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A
new Blog on the Intersection of Health and
Aging
Newswise — The John A. Hartford Foundation
has launched a new blog, Health AGEnda (www.jhartfound.org/blog),
to stimulate discussion about how the needs
of the growing number of older adults are
incorporated into the country’s ongoing
efforts to improve health care.
The blog features posts from the
Foundation’s leadership and program
staff—all experts in geriatrics training,
practice, and research.
“There are unprecedented opportunities in an
older America, but our health care system
must change if we want to take advantage of
them,” said Corinne Rieder, EdD, Executive
Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation.
"To
benefit from older adults’ continuing
commitment to their families, communities,
and the country, we need to transform how we
care for an expanding group of people who
will live—and contribute—for years with
multiple chronic health conditions.”
Health AGEnda will explore this and related
challenges and point to solutions as public
and private sector interests seek to reshape
the U.S. health care system.
Through their work, the Foundation's program
officers travel the country reviewing new
innovations in aging care, training, and
research.
The blog will share the knowledge they glean
and the stories they hear about older
patients and how these patients are faring
in clinics and hospitals, homes and nursing
homes.
“We want to highlight our health challenges
in human terms, and encourage policy and
other thought leaders to consider older
adults’ experiences as they seek to improve
the quality, affordability, and
accessibility of health care for all
Americans,” said Rieder.
About the John A. Hartford Foundation
Founded in 1929, the John A. Hartford
Foundation is a committed champion of
training, research and service system
innovations that promote the health and
independence of America’s older adults.
Through
its grantmaking, the Foundation seeks to
strengthen the nation’s capacity to provide
effective, affordable care to this rapidly
increasing older population by educating
“aging-prepared” health professionals
(physicians, nurses, social workers), and
developing innovations that improve and
better integrate health and supportive
services.
The Foundation was established by John A.
Hartford. Mr. Hartford and his brother,
George L. Hartford, both former chief
executives of the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company, left the bulk of their estates
to the Foundation upon their deaths in the
1950’s.
Additional information about the Foundation
and its programs is available at
www.jhartfound.org.
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