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 FoundationFounded 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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