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 September roundup of funding opportunities, articles, news and events to improve care for older adults.
Resources
- Trust for America's Health Report: Public Health Infrastructure in Crisis: HHS Workforce Cuts, Reorganizations, and Funding Reductions: Impacts and Solutions
- ARCH National Respite Network Lifespan Respite Technical Assistance and Resource Center: Caregiver respite resources for lifespan respite grantees, partners, state and local agencies, and community and faith-based groups including Financing Strategies Matrix; State Summaries of Lifespan Respite Grant Activities and Outcomes; and Learning Collaborative Webinars and Materials
Age-Friendly Recognition & Other Accolades
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Salisbury VA Carolina Pride CLC recognized as Age-Friendly Health System - Committed to Care Excellence
- Salisbury Post, Salisbury VA Carolina Pride CLC Recognized as Age-Friendly Health System — Committed to Care Excellence
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Nation’s First Age-Friendly Designated Outpatient Mental Health Team Awarded to Atlanta VA Mental Health Program
- TAP into Princeton, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System — Committed to Care Excellence by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- University of Calgary News, UCalgary delivers on age-friendly university promise
- TAP into Princeton, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Recognizes 20 Team Members for Dedication to Geriatric Care and Participation in the NICHE Program
- News Journal, Baptist Health Corbin participates in National Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative
Articles and Papers
- The Milbank Quarterly, Persons with Down Syndrome Face a 90% Lifetime Dementia Risk–A Reality of Aging That Must Be Addressed
- Aging in America News, Malnutrition Awareness Week: Turning Momentum into Action
- Health Affairs Forefront, Family Caregiver Support Must Be A Public Health Priority: Lessons From The VA
- Geriatric Nursing, Hearts over charts: Understanding what matters most in the geriatric population
Events
- Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure & Network Growth (AGING) Initiative-Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (GEAR) Collaborative webinar, Do Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs) Matter in the ED? (October 1)
- Kansas Governor's Conference on Aging, Rooted in Respect: Growing an Age-Friendly Kansas (October 17)
- NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory virtual two-day workshop: Digging into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials (November 4-5)
- Network for Investigation of Delirium: Unifying Scientists (NIDUS) webinar, Diversifying Delirium Research Funding (November 12)
Opportunities
Grant Opportunities
- Borchard Center on Law and Aging, Academic Research Grant Program (applications due Oct 13):
- Up to four grants of up to $20,000 each year to further scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for older adults
- Advancing the Science of Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan (ASCENT) Consortium Research Scholar & Pilot and Exploratory Awards Application, (LOIs due Oct 15):
- Two funding opportunities to help promote the development of a palliative care research workforce and build the evidence base for palliative care across the lifespan and a range of populations
Caregiver Awards
- The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, RRF Foundation for Aging and Family Caregiver Alliance, Innovations in Alzheimer’s Caregiving Awards, (applications due Oct 20):
- One award of $20,000 will be given in each of the following three categories: Creative Expression; Increasing Access and Reducing Stigma; and Public Policy
Scholars Program
- AGING (Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure & Network Growth) Initiative Request for Applications: Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCCs) Scholars Program, informational webinar Oct 9 (applications due Oct 31)
- For up to 16 emerging leaders committed to pursuing training and collaborative opportunities to align their research interests with issues relevant to the health and healthcare of older adults with MCCs
Call for Papers
- Clinical Interventions in Aging: Call for papers - Innovative Care Models for Older Adults: The Role of Telehealth and Emerging Technologies (November 30)
- The Journal of Advanced Home Medicine (JAHM): New open-access, peer-review journal dedicated to advancing research and commentary on the delivery of acute and advanced medical care at home. Submissions for the journal are open
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