As many of our readers know by now, our 2011 Annual Report features our work to address the mental health needs of older Americans. You can view the report online here, and we have begun running blog stories and associated videos that try to capture the experience of older people…
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We’ve all seen the data. The number of older adults is on the rise. They bear a disproportionate burden of our dysfunctional health care system, both in terms of poor quality and higher spending. And while there are serious pockets of innovation addressing care of older adults, all too often…
Read full postIn the next installment of our Beyond the Boardroom series, Senior Program Officer Rachael Watman interviews Kathryn G. Kietzman, PhD, MSW. Dr. Kietzman is a research scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research, a Hartford Social Work Doctoral Fellow, and a member of the…
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It happens all too often: an older adult goes into the hospital and starts behaving strangely—hallucinating, rambling, showing signs of agitation, or becoming disoriented. He or she may not even recognize loved ones. What’s the diagnosis according to far too many health care providers? Dementia. And this despite the fact…
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The May issue of Academic Medicine contained a special mini-section of three papers focused on geriatrics education and training. All three highlight interesting programs from foundation partners aimed at improving the preparation of the health care workforce to meet the needs of its principal customers--older adults. Two of the papers…
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Last week we released our evaluation of the Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Awards Program. The report describes how that program proved to be a catalyst for the career advancement of young physician-scientists actively pursuing the knowledge that our nation needs to transform how health care is practiced, delivered…
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Hot off the press is the web version of our most recent annual report focused on older adults and mental health—a topic near and dear to many of us at the Foundation. In May 2002, my friend Tucker killed himself. Alone in his apartment, he used a gun to commit…
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Over the past 30 years, the Hartford Foundation has invested significant resources to build the geriatric health care workforce and to show how we as a society can organize our talents and resources to improve the health care of older adults. Today, I am pointing my spotlight on the career…
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The Health and Aging Policy Fellowship, supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies, is a national program that seeks to provide professionals working in health and aging with the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. As Health…
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Starting late last year the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, under the authority of the Affordable Care Act, announced an Innovation Challenge grants program aimed at supporting good ideas from institutions around the country that could meet the triple aim: improving care, improving population health, and reducing costs. We…
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