How to Help Older Adults Heal: Science to Practice

Older adults face unique challenges in healing due to age-related physiological changes, chronic conditions, and social factors that can delay recovery. Bridging the gap between scientific advances and everyday clinical practice is essential to improving outcomes. This presentation will emphasize translation of current research into age-appropriate evidence-based strategies that promote wound healing, functional recovery, and overall well-being in older adults. Incorporating the 4Ms: What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility provides a patient-centered framework that clinicians and caregivers can apply to enhance resilience and quality of life in this population.