NCOA Connect: Aetna, A CVS Health Company

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Aetna, a CVS Health business, serves an estimated 34 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental and behavioral health plans, and medical management capabilities, Medicaid health care management services, workers' compensation administrative services and health information technology products and services. Aetna's customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, visit www.aetna.com and explore how Aetna is helping to build a healthier world.

Aetna shares NCOA's passion for improving the lives of older adults and helping them age gracefully.

CVS Health Live: Advancing health equity in communities

On Wednesday, January 19, CVS Health announced its new initiative, Health Zones, which focuses on reducing health disparities and advancing health equity in high-risk communities across the country.

On this episode of CVS Health Live, leaders from CVS Health and UMOM New Day Centers will discuss how this program will work to advance health equity by addressing six key social determinants of health. Moderated by Jessica DaMassa, Health Innovation Reporter, panelists will include Joneigh Khaldun, M.D., Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer, CVS Health; Eileen Howard Boone, former Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy and Chief Sustainability Officer, CVS Health; and Jackson Fonder, Chief Executive Officer, UMOM New Day Centers.

Papa Pals: Family on-demand

We’re going to Rockford, Illinois to meet two participants in a unique program called Papa Pals. It’s a service that’s helping seniors at home, while reducing social isolation. Social isolation can contribute to depression, dementia, heart attacks, and strokes. Betty Schaffer is a 74-year-old widow who had been caring for her husband who had dementia. In providing care, she found that she had been neglecting her own health. Susan Wheeler has been working as a Papa Pal since March, helping Betty and other seniors.