Joining The John A. Hartford Foundation as a new program officer is exciting! Through my health care leadership roles I have witnessed firsthand the progress that has been made towards the triple aim for the health and health care of older adults and also know that much more needs to…
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As we move into the summer season, we are delighted to share with you our most recent round of new grantees and highlight the exciting work they will be conducting in order to improve care for older adults. The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees has approved $1.67 million to…
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We are very pleased to present The John A. Hartford Foundation 2016 Annual Report. While the report, available as a PDF, highlights the Foundation’s achievements and important grants made over the past year, it is really about the future. Under the leadership of JAHF President Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN,…
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All of us who work on behalf of older adults know that the public’s negative views about aging presents a major obstacle to our efforts. At The John A. Hartford Foundation, we have written about how ageism can result in bad care and impedes our own ability…
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The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held an important public hearing last week entitled, “The Arc of Alzheimer’s: From Preventing Cognitive Decline in Americans to Assuring Quality Care for those Living with the Disease.” It was encouraging to see that some of our…
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I recently had the opportunity to speak with The John A. Hartford Foundation’s longtime partner and friend, Daniel Reingold, President & CEO of RiverSpring Health, a leading non-profit senior care organization that cares for 12,000 older New Yorkers every day. RiverSpring Health includes the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, which…
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Editor's Note: This post was originally published on The Huffington Post, where Dr. Terry Fulmer writes regularly on issues of importance to improving the care of older adults. Dementia is devastating. Most of us have seen or experienced the toll on families…
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Three new grants totaling almost $950,000 have been approved by The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees to support partnerships that will accelerate improvements in our family caregiving program area, as well as strengthen aging-focused philanthropy more generally. Our latest grants build on our work to improve care of older…
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Our nation is talking a lot about access to affordable, high-quality health care right now. Whatever the outcome of the current debates about the future of health care, one result will be this: the often opaque connection between health care policy and the everyday lives of people has come into…
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Health care providers in every setting must understand that older people experience specific health issues, from multiple chronic conditions to changes in physiology, that require a specific approach to care. Risk factors for complications following medical procedures are often higher and different for older adults. A friend of a dear…
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