Auld blog posts, like auld acquaintances, deserve a better fate than to “be forgot, and never brought to mind.” So in the spirit of Auld Lang Syne, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a healthy and happy new year in 2017! We also would like…
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Health care is deeply personal and the way we receive care is not, and should not be, set in stone. For example, I recall a time when talking about organ donation was sensitive and disturbing to many people, but our culture has changed. People now consider the topic much more…
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Editor's Note: With back-to-school season in full swing, we are pleased to share this post from Kevin Cordeiro, one of our summer interns who aspires to be a physician and has just returned to Boston University. During my sophomore year of high school, my grandparents moved in with my family…
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Amy Berman testifies before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. When I was first diagnosed with end stage cancer, I wanted to find a way to use my experience of care to inform people, families, health care providers, and policymakers about the attributes of good care for the seriously…
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Editor’s Note: Today, we welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ellen Goodman, co-founder and director of The Conversation Project, to Health AGEnda. The Conversation Project is part of a $3.5 million John A. Hartford Foundation grant approved in March supporting an exciting collaborative of six practitioners who will work cooperatively to expand…
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We are excited to announce a new national poll released today that shows physicians clearly understand the importance of talking with older adults about end-of-life care, and that they overwhelmingly support a new Medicare benefit that reimburses them for holding advance care planning discussions with patients. Very importantly, the poll…
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From right, Amy Berman, John A. Hartford Foundation President Terry Fulmer, Jon Broyles of C-TAC, and Bud Hammes of Respecting Choices engage in a convening held in June 2015 by JAHF on "End of Life and Serious Illness." The John A. Hartford Foundation’s dedicated staff is constantly monitoring the…
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This is the third in a series of seven issue briefs. The John A. Hartford Foundation Change AGEnts Initiative accelerates sustained practice change that improves the care of older adults. It does this by harnessing the collective power of The John A. Hartford Foundation’s interprofessional community of scholars, clinicians…
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Amy Berman, on a recent trip to Hawaii. "I have done so much more than survive. I have thrived." The end of October marked five years since I was diagnosed with stage IV inflammatory breast cancer, a life-limiting disease. A small fraction of people (11-20 percent) in my situation…
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Amy Berman prepares for her single, larger dose of image-guided radiation therapy. Editor’s Note: The following open letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, written by Senior Program Officer Amy Berman, was originally published by the Washington Post on Sept. 28, 2015. To read the article on…
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