Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 5560 NIA profiles Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Director, Dr. J Taylor Ha June 14, 2012 - After two decades at the National Institute on Aging, in January 2012, Dr. J Taylor Harden joined as administrator of the Hartford-supported Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Initiative where she is working with 10 national centers of geriatric nursing excellence and pre- and post-doctoral students in nursing who are… SAGE Releases Groundbreaking Report on Transgender Aging June 18, 2012 - SAGE and the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) are proud to introduce Improving the Lives of Transgender Older Adults: Recommendations for Policy and Practice, a new report that examines the social, economic and service barriers facing transgender older adults. Foundation Well-represented in Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program August 26, 2011 - The Foundation is thrilled that six of the nine 2009-2010 Health and Aging Policy Fellows are from the Hartford Foundation "family." Read more about Chad Boult, Diane Meier, Richard Marottoli, Heidi Wald, Steven Counsell, Margaret Wallhagen and the HAPF program here. Simmons Appointed to Advisory Council on Aging August 27, 2011 - W. June Simmons, CEO of the Partners in Care Foundation and a Foundation grantee, was recently appointed to the National Advisory Council on Aging. The council is among several national research advisory councils reporting to the director of the National Institutes of Health concerning pertinent programs. Read more about… Spotlight on Readmissions August 29, 2011 - The New York Times profiles the success of Hartford grantees Eric Coleman, MD, MPH, creator of the Care Transitions Program, and the Society of Hospital Medicine’s Project BOOST in reducing preventable hospital readmissions. Read more in “Aftercare Tips for Patients Checking Out of the Hospital”. The Boston Globe also… Defeating Delirium August 30, 2011 - A recent New York Times story “Hallucinations in Hospital Pose Risk to Elderly” cites the work of Beeson Scholar Malaz Boustani, MD, MPH, of Indiana University. Support for Scholars in Geriatric Nursing August 30, 2011 - The Hartford Foundation joins forces with the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence to support doctoral candidates in geriatric nursing. Read more at the Hartford blog Health AGEnda. Solutions to Aging Care October 10, 2011 - The Washington Post and News 21 examine solutions to caring for the growing elderly population and profile two Hartford grantees: Sharon Levine, MD and the Chief Resident Immersion Training program (CRIT) (read more); and Bruce Leff, MD and Hospital at Home(read more). Authorities on Aging October 11, 2011 - Hartford grantees discuss “Preparing More Care of Elderly” in The New York Times with perspectives from UCLA’s David Reuben, MD; the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Geraldine Bednash, PhD, FAAN, RN; NYU’s Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, a creator ofNICHE; and the University of Pennsylvania’s Mary Naylor, PhD, FAAN… Reducing Readmissions October 12, 2011 - California Healthline interviews Eric Coleman, MD, MPH, on shrinking the “no-care zone” between hospital and home through the Care Transitions Program and Project BOOST. Watch the video here.
