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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1939
igaa057.1939
Abstracts
Session 5545 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Schaalman Senior Voices: Transitioning From “What’s the Matter?” to “What Matters?”
Rodriguez-Morales Grisel 1 Emery-Tiburcio Erin 1 Golden Robyn 2 Fenton Marc 1 Chandy Jasmine 1 1 
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2 
Rush University Medical Center, CHICAGO, Illinois, United States
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”582 582
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
The 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System start with What Matters to the older adult. A unique method for asking that question is through film. Schaalman Senior Voices (SSV) films older adults talking about What Matters to them, and uses the films to stimulate discussion about later life with older adults in the community (n=264), with health care professions students learning to listen to older adults (n=1250), and health system executives considering implementation of the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) initiative (n=100). SSV has completed longer professional films interviewing 12 older adults. Using a mobile platform, SSV has filmed 50 older adults in the community and at health events. Outcomes of film discussions will be presented, including inspiration for older adults having conversations with family and physicians about What Matters, health care students effectively using skills in asking What Matters to enhance the care they provide, and executives considering AFHS implementation.