1. The Hospital Elder Life Program © 2000, Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

2. HELP Project Planning Tool Pull out your HELP Project Planning Tool The Hospital Elder Life Program © 2000, Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

3. We wanted to provide a practical tool to work through the start up of your own HELP program Goal is to help you think of the areas you need to focus on, questions you need to ask, and to encourage you to begin to identify resources in your environment The Hospital Elder Life Program © 2000, Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

4. Why are you here? Why do you want HELP? What are the factors driving you from your site? The Hospital Elder Life Program © 2000, Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

5. Who do you need to engage upfront? Allies Project leads Any potential barriers What resources do you have in-house already and what do you need to find? The Hospital Elder Life Program © 2000, Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

6. What deliverables are you going to be looking for? What outcomes will you want to measure and what resources are need to make that feasible? What will your team look like? The Hospital Elder Life Program © 2000, Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

7. Volunteers – who will you use, how will you recruit them, who will help? The Hospital Elder Life Program © 2000, Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH

8. 6 Contextual Organizational Challenges How will you address these in your setting? Start your HELP Implementation Work Plan Identify tasks, resources, MRP, and timelines The Hospital Elder Life Program © 2000, Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH