Nurse Innovation: NICHE with Mattia Gilmartin PhD, RN

America is getting older, and as people age, their bodies change. They're likely to have multiple chronic illnesses, and when they come into hospital care—that can be a vulnerable time. 

Considering that almost 60% of hospital beds are occupied by adults aged 65 and over, receiving specialized geriatric care in the healthcare system is critical.

Learn with us today on This Is Getting Old as we explore how to make the world more age-friendly. Mattia Gilmartin, PhD, RN, is joining us. She will share her insights into NICHE—an incredible program that equips nurses and caregivers with the skills necessary to provide superior care for older adults. 

Key points covered in this episode:

✔️ What is the NICHE Program?

NICHE focuses on the risks older adults might face when they come to a hospital. The program helps nurses be on the lookout for those risk factors and ensure that older adults do not experience those risks during their hospital stay.

✔️ The Nuts And Bolts Of The Niche Program

-better clinical results
-favorable financial results
-improved nursing capabilities
-community acceptance
-increased satisfaction of the staff, family, and patients

NICHE gives hospitals access to:

-Modern resources
-Support and coaching for NICHE-based hospital initiatives in project management
-Clinical procedures supported by evidence that address "never occurrences," Joint Commission compliance, and other legal requirements
-Instrument for Geriatric Institutional Assessment (GIAP)
-Information, knowledge, and skill sharing

✔️ How To Join The NICHE Program?

NICHE work with hospitals—mostly. We also have about 20 nursing homes that also participate in the program. You can check out the NICHE membership page if you’re interested in joining. 

✔️ What Are NICHE’s Benchmarking Procedures?

By leveraging the knowledge in our university, community and small hospitals network, we provide specialized support for local leaders striving to improve care for older adults. 

✔️ NICHE and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Payments

More hospitals see the value of geriatric-specific services, so they are getting pressure to improve care, be more efficient with their resources, and have a better patient experience. For most older adults, when receiving NICHE services, the Medicare program is paying for that. Medicare has started thinking more about the value and wants more quality for the beneficiaries.  

✔️ How To Find NICHE Members Or Units? 

You can also check the NICHE website. Down on the bottom, you can click and find the location to see the list of current members. 

✔️ Are You Up For The NICHE Challenge?

If you say YES to specialized geriatrics care and want to learn more about bringing that to their hospital, or even as a consumer who has consumer-driven care—check out the NICHE website and connect with their representative. 

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Helpful Links To Connect With NICHE:

Websites:

https://nicheprogram.org/
https://nursing.nyu.edu/

Additional Contact Info:

Phone: 212-998-5445
Fax: 914-612-9168
Post: 380 2nd Ave. Suite 306 New York, NY 10010
Email: support@nicheprogram.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NICHEProgramNYU/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nyuniche

✔️ Register For The 2023 NICHE Conference In New Orleans

This year's conference theme is "The Changing Face of Elder Care". We will look at issues such as evidence-based practice, clinical leadership, care coordination, and management as they pertain to the NICHE practice paradigm.

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If you have questions or comments or need help, please feel free to drop a one-minute audio or video clip and email it to me at melissabphd@gmail.com, and I will get back to you by recording an answer to your question.

About Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN:

I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing ('96) and Master of Science in Nursing ('00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I genuinely enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home, and office visits), then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post-master's Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing ('11). I then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 which led to me joining the George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing faculty in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor. I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities. Please find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.

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