INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR GERIATRICS AND HOME CARE MODEL DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA

摘要

China has the world’s largest aging population that grows at a staggering rate. For example, the number of adults aged 80 years and over, the oldest and frail subset of the aging population currently grows at 1 million per year. Thus, the need for quality geriatrics and innovative care model development is unprecedented. Initially funded by the China Medical Board in 2006, the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has developed international collaboration with Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) and established a premier academic geriatrics program with an interdisciplinary geriatrics care team at PUMC Hospital. This international collaboration and other efforts have led to the funding from the Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation for the development of the innovative home care model program described in this symposium. The experiences and valuable lessons learned from such international collaboration will also be discussed during the presentation.