Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, started as the John A. Hartford Foundation's new President this week. As I begin an exciting new chapter of a career deeply embedded in geriatrics, I am thrilled by the opportunity to serve as the new President of the John A. Hartford Foundation and…
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Most of our John A. Hartford Foundation staff have come to the banks of the Potomac River in National Harbor, MD, this week for the annual scientific meeting of long-time grantee and partner, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS). It’s always a great opportunity to catch up with valued friends and…
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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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The author, Diane Powers, in Idaho in 2013, during a series of site visits in the Pacific Northwest to determine grant awards. In 1998, a gallon of gas cost $1.15, the last episode of Seinfeld aired on TV, and the John A. Hartford Foundation quietly helped start a revolution…
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I was recently in New Orleans and coincidently listened to an interview with Robert Wachter of the University of California, San Francsico talking about health IT and his new book on where the nation stands regarding electronic health records (EHRs). Somehow, the temptations of the French Quarter and the problem…
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Did you hear the story about the New York woman who fought tooth and nail to honor her father’s wish to die at home, only to have the health care system bounce him from facility to facility? He died in a hospital hospice unit with deep pressure ulcers and a…
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Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD The first place I worked after completing my geriatric psychiatry training was an outpatient neurology clinic devoted to memory disorders. I soon realized that most patient encounters included other people who, in my opinion, could benefit from my attention: family caregivers—spouses, adult children, close friends, significant…
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Over the weekend, I walked past my wife and kids watching the new season three of Netflix’s House of Cards and was stunned to see the evil President Frank Underwood ranting at his cabinet to get on with designing his jobs program that would be funded by slashing the “entitlements”…
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Antonio Z. Zuniga, a first-generation Mexican American, who gave inspirational and spiritual lectures in the U.S. and around the world. Here, at the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, one of the many countries where he once spoke. After a long career writing primarily for newspapers and magazines, Marielena Zuniga took…
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Rosemary Rawlins, right, and her mother in "The Bistro." For much of the past 13 years, Rosemary Rawlins has found herself thrust into the role of family caregiver in a series of very different scenarios. First, her husband, Hugh, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) after being hit…
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