From baccalaureate, advanced practice nursing, master's, and into the PhD and post-doctoral levels, Hartford programs provide opportunities to increase the nation's capacity to create nurses who are well prepared to provide high quality care for older adults in a variety of settings and to improve care through research and in-service training.

Nurses are the largest segment of the health care workforce and play a critical, hands-on role in caring for sick and frail older adults. Nursing excellence can often make all the difference in delivering cost-effective, quality care. It is a powerful component in patient recovery, particularly when patients are sent home after shorter and shorter hospital stays.

These programs were featured in the 2001 Annual Report , and are also described at http://www.geriatricnursing.org, a publication of the nursing initiative's grantees.

The Foundations 2006 annual report featured the work of the $10 million Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and it's work to create leadership opportunities and advance curriculum on behalf of geriatrics across the country. To view the report please click here.

In June 2007 Program Officer Rachael Watman made a strategic planning presentation about the programs of the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative. Please click here to view the materials discussed with the Board of Trustees.