The Therapeutic Hub: A Person-Centered Approach to Age-Friendly Care

Providing age-friendly care to hospitalized older adults is critical to achieving favorable outcomes. The Therapeutic Hub is a space at an acute care level 1 trauma center in which nurses and other staff utilize the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System framework to offer multisensory stimulation and comfort to older patients, with the aim of preventing cognitive and functional decline, agitation, and delirium. Individualized nonpharmacological therapeutic interventions are delivered through relationship-centered care. This article outlines the 4Ms (Mobility, Mentation, Medication, and What Matters), addresses barriers to implementing age-friendly care, and describes the Therapeutic Hub and its positive impact on patient outcomes.