Chris Langston, right, with his "Faraway" grandmother Nancy Imber, circa late 1970s. Joining them are his mother Adair and younger sister Anne. When I was a child, I had two grandmothers. A nearby grandmother (Gammy) and a faraway grandmother, known forever after just as “Faraway.” I know she found…
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The landmark United States Supreme Court decision that same-sex marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution has important implications regarding the health and care of older Americans. Studies show that denying same-sex couples the right to marry has a negative impact on…
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The White House Conference on Aging offers a special, once-a-decade opportunity to focus national attention on issues that the John A. Hartford Foundation has been working on every day for more than three decades. So I am honored and excited to be among those invited to attend this year’s gathering…
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Editor’s Note: The Partnership Health Center (PHC) is one of eight primary care community clinics receiving funding through the federal Social Innovation Fund (SIF) initiative to spread the IMPACT program, also known as Collaborative Care, in the rural Pacific Northwest. The John A. Hartford Foundation was one of just four…
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From left, Terry Fulmer, James D. Farley, and Mathey Mezey at the opening of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nusing at NYU in 1997. All of us at The John A. Hartford Foundation feel a profound sense of loss at the passing of one of the guiding lights of…
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From right, JAHF's Amy Berman and Terry Fulmer, Jon Broyles of C-TAC, and Bud Hammes of Respecting Choices engage in the convening. Imagine Shirley, an 84-year-old woman with end stage renal failure. Her clinician has proposed continuing a daily dialysis treatment that will extend her life, but that is…
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Last week’s meeting of the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Board of Trustees was an important and exciting time for us all. It was the first board meeting under the direction of our new President, Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, and it was the last board meeting for our long-time board…
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Margaret L. Wolff is the new chair of the John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees. Moving from strength to strength. That is how I recently described the John A. Hartford Foundation’s shift in strategic direction from building academic capacity over the past three decades to its current focus…
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Eagles soar over Kodiak, Alaska. Editor’s Note: The Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) is one of eight primary care community clinics receiving funding through the federal Social Innovation Fund (SIF) initiative to spread the IMPACT program, also known as Collaborative Care, in the rural Pacific Northwest. The John A…
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Rachael Watman, bottom right, and her high school Latin Club. I was a member of the Latin Club in high school. In fact, I enjoyed it so much I became the Treasurer. We were not as big as the Spanish Club or as organized as the German Club, but…
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