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…
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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, FAAN…
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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 to create age-friendly…
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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 is…
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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…
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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…
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Editor's Note: This post by Terry Fulmer, Let’s Work Together To Improve Care For Older Adults With Complex Needs, was originally published on the Health Affairs Blog, February 14, 2017. Copyright ©2017 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. In the three minutes it takes to…
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Editor’s note: Mary Jane Koren, MD, MPH, is providing program consulting to The John A. Hartford Foundation, after retiring in 2013 as Vice President of Delivery System Reform at the Commonwealth Fund. My mother recently celebrated her 100th birthday, a milestone event which caused me to reflect on the The…
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Every day, each one of us is growing older and growing wiser and more experienced. In so many ways, we get better as we age. But too often, we only associate aging with decline, debility, and eventual death. This fatalistic view is so pervasive that it can actually harm our…
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