Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 5576 Beyond the Boardroom: Interview with Sarah Szanton September 24, 2013 - Sarah Szanton, PhD, CRNP (photo from Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine) At the John A. Hartford Foundation, we are well on the path to implementing our new strategic plan focused on putting geriatrics expertise to work in health care delivery and practice change. As I described in last week’s post… What the Heck Are Hartford’s New Funding Areas? Part One: Leadership in Action September 19, 2013 - I think we have done a pretty good job at the John A. Hartford Foundation of letting folks know that we have changed our strategic direction—that we are moving away from our signature, long-term faculty development investments to a more practice-driven focus to improve the health of older adults. And… Confronting the Global Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease September 17, 2013 - Last month, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a major report on the State of U.S. Health 1990-2010 as part of the Global Burden of Disease project funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Bill and Melinda Gates… Educating Health Care Professionals and Caregivers About Post-Operative Confusion September 12, 2013 - Two years ago, I wrote a blog titled Confused About Post-Operative Confusion about my father’s experience with post-op delirium after he had triple bypass surgery. It obviously struck a chord with many. Even now, it consistently remains one of the most-visited pages on our website, and has drawn 26 comments… Stunning New IOM Report Reframes How We View Cancer September 10, 2013 - The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is swinging for the fences with the release of a new report, Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis. The report makes recommendations in six areas critical to the delivery of quality cancer care: Engaged patients An adequately staffed… Making an IMPACT in the Rural Northwest, Round 2: Building On Our Progress September 05, 2013 - As noted in a recent Los Angeles Times article, JAMA Psychiatry recently published a study showing that men are equally likely to be depressed as women. That doesn't sound very revolutionary until you consider the long-held belief that women are 70 percent more likely to have major depression than men… The Question of Long-Term Care: How Do You Eat An Elephant? September 03, 2013 - Dr. Tracy Lustig testified in August before the Commission on Long-Term Care. One of my biggest surprises in the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was the inclusion of title VIII, the CLASS ACT, which created the possibility of a national, voluntary, premium-financed, and federally… The Top Aging and Health Twitter Feeds I Follow—and Why You Should Too August 29, 2013 - Amy Berman, right, with surgeon, author, and "Twitter rock star" Atul Gawande. I tweet therefore I am. That is quite an overstatement. But it’s true that my life has been greatly enriched by Twitter. I continually learn and grow through engagement with an incredibly robust network of people found… A Sordid Criminal Case Raises Important Geriatric Issues August 27, 2013 - The trial of Anthony D. Marshall, the 89-year-old son of philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor who was convicted in June of stealing tens of millions of dollars from his mother as she succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease, shed much-needed light on the issue of elder abuse—specifically financial abuse. And last week’s… The Hospital Readmissions Debate: A Primer August 22, 2013 - In recent months, the debate over how best to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions has become a hot topic in the national media. While many are just now joining the fray, the John A. Hartford Foundation has been working on this issue for years. Hartford grantees have developed evidence-based models that…
