Over forty percent of all older adults in the United States are living with four or more chronic illnesses, receive care from a fragmented health care system, and are struggling with rising costs and uneven quality. To confront this national crisis, more than fifty health system leaders, policy makers, innovators, and scholars convened last week to identify actionable recommendations designed to transform care delivery for older adults with complex health and social needs and support their family caregivers.

Penn Nursing’s Salimah Meghani, PhD, MBE, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor of Nursing and Term Chair of Palliative Care in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, and a member in the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planning committee.