Riding Herd on the Silver Stampede from H and HN

Are you ready for the "Silver Stampede?" That's the question contributing editor Geri Aston asked hospital leaders in her December Hospitals & Health Networks article on the onslaught of older patients, which will have — indeed, already is having — an enormous impact on our health care system. Like most of the stories we run in H&HN, the focus of Geri's article was on real-world solutions — positive, practical ways health care organizations are confronting a difficult issue, in this case senior care, so that other hospital leaders can decide whether those strategies might be worth adapting in their own organizations.

I write frequently in this space about generational issues in health care, and after Geri's article ran, I heard from a number of readers wanting to let me know that they and their colleagues also are taking creative steps to confront this issue. Here are four you might find interesting and useful:

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