Dr. Suzanne Landis has devoted her life to improving care for older adults. Suzanne Landis, MD, MPH, drives an older, sensible car. She is an understated person often found standing in the back row of group photos. But don’t let her modest demeanor fool you. She is one of…
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A neighborhood lemonade stand set up by Rachael Watman’s son and his friends reminds us of some valuable lessons about success. My son and an enterprising group of neighborhood kids recently hosted a lemonade stand. They have done this in the past with modest success. This time, however, they…
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While most people will be watching the Super Bowl Sunday, Rachael Watman is rooting for another team: the latest Hartford Change AGEnts Action Awards winners. I am not going to win many fans here: I don’t watch the Super Bowl nor do I really like football. My husband just…
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Policy change is hard. Just think about the 2010 Affordable Care Act, its tortuous path toward enactment, and the ongoing debates five years later that swirl around the law and its implementation. There are many theories for how policy change happens, but one of my favorites is Kingdon’s policy streams…
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The opening session of the Hartford Change AGEnts Conference in Philadelphia last week. Last week was the capstone of the first-year rollout of the Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative. This projects aims to engage and support all prior John A. Hartford Foundation health and aging grantees to focus on making…
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In June 2011, I wrote about my then-80-year-old father’s experiences with post-operative confusion -- otherwise known as delirium -- following triple bypass surgery. Three-and-a-half years later, that post continues to draw thousands of readers every month, along with comments that express the frustration and heartbreak that is still all too…
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Ever since I began working as a program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation, I’ve tried to do my best to put myself in the shoes of the health professionals with whom we’ve worked and whose education and training historically has been one of our main concerns. I’ve often…
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One of the Hartford Foundation's new grants will support an additional 44 Health and Policy Fellows over the next three years. While the two new grants approved by the John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees last week continue to move us forward in our new strategic direction, which…
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It’s going to take all of us working together to make the changes we need to ensure that older Americans get the quality health care they deserve. So I’m pleased to share the news that five winning teams have been selected to receive Collaborative Pilot Grants through a joint program…
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When I was first hired at the John A. Hartford Foundation, I gave one of the then-Senior Program Officers a giant cup filled with new red pens. It seemed to me at the time that the program staff spent a lot of time editing (aka “making stronger”) all sorts of…
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