Avital Benson, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, worked as a 2015 summer intern at The John A. Hartford Foundation. The first vivid memory that I have is of carrying aluminum foil containers of food up to a large white house in New Jersey. Although…
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Photo by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention All of us at the John A. Hartford Foundation have a deep appreciation and respect for the work that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) do to safeguard the health of our nation and promote healthy aging…
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This is the third in a series of six Health AGEnda posts on the 2014 Annual Report. Editor’s Note: The John A. Hartford Foundation’s 2014 Annual Report features five profiles of Hartford Change AGEnts whose work is representative of the kinds of practice and policy change the initiative is…
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This is the second in a series of six Health AGEnda posts on the 2014 Annual Report. Editor's Note: The John A. Hartford Foundation's 2014 Annual Report features five profiles of Hartford Change AGEnts whose work is representative of the kinds of practice and policy change the initiative is…
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Whether we receive care, provide care, or coordinate care for a loved one, everyone benefits from improving the quality of jobs for America’s 2 million current home care workers and the millions more we’ll need to care for the growing number of older adults in the coming decades. That’s why…
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Dr. Joseph Gaugler Editor’s Note: Health AGEnda recently spoke with Dr. Joseph Gaugler, professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and co-editor (along with Robert Kane, MD) of the new book Family Caregiving in the New Normal. This unique work addresses challenges and offers cost-effective solutions via…
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This is the first in a series of six Health AGEnda posts on the 2014 Annual Report. At the John A. Hartford Foundation, we like to say that our job is not to make grants, but rather to make change. Making systemic, large-scale practice change is the idea behind…
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The cover of the recent special supplement to The Gerontologist devoted to the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) catches my eye. Take a look. The 18 nurses who grace the cover share the distinction of having been honored with the Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award. This…
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Glenda Jimmo is a name you should know. Mrs. Jimmo, who is blind and had her leg amputated due to diabetes, was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit brought against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2011 by the Center for Medicare Advocacy on behalf of beneficiaries…
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For those of us who have long advocated for a national agenda to prevent, detect, treat and report the mistreatment of older adults, developments over the summer have sparked some measure of hope and optimism. The cause of elder justice hit the trifecta, with good news coming from all three…
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