News & Announcements From Our Partners
In addition to resources from our grantees, we periodically share information from our partners in the field. Below is a May roundup of funding opportunities, training programs, upcoming events and practical tools to improve care for older adults.
Resources
- National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) Brief State Strategies to Enhance Behavioral Health Care in Nursing Facilities
- National Skills Coalition: Issue Brief, Building a Stronger Workforce
- The SCAN Foundation: Toolkit, Compendium of Federal Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Financing Policy Options
Age-Friendly Recognition
- The Neshoba Democrat Neshoba General Achieves 'Age-Friendly' Recognition
- The Marietta Times Memorial Health System’s Sistersville General Hospital Recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System
- Finger Lakes Daily News UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health Geneva Long-Term Care Facilities Awarded Age-Friendly Designation
- Benson News-Sun Benson Hospital & NCCH Named Age-Friendly Health Systems
- UConn Today UConn John Dempsey Hospital Recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System
- Gulf Times Al Wakra Hospital Receives "Age-Friendly Health System Participant" Recognition
- US Department of Veterans Affairs Milwaukee VA Spinal Cord Injury/Disorder Center named Age-Friendly Health System
Articles and Papers
- AMA Data-driven Tool Helps Direct Decision-making for Stroke Patients
- UC San Diego Health Having a Ball: Alison Moore Clinches President-Elect Role
- Beckers Hospital Review Raising the Standard: How Geriatric Surgery Verification Programs Are Transforming Surgical Care
- UT Health Houston The ‘4Ms’ Framework that’s Improving Health Care for Older Patients
- PBS News How the GOP’s Proposed Medicaid Cuts Could Affect Millions of Family Caregivers
Events
- "What Matters To You?" Day (June 3, #WMTY25)
- WETA, the George Washington University Institute for Brain Health and Dementia, Elizabeth Dole Foundation, Caregiver Action Network and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation: PBS/WETA Caregiving Film Preview and Panel Discussion (June 3, Lisner Auditorium at The George Washington University, Washington, DC)
- AARP discussion of the new Neuroarts Blueprint Economic Analysis on the impact music interventions might have on individuals living with Alzheimer's Disease, NueroArts Economic Analysis Release (June 3, 3pm-4pm ET, virtual)
- The Administration for Community Living's Commit to Connect initiative: Webinar on Promoting Social Connection Among Veterans (June 4, virtual)
- The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC): Webinar on Life Experience Informing Careers in Dementia Services and Supports: Panel Discussion (June 4, virtual)
- The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC): Webinar on Expanding the Reach of Dementia Programs: Making a Plan and Pivoting as You Learn Through Implementation(June 18, virtual)
- FAMILIAR TOUCH: Film (June 20, opens at Film Forum, New York City)
- Transitions LifeCare, An Act of Love: Talking With Your Family About Serious Illness and End of Life: Documentary Film (live). Short film centers the lived experiences of people in Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino and rural communities as they navigate hospice and palliative care.
Funding Opportunities
Call for Papers
- BMC Nursing: Call for papers - Care for the Aging Population (deadline August 27)
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