Angels on Call Homecare Achieves Age-Friendly Health System Status

PEEKSKILL, New York—Angels on Call Homecare, a provider of dementia, Parkinson’s disease and home health services across the Hudson Valley, announced it has achieved recognition as an Age-Friendly Health System—Committed to Care Excellence by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the John A. Hartford Foundation, in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).

This national distinction recognizes organizations that deliver evidence-based care to older adults through the implementation of the 4Ms Framework—what matters, medication, mentation and mobility.

“This recognition isn’t just an achievement—it’s a declaration,” said Eric J. Dalton, vice president of Angels on Call Homecare and recipient of the 2025 International Elite 100 Healthcare Visionary of the Year Award. “For years, we’ve said that the future of homecare belongs to those who treat aging not as decline, but as transformation. The 4Ms aren’t just a framework to us—they’re a promise. What Matters becomes our purpose. Medication becomes mindfulness. Mentation becomes meaning. And Mobility becomes movement toward possibility. This is how we merge science with purpose—not to follow the future of care, but to create it.”

The Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative has recognized more than 5,200 hospitals, clinics and home health organizations worldwide, collectively reaching over 5.4 million older adults with age-friendly care. 

“Every day, I watch our caregivers deliver miracles in motion—the quiet kind,” said Robert Dalton, CEO of Angels on Call Homecare. “They lift, they listen, they learn what matters most. They are the heart of our 4Ms. This recognition honors not only our systems and protocols, but our people—the Angels who make care personal. Being Age-Friendly isn’t a box we check; it’s a culture we live. Our commitment to older adults doesn’t end with recognition—it begins there.”

Founded in 2005 by registered nurse Pamela Fitzpatrick, Angels on Call Homecare is the first and only homecare provider in the United States certified for Parkinson’s disease care, and holds multiple distinctions including Caring Super Star, Provider of Choice, Employer of Choice and Leader in Experience.