2018 Milestones
In 2018 we worked together to launch new programs, grow investments, expand networks, and provide valuable resources to improve care for older adults.
JANUARY
- The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) introduces three new grant initiatives, authorized in December 2017.
- Mark Barreiro joins the Foundation as a new Senior Grants Officer.
- Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer, presents patient-centered care models and recommendations at Grand Rounds for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
- The RAISE Family Caregivers Act is signed into law.
- Next Avenue launches JAHF-supported series, Strengthening Rural Health Care for Older Adults.
- Center for Medicare Advocacy releases self-help toolkit for older adults to advocate for coverage of skilled nursing facility care.
FEBRUARY
- Health Affairs Blog features the Foundation’s support of partnerships between community-based organizations and health care.
- American College of Surgeons publishes “Hospital Standards to Promote Optimal Surgical Care of the Older Adult.”
- Kaiser Health News presents expert panel discussion on improving care and services for people with dementia and supporting their family caregivers.
- The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society publishes findings showing reductions in risk of unnecessary hospitalization from Geriatric Emergency Department interventions.
APRIL
- Eldercare Workforce Alliance launches campaign marking 10-year anniversary of Retooling for an Aging America report.
- Terry Fulmer, President, and Bruce Chernof, President and CEO, The SCAN Foundation, co-edit The Fifth Edition of The Handbook of Geriatric Assessment.
- Trust for America’s Health Report focuses on how public health can contribute to an age-friendly society.
- The Better Care Playbook launches a map of complex care innovations across the country that can be filtered by population, care program elements, states, and more.
- New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst publishes “Hospital at Home-Plus Reduces Days Spent in Hospitals and Other Inpatient Facilities.”
MAY
- American College of Emergency Physicians introduces new Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation program.
- Resources for Integrated Care webinar addresses supporting older adults with substance use disorders.
- Home Centered Care Institute announces training sessions on essential elements of Home-Based Primary Care.
- American Hospital Association releases “Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems” issue brief, which provides snapshots of how five pioneering health systems are prototyping the age-friendly model of care.
JUNE
- John R. Burton receives The John A. Hartford Foundation Trustees Award.
- The Foundation announces three new grants totaling $3.2 million.
- The Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative invites health systems to join first seven-month Action Community; more than 120 teams join.
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announces new demonstration project to measure person-driven outcomes.
- NBC Nightly News features the JAHF-supported “Hospital At Home®” initiative.
- Stanford Social Innovation Review publishes “Reframing Aging: Growing ‘Old at Heart,’” co-authored by Terry Fulmer, President.
JULY
- Health Affairs publishes findings from JAHF-funded Research on the effects of electronic health records on care improvements and patient mortality.
- Catholic Health Association publishes article by Michigan Age-Friendly Health Systems participants on encouraging greater mobility for older adults.
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducts first JAHF-supported Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness workshop.
- Marcus Escobedo, Sr. Program Officer and Communications Director, co-authors introduction to special issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine on emergency department care of older adults.
- n4a announces winners of The John A. Hartford Foundation’s 2018 Business Innovation Award, recognizing community-based organizations partnering with health systems to improve care for older adults.
- Next Avenue introduces JAHF-supported series, Living to the End of Life.
- Terry Fulmer, President, provides the closing keynote address at the 2018 Healthy Aging Summit co-sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
- Anne Arundel Medical Center, participants in the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, publish NEJM Catalyst article, “Measuring Patient Quality of Life: Time is What Matters.”
OCTOBER
- American Bar Association releases Advance Directives: Counseling Guide for Lawyers with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and other partners.
- New York Academy of Medicine honors Rani E. Snyder, Program Director, and Mary Jane Koren, Program Consultant.
- Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer, gives the keynote address at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s annual meeting.
- Patient Priorities Care publishes multiple papers on the development and implementation of its approach to aligning care with older patients’ health priorities.
- The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care releases updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, with JAHF support for evidence review.
NOVEMBER
- PBS’ NPT Reports features JAHF’s Age-Friendly Health Systems and the Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery projects.
- Six states join Center for Health Care Strategies initiative to advance policies for supporting family caregivers of older adults.
- American Academy of Home Care Medicine releases digital toolkit of home-based primary care educational resources for payers.
- Health Resources and Services Administration announces Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program Funding Opportunity including Age-Friendly Health Systems principles.
DECEMBER
- The Foundation announces five new grants totaling more than $5.2 million to implement and disseminate evidence-based approaches to better care for older adults.
- National Academy for State Health Policy releases report on its 50-state scan of promising policy approaches for states to enhance palliative care.
- The University of Washington AIMS Center publishes its evaluation report for the federal Social Innovation Fund project to implement collaborative care depression treatment program in the rural northwest.
- A six-foundation collaborative committed to improving care for people with complex needs releases report from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice on “How Accountable Care Organizations (ACOS) are Caring for People with Complex Needs.”
- JAMA Internal Medicine publishes outcomes in health care utilization and cost from the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program.
