While still shrouded in mist, the path to transforming our health care system is becoming more clear. While the view is still hazy, last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took a major step to clarify how it will address the major challenge facing Medicare (and…
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Thank you to everyone who attended the Change AGEnts initiative launch event at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting last week in New Orleans! Nearly 400 Change AGEnts – individuals who have been touched by a Hartford grant – joined in the evening’s activities to connect with each other…
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Greetings from New Orleans and the 2013 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) meeting. As usual, many John A. Hartford Foundation staff are at the meeting to learn from the experts in the field, to work with our grantees, and to answer questions from anyone interested in improving the care of…
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When my 7-year-old son was young, my husband and I nailed an old yardstick to the kitchen doorframe and periodically marked his height. It’s been a long time since we’ve taken a measure, but the yardstick remains as a record of growth and developmental milestones. If I had a yardstick…
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Click photo to watch the Community Catalyst video. You would think having both Medicare and Medicaid would mean getting more of the benefits and services you need. But for the 10 million people who receive health care coverage under both systems—who are poor and mostly older adults with complex…
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Robert N. Butler, MD, made a profound and lasting difference in the field of aging and health. Next week, we will launch the new Change AGEnts initiative at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting in New Orleans. And I can’t help but think about Bob Butler. He…
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Dr. Stephanie Studenski If you follow our blog, you know that the John A. Hartford Foundation is now spending our time and money putting geriatrics research and knowledge into practice to change health care delivery for older adults. We are able to do this because for decades we’ve funded…
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If you can stay calm while others all about you lose their heads, sometimes it means you just don’t understand the problem. Click on document to read the full Department of Justice press release. Most of the time, being reasonable and understanding and putting yourself in the other fellow’s shoes…
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Amy Berman, left, and her daughter Stephanie at the American Cancer Society's Making Strides event in New York's Central Park. Maggie Mahar is an influential blogger on topics from health care reform to the economy. Maggie and I agree that we are not making sufficient strides in the war…
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Dr. Amy S. Kelley In recent weeks on Health AGEnda, we have presented our five new program strategies: Leadership in Action, Linking Education to Practice, Developing and Disseminating Models of Care, Tools and Measures for Quality Care, and—last but not least—Public Policy and Communications. Paired with each strategy description…
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