In proclaiming May as National Mental Health Awareness Month, President Obama called mental health problems a serious public health concern. We need to raise awareness about mental health while working to improve the standard of care for those with mental disorders. I’m delighted that our work with the Social Innovation…
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A workgroup convened by the Alzheimer's Association has come up with a useful tool to help clinicians detect cognitive impairment during the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit. This is a great example of one of our new mottos at the John A. Hartford Foundation: “Putting geriatrics expertise to work.” We’ve spent…
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Elizabeth's inspiring story of how she overcame years of depression triggered by the murder of her daughter and subsequent death of her husband is featured in our 2011 annual report video series. The release earlier this month of our second national poll, “Silver and Blue: The Unfinished Business of…
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Ten years ago this month, the initial results of a $10 million depression treatment project funded by the Hartford Foundation (with co-funding from the California HealthCare, Hogg, and Robert Johnson Foundations) were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In what remains the largest multi-site randomized trial of…
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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on the Grantmakers In Health website. For more information about the Letter of Intent process and to discover whether the SIF opportunity is right for your organization, please join us for a one-hour, broadcast webinar on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 10am Pacific Time. Registration…
Read full postIn this final installment of our 2011 Annual Report series, we are pleased to share the voice of those who are too often overlooked—the family caregiver. This video features Mignonne, daughter of 82-year-old Roberto; she speaks candidly about her father’s delirium and the impact it had on both of their…
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We’re delighted to announce the start of our initiative to implement the IMPACT (Improving Mood – Promoting Access to Collaborative Care) model of depression treatment in community health clinics serving patients from rural areas in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI) region. As a first step, the Hartford…
Read full postDavid has bipolar disorder, and for years has participated in and even collaborated on studies conducted by Colin A. Depp, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry. In the latest installment of our 2011 Hartford Foundation Annual Report video…
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If you have been following our blog series covering the 2011 Annual Report, then you know that our team has captured moving stories from older adults themselves who have benefited from the programs and services funded by the Hartford Foundation. I would like to highlight one such video about Patty…
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When I was in graduate school (a very long time ago!), I recall taking a number of courses in the mental health specialization in the MSW program. There was almost no aging-related content in any of the courses except for a lecture on “Organic Brain Syndrome.” The limits of the…
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