JAHF Board of Trustees Approve Three Grants Totaling $6.7 Million
The John A. Hartford Foundation’s dedicated staff is constantly monitoring the dynamic health care landscape to identify powerful opportunities for large-scale change that will result in better care and better lives for all older adults. The Foundation is pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees last week approved three new grants totaling $6.7 million that leverage these opportunities.
The John A. Hartford Foundation’s dedicated staff is constantly monitoring the dynamic health care landscape to identify powerful opportunities for large-scale change that will result in better care and better lives for all older adults. The Foundation is pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees last week approved three new grants totaling $6.7 million that leverage these opportunities.
University of Washington, Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence
Building a Collaborative Strategy to Accelerate Progress in End-of-Life Care
($3,522,250 for three years)
Building on two years of exploration with leading experts and funders, this grant will support the spread of six innovative national models of end-of-life and serious illness care, as well as fund the creation of a collective strategy among the innovators with shared goals, common metrics, and mutually reinforcing field-building activities. This work will improve care for at least 300,000 people with serious illness and those at the end of life. The collective activity of the six innovators will engage at least 12 funders, 20 system leaders, and five policymakers in the process. The six supported programs, which range in focus from clinician training to community engagement, are: Ariadne Labs/Serious Illness Care Program; the Center to Advance Palliative Care; the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)/Respecting Choices; The Conversation Project; National POLST Paradigm; and Vital Talk. Of the approximately 2.5 million Americans who die annually, 73 percent are over the age of 65. A gap exists between an individual's priorities and the medical treatment they receive, creating a pressing need for this collective.
The National Assocation of Area Agencies on Aging, Inc.
Building the Capacity of the Aging and Disability Networks to Ensure the Delivery of Quality Integrated Care
($2,912,005 for three years)
This grant will support the development of a National Resource Center to provide training and disseminate tools that help community-based organizations contract with health systems to deliver social services integrated with medical care that can keep older adults healthy and independent. This initiative builds on prior investments of The John A. Hartford Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Administration for Community Living, the Partners in Care Foundation, and Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley to help Area Agencies on Aging and other organizations develop the business acumen needed to partner with health plans and systems to expand access to evidence-based health promotion programs, nutritious food, transportation, and other services for older adults and people living with disabilities.
University of Minnesota, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
Increasing Interprofessional Collaboration (IPC) in Clinical Nursing & Health Professions Education
($300,000 for three years)
This project will help establish geriatric team care in community-based settings and inform the development of interprofessional curricula in nursing and other health professional schools. Up to 25 nursing school-led, community-based programs will be selected and awarded grants to develop interprofessional courses and activities while cultivating collaborations among health professions, educational, and community partners. The project will utilize the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education's research, experience, and resources and will build on current and previous work supported by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), as well as a consortium of funders (The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation). With grant support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, this project will provide awards that focus on care for older people.
To learn more about these grants, head over to Health AGEnda.