Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 5576 New Grants Lighting a Path to Better Care for Older Adults December 17, 2013 - In health care for older adults (and for everyone really), we know where we want to end up. It gets articulated in different ways, but generally speaking I think we can all agree we want care for our older loved ones that is coordinated, comprehensive, continuous, and geriatrically expert. But… What’s Next for the Change AGEnts Initiative? December 19, 2013 - Ok. We did it. We collectively put Chris Langston’s “What-if-we-have-a-party-and nobody-shows” fears to bed. We had hoped for 200 attendees at our launch of the Change AGEnts Initiative at the Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) annual meeting last month. Huzzah! Close to 400 Change AGEnts showed and actively participated in… Boxing Day Brings Glad Tidings for Geriatrics Field December 26, 2013 - Happy Boxing Day! This holiday season we got an unexpected gift in geriatric medicine. One of the most easily counted indicators of the success of geriatrics in medical education is the number of graduating resident physicians choosing additional training in geriatric fellowship programs. Each year, the Journal of the American… Practice Change Leaders Improve Care for Older Adults January 02, 2014 - Change is hard. It takes leadership to drive change. Robert Jarvik—a former John A. Hartford Foundation grantee and inventor of the artificial heart—once said, “Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.” Today’s successful leaders need that same vision, but… Targeting Who to Treat or Treating to Target? January 07, 2014 - While we can all see problems in the care of older adults all around us in both our personal and professional lives, figuring out how to deliver better care at a lower cost is not easy. The John A. Hartford Foundation has been working on demonstration programs for many years… No Single, Simple Explanation for High Health Care Costs January 09, 2014 - As we enter 2014, the topic of health care costs continues to be a major topic of conversation in the media and among policy makers. The topic is complex and can be spun in different ways. You may have seen the recent news about how growth in health care spending… Beyond the Boardroom: Interview with Dr. Bruce Chernof January 14, 2014 - In the world of philanthropy, there are only a handful of foundations focusing on aging and even fewer on aging and health issues. Five years ago, The SCAN Foundation—an independent private foundation created by, but independent of, The SCAN Health Plan in Long Beach, Calif.,—was born. Over the years, they… Tackling the Grand Challenges of Social Work January 16, 2014 - There is something about a Grand Challenge—from climbing Mount Everest to sending a manned mission to the moon to conquering polio—that stirs the imagination and inspires our best efforts. So I’m thrilled that the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) is engaging the public in helping to… CoE Pilot Grants Help Illuminate Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative January 21, 2014 - For 20 years, the Hartford Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Geriatric Medicine have been supporting the development of geriatrician faculty at schools of medicine across the country. These scholars have become researchers, educators, and clinicians, helping transform academic medicine to better prepare the next generation of physicians to care for… Celebrating CAPC and Our 500th Blog Post! January 23, 2014 - Diane E. Meier, MD Today is our 500th blog post on Health AGEnda. In another few months, we will have been working on this project for five years. We wanted today’s post to be special—and special for us means to be about better care for older adults and how…
