It seems like only yesterday that I met Dr. Pat Archbold, and it is not without a pang of sadness that I must here announce that as of December 31, 2011, she will be stepping down as the director of our Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Initiative housed…
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December 1st was Don Berwick’s last day as the administrator of the world’s largest health insurance entity, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Berwick was responsible for an $820 billion agency that cares for 47 million Medicare beneficiaries, 39 million over the age of 65. Although…
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Older adults suffer from mental health problems at greater rates than younger adults, particularly the three “Ds”: depression, dementia, and delirium. Yet there are very few geropsychiatric nurses in the United States and no formal credentialing for the field. To address this gap in our health care system, the John…
Read full postIn the fourth installment of our Beyond the Boardroom series, Senior Program Officer Rachael Watman interviews Diane Meier, MD, FACP, Professor of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine and Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, as well as Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care…
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Not certain what to get that academic geriatric nurse on your holiday list? Want something helpful, user-friendly, and free? Something guaranteed not to sit on a shelf? Look no further. The Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative (HGNI) team has three great gifts to satisfy that hard-to-buy-for gero nurse. Give the Gift…
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Although partnering between independent foundations is often the only realistic way to achieve big goals, it is uncommon because of the very independence that allows each foundation to set its own course. When effective partnerships happen, they are built upon clear alignment of missions and strong personal relationships. Mission and…
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From the 1960 film The Time Machine based on the H.G. Wells novella Science fiction is one of my favorite genres, both current and classic. I just finished reading a collection of H.G. Wells stories, marveling at the world of the future he imagined from his late 19th century…
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Throughout November, the Family Caregiver Alliance recognized National Caregiver Month with a daily blog series called 30 Days of Caregiving. I was honored to contribute to the series on Day 21. My blog, originally published on November 20 at http://blog.caregiver.org/?p=779, follows: I remember the day that my grandmother came to…
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In case you missed the announcement on November 14, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has come out with a big, game-changing grants program: the Innovation Challenge. Letters of intent are due in just a few weeks. This program is designed to engage all the creativity and ferment in…
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Best wishes for a happy, healthy Thanksgiving from Health AGEnda and the John A. Hartford Foundation
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