44 million that e John A. Hartford Foundation awarded in 2020 to implement the program, which was launched in 2018 through the foundation’s