2022 Milestones
January
Health Affairs publishes new installment in JAHF-sponsored Age-Friendly Health series detailing frontline support in long-term care facilities by informal caregivers.
Better Care Playbook compiles resources exploring programs, practical tools and case studies that support family caregivers.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement creates a free Open School course, “Providing Age-Friendly Care to Older Adults.”
JAHF and Institute for Healthcare Improvement publish a book, Age-Friendly Health Systems: A Guide to Using the 4Ms While Caring for Older Adults.
American Society on Aging announces ASA RISE program and inaugural cohort of leaders of color in the aging field.
February
National Academy for State Health Policy launches a multimedia explainer to help policymakers educate the public about palliative care.
JAHF’s Age-Friendly Insights finds that most people living in the U.S. think direct care workers are underpaid and lack support.
American Academy of Home Care Medicine launches The National Home Care Medicine Practice Directory.
Kaiser Health News and JAHF collaborate on an interactive event about older adults’ experience and resilience during the pandemic.
March
Institute for Healthcare Improvement celebrates the recognition of 2,700 care locations as Age-Friendly Health Systems participants.
JAHF Board of Trustees approves four grants totaling more than $6 million.
Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative explains how emergency departments can receive accreditation for their approach to geriatric emergency care.
ADvancing States announces state Medicaid programs selected for technical assistance to implement American Rescue Plan Act home and community-based services funding.
April
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine releases the first comprehensive report on nursing home quality in 35 years.
Patient Priorities Care creates a toolkit containing resources and tools to help clinicians work with patients to identify and achieve their goals and priorities.
FrameWorks Institute outlines preliminary findings on how members of the public think about nursing homes.
USAging’s Business Institute debuts an evidence bank to help community-based organizations show their value as contracting partners to health care entities.
May
Reframing Aging Initiative provides lessons on how to communicate about aging in ways that build support for policies in a short video series, Frame of Mind.
Home Centered Care Institute launches a free course, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Home-Based Care.”
Best Practice Caregiving features evidence-based dementia caregiving programs blog and infographic series.
National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment develops an emergency department toolkit to improve screening for elder mistreatment.
Trust for America’s Health launches an updated Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Recognition Program.
June
JAHF Board of Trustees approves six grants totaling more than $5 million.
JAHF and The SCAN Foundation argue that person-driven outcome measures help achieve equitable outcomes in Health Affairs.
Next Avenue produces a special series about the intersection of disability and aging in America.
JAHF announces Marie A. Bernard, MD, as The 2022 John A. Hartford Foundation Trustees Award recipient for her long dedication to improving the lives of older adults.
July
American Hospital Association announces ten Age-Friendly Fellows in the 2023 Next Generation Leadership program.
USAging’s Business Institute awards JAHF 2022 Business Innovation Award to Direction Home Aging & Disabilities for improving hospital to home care transitions.
NBC Universal and Telemundo air televised segments about age-friendly care on affiliates across the country in English and Spanish.
JAHF’s Age-Friendly Insights poll finds older adults prefer hospitals that provide age-friendly care.
Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine and National Academy of Medicine select a Fellow and Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence for Older Adults.
August
Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program announces a new class of fellows.
Diverse Elders Coalition offers free training for health care, social service and aging professionals who want to better serve diverse family caregivers of older adults.
Coalition for Care Partners highlights the developing, testing and scaling of consumer-oriented technologies to engage care partners.
Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program develops an Age-Friendly Health Systems Case Studies series on primary care experiences with the 4Ms.
September
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution issues a report proposing changes to America’s systems of care that reflect the current and future needs of aging adults.
JAHF Board of Trustees approves seven grants totaling more than $17 million.
Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition forms to advance recommendations from the National Academies report, The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality.
FAIR Health creates a dedicated webpage for older adults and caregivers with new shared decision-making tools.
Center for Health Care Strategies tool guides states interested in pursuing cross-sector partnerships to strengthen services for family caregivers.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
October
CVS Health video features resources for healthy aging, including age-friendly care offered at MinuteClinics.
Serious Illness and End-of-Life Funders Community celebrates five years of collaboration in partnership with Grantmakers In Aging.
JAHF, in partnership with Education Development Center, convenes a roundtable on comprehensive dementia care payment.
National PACE Association launches Alliance for PACE Innovation and Quality to support advancement of expanded PACE access and growth.
Center to Advance Palliative Care convenes a national briefing on its research findings on access to palliative care for Black patients with serious illness.
November
JAHF’s Age-Friendly Insights poll finds broad, overwhelming support for policies to help family caregivers.
National Academy for State Health Policy reviews lessons from supporting six states interested in developing policies to support family caregivers.
The Serious Illness Messaging Toolkit launches with resources for public messaging about serious illness care.
December
RUSH University Medical Center shares learnings from their Age-Friendly Health Systems caregiver intervention program pilot.
JAHF Board of Trustees approves six grants totaling more than $12 million.
New York Academy of Medicine recaps its first convening to advance New York State’s Master Plan for Aging.
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association announces JAHF’s Amy Berman as the HPNA Champion Award Winner.