The John A. Hartford Foundation blog

It is incredibly heartening to see the impact the Hartford Foundation’s 10-year investment in social work has made both on the field of geriatrics generally and on the health of older adults directly—as described in the Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report. Reading the report reminded me of an experience I had while taking a nursing course [...]

My 70-year-old dad, Jack, is a kind, generous, loyal man whose trust in a doctor, a nurse, and a broken health care system nearly cost him his life (a few times). For 26 years, my dad was misdiagnosed with asthma by his primary care physician. He was prescribed every inhaler known and was at times [...]