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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JAHF Program Director Rani Snyder also contributed to this post. With Inauguration Day at hand, all of us have priorities that we would like to see addressed by the new administration. Regardless of political ideology, there are certain truths that require immediate and careful attention. One is the aging of…
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Editor's Note: This article was originally published on The Huffington Post, where Dr. Terry Fulmer writes regularly on issues of importance to improving the care of older adults. For most older adults, home is where the heart is, and whenever possible, it should be where the care is, too. Delivering…
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When people say “Happy New Year,” it conjures up many different visions for each of us—good health, the love of family and friends, and a sense that the year will bring positive momentum in all the areas we care about most. Here at The John A. Hartford Foundation, those visons…
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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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Millions of people live, and often suffer, with complex health and social needs that go unmet by our health care system. This includes frail older adults, younger adults with disabilities, people with behavioral health and social needs, and those facing serious illness. Their experience of poor care is described in…
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Building on The John A. Hartford Foundation’s investment of more than a half billion dollars in aging and health programs over the past three decades, the Foundation’s Board of Trustees approved four new grants totaling $5.5 million to accelerate the move to age-friendly health systems that measurably improve care for…
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Today is Veterans Day, and as we do each year, we pause to remember the men and women who have proudly served our nation’s military and made the great sacrifices necessary to secure our freedoms and way of life. Our veterans’ bravery, valor, and honor are a reminder of what…
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