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

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2960
igaa057.2960
Abstracts
Session 7520 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Value of Academic and Community Partnerships in Developing Age-Friendly Healthcare Systems Across Two Counties
Gupta Roopali 1 Greiner Phillip 2 Reichstadt Jennifer 3 Scott Kellie 4 1 
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
2 
San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States
3 
University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
4 
University of California San diego, San Diego, California, 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”813 814
© 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 San Diego Imperial Geriatric Education Center is comprised of a robust partnership between two academic institutions, two County Area Agencies on Aging, three Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), three Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and several local community organizations providing older adult services across two large, diverse counties. Guiding the implementation of Age-Friendly and Dementia-Friendly Healthcare at our partner FQHC and PACE sites, and a large academic institution, has allowed us to review the similarities and unique qualities of each organization. We identified a common theme that providers would benefit from improved awareness and access to community resources (e.g., cognitive assessment and other ADRD (Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias) support services), regardless of the specific health care system. The value of academic and community partnerships and the development of an infrastructure for information sharing and linking resources will be highlighted during this symposium presentation.