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Welcome to Front pAGE, a monthly publication of the John A. Hartford Foundation. Front pAGE aims to highlight the Foundation’s grants, news, events, and ideas; promote inter-grantee communication and collaboration; and build the communications capacity of Hartford grantees and staff.

 

August 2013 


Celebrating 30 Years of Aging and Health

The John A. Hartford Foundation staff and Trustees are proud to present the 2012 annual report, “Celebrating Thirty Years of Aging and Health.”  The report looks back over three decades of accomplishments in the field of geriatric health care, and looks forward to the future of Hartford Foundation grantmaking.

For more, read Frank Doll’s Health AGEnda blog post: Celebrating Our 30-Year Commitment to Aging and Health
 

Funding Opportunity for Schools of Nursing in Doctoral-Level Gero Nursing

A new collaboration between the National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) and the Nursing Education Exchange (NEXus) is providing funding opportunities for institutions with a strong commitment to gerontological nursing. For full details, visit our News site


Health AGEnda Highlights

Among recent posts on our Health AGEnda blog: Amy Berman wonders why we plan for childbirth, but not the end of life, and offers her suggestions for a later-life plan for adults and their families. In a two-part series, Rachael Watman interviews Cathy Kemmerer and Rachel Hitchcock, part of the collaborative development team at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), about strategies for advancing common goals and maintaining a strong relationship with OSHU’s Hartford Center and best practices for development teams and project leaders to work together to fundraise and achieve sustainable results. 

These are just a few of the compelling posts featured twice a week on Health AGEnda. Don't want to miss a post? Subscribe through RSS or e-mail. You can also follow the Hartford Foundation and the blog via Facebook.

For more on what's happening in aging and health, visit our News and Events sections on jhartfound.org.


Communications Tip: Poster Perfect

The Build Your Bandwidth webinar series provides training for foundation grantees on a variety of communications topics throughout the year. Each Fall, there are sessions specifically intended to help individuals as they prepare for the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) annual scientific meeting in November.

Many grantees and scholars/fellows have taken advantage of these opportunities. If you haven't yet, we encourage you to do so! Next up is a session on posters, often underutilized as communications vehicles.
 
Thinking Inside the Box: Four Simple Steps to More Effective Posters
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013
1:00-2:15 p.m. EST
 
This 75-minute webinar will help you create a message-driven poster that makes an impact at your next poster session. The webinar has been designed specifically to meet the needs of scholars/fellows/junior faculty members and will help you understand the four basic steps to more effective posters. 
 
 
Visit our free communications resources website, BandwidthOnline.org, for more information about this webinar and other communications tools.


The Clock Is Ticking: Weigh In on Proposed Medicare Fee Changes

Time is running short to take advantage of the opportunity to comment on several proposed policy changes in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2014.  The deadline for public comment is Sept. 6, 2013. As we reported last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering several changes, including paying primary-care physicians for complex chronic care management services of Medicare patients without an in-person patient visit. 

For more information, read Chris Langston’s Health AGEnda blog post.

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