Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 5576 Remembering Dr. David Solomon: Geriatrics Pioneer, Educator, Researcher, and Leader July 18, 2013 - David Solomon, MD, was a pioneer of geriatric medicine. Last week, the world lost one of the giants of American medicine and a founder of modern geriatrics, Dr. David Solomon, who passed away on July 9 at the age of 90. “Lost,” however, is not really the right word… Make Your Voice Heard on Proposed Medicare Benefit July 11, 2013 - I have a confession to make: Despite painful experience, I am a serial optimist. Over the past several years, I have gotten very excited about new benefits added to the Medicare program as ways to support high-quality geriatric care. Now, a new Complex Chronic Care Management Services benefit has been… Making the Case for Aging and Health as a Focus for Philanthropy July 09, 2013 - In mid-May, I was at the Social Impact Exchange (SIE) meeting, thinking about the relationship between our work and what I was hearing from other funders and non-profits. I was struck by how much of the “problem” that others were describing had to do with too many funder dollars chasing… Happy Fourth of July! July 04, 2013 - Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy Fourth of July from Health AGEnda and the John A. Hartford Foundation. Health Is Difficult When Solo: Will More e-Caregivers Help? July 02, 2013 - In today’s cross-post from the Prepared Patient blog, we are pleased to present a thought-provoking article by Jessie Gruman, an author, advocate, and founder of the Center for Advancing Health. Ms. Gruman has been diagnosed with five life-threatening illnesses and writes about the need for patient engagement in health care… Tools You Can Use: A New APProach to Treating Older Patients June 26, 2013 - Mobile electronic technology allows health care professionals to access the resources for treating older adults when and where they need them. Now, nurses working with our aging population can add a new tool to their toolbox with the ConsultGeriRN iPad app, developed by New York University’s (NYU) Hartford Institute for… The Future of Aging February 24, 2009 - It was with great excitement that I went back to my alma mater, Columbia University School of Social Work, eight years after I graduated with my MSW to speak to their newly formed Student Aging Caucus. My presentation, The Future of Social Work and Aging, traced my academic and professional… A System Failure February 20, 2009 - Recently, I had the opportunity to make a site visit to Baylor College of Medicine. The director of the Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine, George Taffet, MD, related a story that starkly underscores the need for policies that support greater awareness of geriatric issues in the training of… For Christmas I Gave My Father a Trip to the Hospital March 13, 2009 - It doesn't take very much for things to go very wrong in the health of an older person. While we all must be grateful for the better health and longer lifespan than ever before for older Americans, these are often precarious states and dependent upon health care providers who may… Welcome to Health AGEnda March 20, 2009 - On behalf of the John A. Hartford Foundation, I am pleased to welcome you to our new blog, Health AGEnda, which is dedicated to introducing aging and geriatrics into the broader conversation around health, health care, and health policy. We here at the Foundation are excited about this new effort…
