Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 2142 Translating Research into Practice: Transitional Care for Elders December 17, 2012 - While the nation's health care system is desperately in need of innovations to improve the care of the increasing numbers of older Americans, bringing new models of care from research to routine practice can be difficult and time consuming. The Foundation approved a grant that will support the cost of… Dissemination of Hartford/AAMC Geriatric Education Models: Leveraging Further Change and Preparing f December 17, 2012 - Since 2000, the Foundation has worked with the Association of American Medical Colleges to increase the quality and amount of geriatrics in the four years of undergraduate medical education. With this grant, the Association will continue to encourage the spread of geriatrics education and to make available the products developed… Advancing the Palliative Care Field: A Consortium Funded Initiative December 17, 2012 - As part of a coalition of funders, the John A. Hartford Foundation awarded $748,067 over three years to further develop the field of palliative care through technical support, educational materials and tools, development of leaders in the field, educational outreach, and engagement of regulatory and accrediting bodies. Hartford CGNE Renewal 2012-OR February 06, 2013 - For more than 12 years the Hartford Foundation has supported significant faculty development and curricular change in the nation's schools of nursing. As part of this effort, 255 Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity awards have been granted: 153 pre-doctoral Hartford Scholarships, 98 post-doctoral Claire M. Fagin Fellowships, and four… Developing Interdisciplinary Research Centers for Improving Geriatric Health Care Services: Phase II December 18, 2012 - Interdisciplinary research is vital to improving the care of older people, whose complex needs require the integration of social, psychological, and biological elements. To continue this work, the Foundation renewed a grant to RAND Pittsburgh, a branch of the internationally respected research firm, to fund a second national competition to… Dissemination of Geriatric Interdisciplanary Teams in Practice (GIT-P) December 18, 2012 - One of the hallmarks of excellent geriatric care is coordination of multiple disciplines to meet the full range of needs of older adults. To that end, the Foundation approved this grant to stimulate and support the adoption through its five team-based models of care which were developed under the Geriatric… Geriatric Training Program Development University of Utah December 18, 2012 - To support the development of an emerging geriatrics training program, the John A. Hartford Foundation awarded $90,400 to the University of Utah to support development of fellows and faculty in geriatric medicine. This grant will complement recent local commitments to geriatric medicine and will be used to help develop fellows'… The Status of Geriatrics Workforce Study - PhAssociation of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs December 18, 2012 - The Foundation awarded a grant to the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs, for expansion of a longitudinal study of the status of the geriatric medicine workforce. The grant will update and maintain project infrastructure, provide funding to expand primary data collection through six new national geriatrics workforce surveys… A Commitment to Geriatric Oncology ASCO Foundation December 19, 2012 - Given our aging demographics and the fact that cancer is ten times more prevalent in adults over the age of 65, the Foundation made a grant to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to grow the next generation of researchers while promoting the exchange of ideas and awareness… Communication & Dissemination Initiative Renewal Foundation-Administered Grant December 19, 2012 - The Communications and Dissemination Initiative Expansion will continue to provide direct consultation to grantees, hold annual cross-disciplinary conferences for faculty scholars and principal investigators, give consultations to Foundation staff, and oversee the publication of the e-newsletter, Hartford Foundation Report. The project will also support the creation of a Web-based…
