New York Times Features Foundation in Geriatric Medicine Article
Writer Elizabeth Olson of the New York Times featured the John A. Hartford Foundation and the NICHE program in a March 7 article entitled, “Needed: Health Professionals to Treat the Aging.” The article emphasizes the shortage of geriatricians and the importance of making geriatrics training available to all health professionals.
Writer Elizabeth Olson of the New York Times featured the John A. Hartford Foundation and the NICHE program in a March 7 article entitled, “Needed: Health Professionals to Treat the Aging.” The article emphasizes the shortage of geriatricians and the importance of making geriatrics training available to all health professionals. It features the stories of two medical professionals who appreciate the difference that geriatrics training has made to their knowledge of older patients, and also highlights efforts by the Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the American Geriatrics Society to increase geriatrics training. The article also quotes Dr. Sharon Levine Boston Medical discussing the Hartford-funded Chief Resident Immersion Training in the Care of Older Adults program.