Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 2142 Improving Depression Care for Elders - IMPACT Model Dissemination December 14, 2012 - Over the past five years, The John A. Hartford Foundation, together with several funding partners, has supported project IMPACT, which aims to enhance the care of older people with depression. This renewal will build upon the skills and the evidence developed to change the way older adults with depression are… Creating Careers in Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing American Association of Colleges of Nursing December 14, 2012 - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing will continue to administer a national scholarship program in order to promote and sustain careers in geriatric advanced practice nursing. These scholarships have succeeded in countering the national trend of reduced enrollment in master's programs and have attracted diverse candidates. The participating schools… Evaluation of the Foundation's Geriatric Nursing Programs December 14, 2012 - The Measurement Group (TMG) will continue its overall evaluation of the Foundation's work in geriatric nursing. This evaluation will document the strategies which are most effective in increasing faculty training and research capacity, and the impact they are having on the field of nursing. In addition, TMG will compile lessons… Elder Network of the Capital Region Implementation Plan December 14, 2012 - With this grant, the State University of New York, Albany will create a regional model for the Albany/Troy/Saratoga/Schenectady area to improve care for older adults through a coalition of public, government, private nonprofit service providers and other entities. Building on a prior planning grant,the Elder Network has identified four areas… Restoration of Funds to the Leadership Development Program December 14, 2012 - The John A. Hartford Foundation awarded a grant to the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs in 2001 to enhance the capacity of academic health centers to improve geriatrics training of the next generation of physicians by increasing leadership skills of recently appointed academic geriatric program directors. The Hartford… Restoration and Augmentation of Funds to the Nursing Initiative Coordinating Center and Scholar Stip December 14, 2012 - An award in 2000 to the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) provided resources for the coordination of the Foundation's geriatric nursing capacitybuilding initiative as well as pre- and post-doctoral scholarship support. Completing its third year, the center facilitates linkages among the five centers of geriatric nursing excellence and provides review… Restoration and Augmentation to Integrating Geriatrics into the Subspecialties of Internal Medicine December 14, 2012 - An award in 1994 to the American Geriatrics Society, Inc. (AGS) provided resources for an ongoing effort to embed geriatrics into the subspecialties of internal medicine. Its key approach has been a series of "Geriatric Education Retreats," intensive five-day immersions of subspecialists into the geriatric aspects of their disciplines. These… National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education December 14, 2012 - With Foundation support, the Council on Social Work Education will create a National Center for Gerontolological Social Work Education to: produce regional, multi-year curriculum institutes at 64 schools of social work, workshops for up to 250 faculty on infusing gerontological social work into the curriculum, work with the accreditation… Augmentation of Funds to the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program (Cohorts V - VI December 14, 2012 - This 1999 award to the Gerontological Society of America has been used to select and support Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars to advance geriatric social work research and increase the number of educators and role models preparing future generations of social workers to serve the nation"s older adults. Three… Restoration to The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing December 14, 2012 - In 1996, the Foundation awarded a grant to New York University to create the John A. Hartford Institute for the Advancement of Geriatric Nursing Practice. The award, made in recognition of the critical role which nurses play in older adults, has proven successful in the areas of nursing education, practice…
