Celebrate Independence!
Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy Fourth of July from Health AGEnda and the John A. Hartford Foundation. [gallery link="file" ids="8765,8770,8766,8769,8768,8767"]
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Aging and Health Trends Show Progress, But There Is Still Much Work to Do
Recently, I had the privilege of discussing issues important to the John A. Hartford Foundation on The Ohio State University’s podcast, Viewpoints of Innovative Health Care Leaders. It was a great opportunity to talk about the key trends we see in health care today, what still needs to be done…
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Caring Works: PHI Builds Support for Better Elder Care
The nation’s four million home health aides, certified nurse aides, and personal care attendants are a lifeline for many older adults and people with disabilities. Our grantee, PHI, is the nation’s leading authority on the direct-care workforce, and they promote quality direct-care jobs as the foundation for quality care for…
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Change AGEnts Push Health Care Policies In the Right Direction
2014 Hartford Change AGEnts Policy Institute Participants Improving the transitional care of frail older adults through better skilled nursing facility reimbursement. Reducing regulatory barriers to evidence-based care coordination for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Advocating for loan repayment/forgiveness initiatives for geriatric psychiatry and other geriatric-care specialty training programs…
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Leadership Academy in Aging Helps Infuse Geriatrics in Academic Social Work Community
In Tuesday’s post on interprofessional education and the role of social workers in health care teams, I referenced a program called the Leadership Academy in Aging . This program warrants an additional mention for its success in providing leadership skills to deans and directors of schools of social work, as…
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Breaking Down Silos, Improving Care for Older Americans
Dr. George E. Thibault presents on the importance of including social workers as part of health care teams at the Leadership Academy in Aging. We at the John A. Hartford Foundation like to encourage breaking down the professional silos that impede the promotion of coordinated, comprehensive, continuous, and geriatric-expert…
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Coming to Terms with the Concept of Population Health
Like a lot of new concepts, population health seems to be on everyone's lips and there seems to be a lot of excitement to “do” population health. It sure sounds good and yet I am entirely unclear about the specifics and I’m pretty sure that everyone is feeling a different…
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New Grants Target Policy and Practice Change
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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Tools You Can Use: Residency Training Toolkits and Best Practices Guidelines for Surgeons and Relate
Let’s say you are 80 years old and about to undergo surgery. Perhaps it was an unexpected fall that placed you in the emergency department and you’ll need an orthopedic surgeon to repair your hip. You’ll undergo anesthesia during the procedure and afterwards will likely require rehab. All of the…
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Narrative Matters, The Next Chapter: Amy Berman Reflects On ‘Living Life In My Own Way’
Amy Berman speaks at TEDMED's Great Challenges in Health Care in 2013. Editor's Note: In this post, originally published on Health Affairs Blog, Amy Berman shares more of her story as a person living with stage IV cancer who has chosen a palliative care approach. She contributes regularly to…
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