Ten years ago this month, the initial results of a $10 million depression treatment project funded by the Hartford Foundation (with co-funding from the California HealthCare, Hogg, and Robert Johnson Foundations) were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In what remains the largest multi-site randomized trial of…
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Reflecting on The Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) annual meeting, I am more confident than ever that teamwork and interprofessional collaboration are essential to improved care of older Americans. From the fabulous research work, to the clinical teams, to the interprofessional education efforts, I saw examples that made me sure…
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Anyone who knows Claire Fagin knows that she is a force of nature. While serving as dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1992, she recruited and developed a faculty with an unmatched distinction: Every faculty member was inducted into the American Academy…
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One of the Hartford Foundation’s greatest assets is the 1,000-plus Hartford-funded scholars and fellows that we have supported over the past 20 years in medicine, nursing, and social work. So in recent months, my colleague Marcus Escobedo and I have been working to create a structure to harness the energy…
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I’d like to congratulate two of our Geriatric Social Work Initiative project leaders, Barbara Berkman and Pat Volland, for their recent awards acknowledging their contributions to social work. Berkman, DSW, PhD, LICSW, received the Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Award from the American Cancer Society for her tireless research, practice, and…
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It is that time of year when we all take stock of what we are thankful for. I know here at the Hartford Foundation we are incredibly grateful for the partners who help us advance our mission to improve the health of older Americans. This is vital given that only…
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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on the Grantmakers In Health website. For more information about the Letter of Intent process and to discover whether the SIF opportunity is right for your organization, please join us for a one-hour, broadcast webinar on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 10am Pacific Time. Registration…
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We are proud to salute the Gerontological Society of America and its 65th Annual Meeting. If you try to call us in New York this week you will find that more than half of our staff are at the conference in San Diego—meeting with experts, participating in Hartford Foundation-sponsored events…
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I've been hearing rumors that something big was coming but it sounded too incredible, too wonderful, and too good to be true, so I figured it wasn’t. Seems like I was wrong. In the past few weeks, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its final rule…
Read full postIn this final installment of our 2011 Annual Report series, we are pleased to share the voice of those who are too often overlooked—the family caregiver. This video features Mignonne, daughter of 82-year-old Roberto; she speaks candidly about her father’s delirium and the impact it had on both of their…
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