Hartford Scholars and Grantees Contribute to Latest Health Affairs Special Issue on Alzheimer’s Dise

In the April 2014 thematic issue of Health Affairs, authors explore the many subjects raised by Alzheimer’s disease: the optimal care patients receive and the testing of new models, international comparisons of how the disease is treated, families’ end-of-life dilemmas, a new public-private research collaboration designed to produce improved treatments, and others. Many of the Hartford Foundation’s scholars and grantees contributed to the latest issue of Health Affairs.

In the April 2014 thematic issue of Health Affairs, authors explore the many subjects raised by Alzheimer’s disease: the optimal care patients receive and the testing of new models, international comparisons of how the disease is treated, families’ end-of-life dilemmas, a new public-private research collaboration designed to produce improved treatments, and others.

Many of the Hartford Foundation’s scholars and grantees contributed to the latest issue of Health Affairs, including:

  • Stephen J. Bartels
  • Julie P.W. Bynum (Beeson Scholar)
  • Malaz B. Boustani (Beeson Scholar)
  • Elizabeth J. Bragg (Health and Aging Policy Fellow)
  • Christopher M. Callahan (Beeson Scholar and member of Change AGEnts Dementia Caregiving Network)
  • XinQi Dong (Beeson Scholar)
  • Gary Epstein-Lubow (Center of Excellence Scholar)
  • Joseph E. Gaugler (member of Change AGEnts Dementia Caregiving Network)
  • Jason Karlawish (Beeson Scholar)
  • Kenneth M. Langa (Beeson Scholar)
  • David Reuben (director of UCLA Center of Excellence)
  • Kathleen T. Unroe (Center of Excellence Scholar)
  • Gregg A. Warshaw (lead on geriatrics workforce studies and Health and Aging Policy Fellow)
  • Sheryl Zimmerman (Center of Excellence Scholar)

Find the issue online here.