This month in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, there is a short editorial reporting on a national movement that has been more than 12 years in the making. In the paper, titled Self-Management at the Tipping Point: Reaching 100,000 Americans with Evidence-Based Programs, long-time National Institute on Aging…
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Drs. Jan Busby-Whitehead, right, and Kevin Biese lead a collaborative project at UNC-Chapel Hill that is improving care for older adults. Recently, I visited the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to see firsthand a collaborative project that has been developed over the past year by faculty in…
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Arthur, with his beloved Yorkshire Terrier Charlie, from the story "Man's Best Friend." The John A. Hartford Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of its first annual Heroes of Geriatric Care story contest. Back at the end of January, we started publicizing the contest particularly seeking “stories that…
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My colleague, Marcus Escobedo, and I have been on the road quite a bit lately with our dog and pony show about one the newest initiatives borne from our strategic plan: The Change AGEnts. Since we have been getting a lot of questions (and interest) and because some of you…
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Chris Callahan, MD At the American Geriatrics Society meeting a few weeks ago, I—along with most of the attendees—was spellbound by Dr. Diane Meier's Henderson Award lecture on the issues confronting geriatrics and palliative care and our profound failure to deliver useful care to those with incurable serious illnesses…
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In proclaiming May as National Mental Health Awareness Month, President Obama called mental health problems a serious public health concern. We need to raise awareness about mental health while working to improve the standard of care for those with mental disorders. I’m delighted that our work with the Social Innovation…
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Dr. Gary Oftedahl One of the challenges facing John A. Hartford Foundation grantees is how to best take a promising new intervention or program and transform it into practice. On May 31, we’re offering our grantees the opportunity to be part of a small group consultancy to share their…
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To outsiders, Washington D.C. is a mysterious place filled with smart and hardworking people. But it is very hard to know who has influence, whose opinion is respected, and where to start. It’s also a place where young staffers have incredible responsibilities to carry out the ideas and intentions of…
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Jennie Chin Hansen, chief executive officer of AGS, delivers the Norman and Alicia Volk Lecture in Geriatric Nursing. Delivering the 5th Annual Norman and Alicia Volk Lecture in Geriatric Nursing, Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MS, the chief executive officer of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), eloquently challenged her audience…
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There is a yawning chasm between the health care system we want and what we have. Crossing that gorge will be a messy and inconvenient process—but necessary. While many of us in the geriatrics community were wending our ways home from the 2013 American Geriatrics Society conference in Dallas…
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