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Former President Barack Obama will participate in the Connecticut Forum next month, hosted by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Obama's appearance is scheduled for June 17th at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center. But it's certainly not the first time we've seen presidential visits to the state. How do they operate, from security to traffic mitigation and handling the media? We asked Bobbby McDonald, former secret service agent.  IMAGE CREDIT:  iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus

Connecticut researchers discuss how school districts planned to support social emotional supports in the aftermath of COVID-19, and what they did.  Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health Guests:  Morgaen Donaldson, Associate Dean for Research and Professor in Educational Leadership, UConn Neag School of Education; Director of the UConn Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Neag Endowed Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, UConn Neag School of Education; Co-Director, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health Michael Strambler, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University; Director of Child Wellbeing and Education Research, the Consultation Center, Yale University T. Lee Morgan, Senior Learning and Evaluation Officer, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; (previously on Educational Leadership faculty at Sacred Heart University)   Resources Read a transcript of the podcast. Center for Connecticut Education Research Collaboration (CCERC) website Project Discussed: Identifying Effective and Equitable Socio-Emotional Supports for Students and Educators UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) website CSCH Social Media Links: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy. This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. Pandemic funding and social-emotional supports in Connecticut schools was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in February 2025. Copyright © 2025 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.

In Connecticut, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is vast and varied, with more than 170,000 AAPI people in the state. And with a diversity of AAPI cultures, there is also a diversity of New Year traditions and celebrations that span across months. We're just days away from the Laotian New Year and Thai New Year, as well as a Khmer New Year event hosted by the Cambodian Buddhist Society of Connecticut in Bristol. This hour, we'll discuss the diversity of Lunar New Year celebrations where we live, and unpack some of the debate around terminology. GUESTS: Quan Tran: Co-chair, Asian Pacific American Coalition of Connecticut; Senior Lecturer on Race, Ethnicity and Migration, Yale University Sounthaly Thammavong: Board Member, Asian Pacific American Coalition of Connecticut Mike Keo: Senior Communication Officer, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Founder, #IAMNOTAVIRUS Connecticut Public intern Sajina Shrestha contributed to this report.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Municipal Voice with Guest Jay William, Hartford Foundation For Public Giving by WNHH Community Radio

Brad Drazen is the Vice-President of Communications and Advertising for The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Prior to this, Brad was a journalist on NBC for 17 years. bdrazen@hfpg.org It was great to sit down and talk with Brad. We talked about: Podcast Sponsors (minute 1) Asset Framing (minute 8) 3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to be a great Vice-President of Communications and Advertising. (minute 14) Storytelling (minute 17) School Shootings (minute 25) Puppuccino (minute 31) Playing basketball with Brad (minute 33) Andy Katz interviews Feeney in 2012 (minute 40) Lauren Drazen (minute 42) Brad's Favorite Teacher (minute 48) 2022 West Hartford Memorial Day Parade and passing out Poppies for Ella Niski (minute 53) Crazy Questions sponsored by Donut Crazy (minute 57) Brad's scariest news report (minute 1.03) Max Drazen's newest song, "Let Me Down Slow" (minute 1.08) Brad's favorite restaurant and 4 dinner guests (1.11) Shout outs: Directline Media - www.directlinemediaproductions.com WeHa Brewing and Roasting - www.wehabrewing.com Over 30 Basketball League at The Mandell JCC - www.mandelljcc.org Max Drazen - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2gxdQj1Dy77p45uTuve030 Podcast Sponsors: Donut Crazy - www.donutcrazy.com The Fix IV - www.thefixivtherapy.com West Hartford Lock - www.westhartfordlock.com Keating Agency Insurance - www.keatingagency.com GastoPark - www.thegastropark.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/friendsoffeeney/support

Is it possible to quantify the actual cost of racism on individuals and on our country? Economist Dana Peterson has looked at the racial gaps in housing, employment, and credit among others. She says racism has cost the US economy $16 trillion dollars over the last two decades. Peterson's report is the focus of a recent panel discussion moderated by Where We Live host, Lucy Nalpathanchil. Today, we hear that virtual conversation with Dana Peterson, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, and Jay Williams, President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.They share their personal stories and their views on how communities in Connecticut can work on reducing the racial wealth gap. You can register for the next in the "Two Connecticuts" series here. GUESTS Dana Peterson - Chief Economist at The Conference Board William Tong - Connecticut Attorney General Jay Williams - President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is it possible to quantify the actual cost of racism on individuals and on our country? Economist Dana Peterson has looked at the racial gaps in housing, employment, and credit among others. She says racism has cost the US economy $16 trillion dollars over the last two decades. Peterson's report is the focus of a recent panel discussion moderated by Where We Live host, Lucy Nalpathanchil. Today, we hear that virtual conversation with Dana Peterson, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, and Jay Williams, President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.They share their personal stories and their views on how communities in Connecticut can work on reducing the racial wealth gap. You can register for the next in the "Two Connecticuts" series here. GUESTS Dana Peterson - Chief Economist at The Conference Board William Tong - Connecticut Attorney General Jay Williams - President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The longstanding shortcomings of the US nursing home model became more visible during the COVID-19 crisis. Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, a geriatric nurse practitioner and president of the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, discusses the challenges skilled nursing facilities face and shares her vision for nursing homes that better serve residents and support the workforce. Related Content: COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes Socially Assistive Robots Help Patients Make Behavioral Changes

The longstanding shortcomings of the US nursing home model became more visible during the COVID-19 crisis. Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, a geriatric nurse practitioner and president of the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, discusses the challenges skilled nursing facilities face and shares her vision for nursing homes that better serve residents and support the workforce. Related Content: COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes Socially Assistive Robots Help Patients Make Behavioral Changes

The following is a conversation between Jay Williams, President and CEO of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving brings together dedicated individuals, businesses, and nonprofits to understand local challenges, share information, and put resources behind solutions into the Hartford region and across the state of Connecticut. This has been a year filled with extraordinary challenges, but opportunities as well. And here to discuss those with us is Jay Williams, the president and CEO of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

In cities that have long struggled with disinvestment and the loss of jobs, leaders might be tempted to focus on growth at all costs. However, a growing body of evidence shows that revitalization works best when everyone shares in its benefits. This reality became even clearer during the COVID-19 pandemic, which deepened racial and economic inequities.rnrnThe need for equitable revitalization is especially urgent in smaller legacy cities, places with populations under 200,000, many of them in Ohio, that have lost substantial numbers and manufacturing bases since the mid-20th century. Join us for a conversation with Alison Goebel, Executive Director of the Greater Ohio Policy Center, who will share lessons and strategies from the forthcoming Lincoln Institute of Land Policy report, Equitably Developing America's Smaller Legacy Cities: Investing in Residents from South Bend to Worcester.rnrnGoebel will be joined by Jay Williams, CEO of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and former mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, to discuss the importance of and lessons learned while advancing equitable development. The increased sense of urgency among many policy makers to address longstanding economic and racial disparities at this moment creates unique opportunities to foreground equity in revitalization strategies. Local changemakers can utilize a host of policies and programs focused on both physical development and investment in residents to promote shared prosperity in their communities.rnrnJoin us for a lively conversation about what works, what to avoid, and what more equitable development might mean to you and your city.

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we're talking with Jay Williams, President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Jay is currently leading the Foundation's commitment to dismantle structural racism, achieve equity, and improve social and economic mobility, in partnership with nonprofit organizations and community stakeholders.Jay is so thoughtful and clear in how he explains the role of democracy in dismantling systemic racism and how to build and maintain this momentum, particularly through advocacy. And Jay explains the role of community foundations as critical capacity builders and their role as a support and resource within communities. During this conversation, Jay speaks to the importance of compromising positions (instead of compromising principles) and why we need to shift the mindset of failure and risk in philanthropy. This conversation forces us to ask ourselves a critical question: “Am I willing to redefine the way I see and understand my organization's role and what it means to be in relationship with others?”

Age-Friendly Ecosystems "It's a blessing to be an older adult." -Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN For decades, advocates have called for communities, neighborhoods, and organizations like hospitals to become more "age-friendly." Although the idea of an age-friendly society has been promoted both locally and internationally, adoption remains more aspirational than an organized practice.  In this week's episode of This Is Getting Old, Dr. Terry Fulmer and Amy Berman walk us through an overview of what it means to have created an Age-Friendly Ecosystem.  Part One of 'The Age-friendly Ecosystems'. The John A. Hartford Foundation has been working with the Age-Friendly Foundation to convene leaders of these age-friendly movements. The goal is to help make the "age-friendly" moniker clear to all stakeholders in terms of what it means.  At the George Washington University’s Center for Aging, Health and Humanities, we have adapted the Age-Friendly Ecosystem to include Arts & Creativity.’ What Exactly Is an Age-friendly Ecosystem?  An Age-Friendly Ecosystem refers to the collective of all efforts to adapt society to meet older adults' needs. In simpler terms, Age-Friendly Ecosystems are the comprehensive, collectively built, and ever-expanding platform whose goal is to improve older adults' quality of life through enhanced, collective impact.  Moreover, understanding the Age-Friendly Ecosystem draws on the social-ecological model that acknowledges the connections and interplay between older adults and their environments or contexts. Proponents of the Age-friendly Ecosystem Movement The Age-Friendly Ecosystem is a movement to create age-friendly cities and communities started by the World Health Organization and carried forward by AARP (American Association of Retired Persons).  The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) launched the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in 2017 to ensure the specific needs of older adults are met in health care. JAHF in 2018 then collaborated with the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) to involve public health agencies to expand the implementation of the age-friendly guidelines to the public health domain, acknowledging that these programs, notwithstanding their goals, have remained constrained and siloed. Many other organizations are advancing initiatives to make universities and businesses age-friendly.  The Goals and Objectives of Age-Friendly Ecosystems The goal of Age-Friendly Ecosystems has been to help make the "age-friendly" moniker clear to all stakeholders regarding what it means and how it should be adapted.   The work is leading to developing a common language and shared metrics so that anyone can recognize it and know what should be expected when we say "age-friendly." By working together across silos, different age-friendly initiatives can maximize their collective impact.  "An Age-Friendly Ecosystem refers to the collective efforts to adapt society to meet older adults' needs worldwide." -Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN Guiding Principles and Frameworks of Age-friendly Ecosystems Each of the age-friendly initiatives has its guiding principles and frameworks. A big part of our effort is to help us understand those frameworks and what the shared characteristics are across them. The 4Ms Framework  An Age-Friendly Health System reliably delivers evidence-based care that reduces harm and focuses on What Matters most to older adults and their families. It is based on what we call the 4Ms Framework – essential elements of care that need to be addressed for all older adults – What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility. The 5Cs Framework The Age-Friendly Public Health Systems movement uses the 5Cs Framework:  Connecting and convening sectors and professions  Coordinating existing supports and services  Collecting data to assess community health status  Conducting, communicating, and disseminating research findings and best practices  Complementing and supplementing existing supports and services,  These frameworks are specific to the sector, clinical or public health in these examples but undergirding all of these frameworks are commonalities that lead us to the characteristics of an Age-Friendly Ecosystem. Part Two of 'The Age-friendly Ecosystems'. Characteristics of Age-friendly Ecosystems The convenings of leaders in the Age-Friendly Ecosystem, in addition to surveys of older adults, literature reviews, and expert interviews, have led to an understanding that several characteristics represent an age-friendly ecosystem. Understanding these characteristics helps us get to common language and metrics.  A forthcoming journal article will explain these characteristics and their definitions.  Age-Friendly Ecosystems: Current Standing in Terms of the Needed Common Language and Metrics  Since the fall of 2020, the Age-Friendly Foundation has been drafting a measurement taxonomy. They did that by identifying six outcome measurement domains that represent dimensions of age-friendliness. The domains are groups of similar outcomes, while the outcomes are explanatory concepts that can be inferred from measured or observed data. The Foundation is also looking at indicators or ways of measuring desired outcomes. They've looked at all the different frameworks outcomes and indicators – the Age-Friendly Health Systems, the Age-Friendly Public Health, WHO Age-Friendly Cities, AARP Livable Communities, Age-Friendly CAFÉ (Employers), and Age-Friendly Universities Principles— to supplement work in the health and public health frameworks.  Furthermore, the Foundation reviewed CDCs Healthy People 2030 indicators for Healthy Aging and Access to Care and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Policy Statement on Aging to expand and quantify outcomes related to health well-being. They've started with specific outcomes, such as Mobility, Walkability, Access to Jobs, and Labor Force Engagement. For each outcome, they identified indicators (or measures) recommended by IHI, CDC, WHO, and so on.  In some cases, they've added indicators where there were gaps based on a review of the literature. All of these are still in draft stages, and there is more to come. "Everyone has a role to play in eradicating ageism." -Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN. How To Do Your Part In Building The Age-friendly Ecosystem? Everyone is encouraged to implement age-friendly programs, which will also  help us counter ageism and help all of us age with dignity and respect. In whatever sector you are in, reach out across to other partners. Start by checking out the blog on MelissaBPhD.com. You can find linked additional resources for age-friendly initiatives such as the Age-friendly Health Systems, Age-friendly Universities, and many more.   You can also join in the existing age-friendly initiatives, for example, the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement, by going to ihi.org/agefriendly. Or visit Trust for America's Health or our johnahartford.org website for more information on how to join the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems initiative, which has a new website: https://afphs.org/. "We've seen great success in this with public health working with aging services, working with health systems. This all connects to a crucial issue and call to action - everyone has a role in eradicating ageism, which is discrimination based on age. This means calling it out when you see and hear it. It requires you to make sure you aren't contributing to ageist perceptions of older adults." says Dr. Terry Fulmer, a nationally and internationally recognized leading expert in geriatrics.  “Older adults rightfully want and deserve dignity and respect.” Amy Berman, RN, LHD, FAAN About Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN: Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the President of The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, a foundation dedicated to improving older adults' care. She serves as the chief strategist for the Foundation, and her vision for better care of older adults is catalyzing the Age-Friendly Health Systems social movement. Dr. Fulmer is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and recently served on the independent Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes to advise the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She completed a Brookdale National Fellowship, and she is the first nurse to have served on the American Geriatrics Society board. The first nurse to have served as President of the Gerontological Society of America, which awarded her the 2019 Donald P. Kent Award for exemplifying the highest standards for professional leadership in the field of aging. About Amy Berman, RN, LHD, FAAN: Amy Berman is a Senior Program Officer with The John A. Hartford Foundation. She works on the Foundation's development and dissemination of innovative, cost-effective care models that improve health outcomes for older adults. Among these efforts, Dr. Berman is responsible for the Foundation's work to advance Age-Friendly Health Systems, led by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the Catholic Health Association.  She also leads many of the Foundation's efforts focused on Serious Illness and End of Life, including efforts to support Diane Meier's palliative care and the Center to Advance Palliative Care.    

Rethinking Nursing Homes and Care of Older Adults "Communities should create solutions that aren't just involving geriatricians of the world or the geriatric nurses and social workers. It's going to take everybody pulling together."  -Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN ____________________________________________________________________ "Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be. The last of life for which the first was made." In 1864, as Robert Browning wrote those words, growing old was not regarded the same as it is today. Before nursing homes and assisted living facilities, older adults aged at home alongside their families. Today, most people still age in their communities; but for the aging population that becomes frail, they may need the support from these long-term care institutions. However, the current nursing homes and care parameters for older adults often stigmatize aging and overlooked what people want when they get older. To counter this, we need a shift in mindset, one that sees older adults as persons with diverse needs, dreams, and aspirations about their future rather than just patients in need of care. In this episode of This Is Getting Old, join Dr. Stuart Butler and me in rethinking nursing homes and care for older adults. Part One of 'Rethinking Nursing Homes and Care of Older Adults'. The Convergence Report on Rethinking Care for Older Adults    History and Background   The Convergence Report on Rethinking Care for Older Adults is released at the end of November 2020. It was supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, which funds a lot of work in the long-term care area on aging.  The convergence conversation aimed to bring together about 50 people from very different backgrounds and different points of view to see if there are common ground areas. They were asked to brainstorm about the issues impacting today’s nursing homes, what's going on there, and what could be done differently. They were also asked to explore other ways that people can age outside of nursing homes.  A crucial part of the conversation revolved around the workforce and the caregiving field, the workforce's nature and how to think about it differently in the future, and the financing of aging in American care and nursing homes.   The Findings Of The Convergence Report On Rethinking Care For Older Adults   The resulting main areas revolved around living outside nursing homes, the payment system, and the caregiving workforce.  Today's nursing home system is increasingly out of date and the product of the payment system. The majority  of older adults need not stay in nursing homes. There are ways of enabling them to live more successfully in their own homes and their communities. People and institutions can help older adults stay in their own homes, avoid isolation, and be safer. Today, the caregiving workforce is predominantly low-paid, very heavily immigrant—It's a low-skilled, low-paid workforce.  "Only 5% of people over 65 ever end up in a nursing home, but they account for 50% of the state's budget." -Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN  Reimaging Nursing Homes and Other Care Institutions Alternative Business Models & Payment Systems The current payment system for long-term care forces many older adults to go into a care setting, which may not be the right one for them. It may not be ideal and indeed may not make them happy and may cut them off from their family.  If a family  asks, 'What's the next best thing for mom?' The first response right now will be, 'We need to talk about your finances to figure that answer out.'  Exploring The Financing And Workforce Elements   Medicare + Medicare   There's a lot of interest in revamping the rules and the regulations associated with, particularly Medicare and Medicaid, as to what they would cover. Medicare and Medicaid alternative services should be more open to covering home- and community-based services. However, exploring these options has the potential to  save government spending on Medicaid and Medicare in the long term.    Role Of Private Health Insurance   One possible solution for people who do have some savings but are afraid of them being exhausted and then ending up on Medicaid, is providing a so-called “catastrophic backup” to long-term care insurance. The idea is to have legislation that would set this up to stabilize the long-term care insurance industry to make it more viable in the future. When this happens, then far fewer people would fall into this trap of being unable to pay.    Role Of Long-term Care Insurance   The long-term care insurance industry has declined very sharply in the last several years, in part because younger people don't think of having long-term care insurance. The other thing is people are living longer, and they live longer with sometimes costly illnesses that impact their ability to be independent. So long-term care insurers face these enormous potential costs; so this approach is not working. Part Two of 'Rethinking Nursing Homes and Care of Older Adults'. Expanding the range of older adult-friendly housing and communities 95% of older adults do stay and age in their own homes. Below are some ideas to help people age at home.   Design and Collaboration   Architects involved in the convergence conversation think about how to design housing that is safer and more open. These perspectives include looking at group housing, in various forms, and thinking about how multifamily units can be designed so that an older person can have that privacy, and so on.  But more than these essential design features, we also look at how to build social capital  that helps an older adult live in their own home and community, but not be isolated and cut-off from the rest of society.   Role of Technology   There are also a lot of improvements in technology. For instance, monitoring older adults, a doctor, or a nurse in the area can know if that person is getting unsafe in some way like a potential fall, etc. Technology connects health care providers and older adults so that their needs can be addressed.  “We’re on the cusp of thinking differently about nursing homes in the future.” -Stuart M. Butler, Senior Fellow, Economics Studies Thinking About The Caregiving Workforce Differently Workforce Issues: Other Resources to Learn More   LeadingAge Report: Making Care Work Pay   LeadingAge released a new report, Making Care Work Pay. The report highlights health care professionals as an essential part of the United States' healthcare infrastructure and accounts for a significant portion of its workforce. Every day, nearly 3.5 million direct care staff operate in residential care centers and private homes to offer care for some of society's most needy members—the elderly, the disadvantaged, and the mentally impaired. Given the value of health care staff to our country's health and economy, health care professionals continue to be undervalued and underpaid. Poor wages and stressful working conditions exacerbate persistent workforce problems. As a consequence, efficiency and care delivery aren't as good as they should or could be.    Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging Report   (Recommendations to Build a Dementia-Capable Workforce and System amid    COVID-19) The recommendation aims to endorse the GWEP program's recent sanction, which authorizes almost $39 million in funding to expand geriatric expertise across the healthcare system over five years. Such action is anchored because, despite the reality that the number of individuals living with Alzheimer's disease is predicted to increase by 2050, a lack of geriatricians, nurses, and social workers with advanced expertise in geriatrics and complex dementia treatment is on the horizon.·          Mathematica Report COVID-19 Intensifies Nursing Home Workforce Issues (Full report available as a downloadable PDF) Mathematica Report studies show that workforce shortages and turnover also strained nursing homes during the pandemic's climax. Many nurses and licensed nursing assistants have recently quit the industry due to low wages, inadequate working conditions, and the high risk of COVID-19 contamination at a period when their skills and experience are in high demand. Thinking About The Healthcare Workforce In Different Ways   Improving Training   Improve training for healthcare providers. At the moment, there's minimal federal training and federal requirements on states that need to be expanded enormously to raise the skill level. Want to know how your state is doing in terms of long-term care support and services (LTSS)? Find out from the AARP Foundation Long-Term Services and Supports State Scorecard 2020 Edition  About Stuart M. Butler, Senior Fellow: Stuart Butler is a Senior Fellow at Brookings. Before Brookings, he spent 35 years at The Heritage Foundation as the Director for the Center of Policy Innovation and, earlier, as VP of Domestic and Economic Policy. He has recently played a prominent role in the debate over health care reform and addressing social determinants of health. Butler is a member of the Health Affairs editorial board, an advisory board member of the National Academy of Medicine's Culture of Health Program, and the Board President for Mary's Center, a group of community health clinics.   About The Brookings Institution: The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC, whose mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local and national level and globally. About Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN]: I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing ('96) and Master of Science in Nursing ('00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I genuinely enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home, and office visits), then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my Ph.D. in Nursing and a post-master's Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing ('11). I then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and joined the George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing faculty in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor. I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities. Please find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.

The 5Cs Framework of the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems                              "TFAH wanted to provide an opportunity to explore and expand public health's role in aging. Our goal is that state and local public health departments across the country become age-friendly public health systems. This means they recognize aging as a core public health issue and then leverage all their skills and capacity to dive in and improve older adults' health and well-being." -Megan Wolfe, JD (03:08-03:35) Americans are living longer and more productive lives than ever before and we’re going to see a rise in both the number and proportion of older adults – to nearly a quarter of the population by 2060. That’s 98 million people…and means if you were born in 1995 or earlier, we are talking about you and what you’re going to need as you get older. This will not only be the largest number of older adults in our history, but they will also be the most racially and ethnically diverse older population we’ve ever seen.  In line with that, in today's episode of This Is Getting Old, we will be talking about Age-Friendly Public Health Systems as part of our Age-Friendly Ecosystem Series.  In five previous podcasts, we talked about the history of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative and the 4M's. Today I am joined by Megan Wolfe, who is with Trust for America's Health – a non-partisan public health policy, research, and advocacy organization that envisions a nation that values health and well-being for all. The good news in talking about an Age-Friendly Public Health system today is that the COVID pandemic has illustrated the critical role public health plays in our daily lives, both as American and global citizens. Public health’s mission to improve the health and safety of our nation has not been in the forefront for as long as it has during the pandemic.  Every public health department should be age-friendly - and while we have a lot of work to do, a lot of great work is already being done and today’s episode highlights that. Part One of 'The Age-Friendly Public Health Systems.' America's public health sector has very few specialized programs that emphasize older adults' safety and well-being. It has always been an afterthought as public health struggled with the concerns of older people.   Building and embracing Age-Friendly Public Health Systems and communities is an important way of promoting public health, vitality, and aging. Thus, research, experience, and policy on aging projects began to transform this promising concept into concrete actions that could be  encouraged and supported by the government. These efforts answer concerns about the forms in which societies can impact healthier aging, age-friendly neighborhood programs, and outlines historical and future actions to promote community improvement mechanisms on behalf of our increasingly aging population. Two questions drove the conversation when thinking about Age-Friendly Public Health Systems: Does public health have a role to play in aging? Would the aging services sector welcome public health being engaged in this work? "To become age-friendly is to understand the principles for age-friendly initiatives, but then taking principles and determining how to tailor it to where we live; to the needs of that particular aging population." Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN The Importance of Creating an Age-Friendly Public Health Initiative  The reasons that public health hasn’t included older adults and aging has been two-fold: Many of the policies designed to support older adults, like Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older American's Act, did not explicitly include a role for public health. There has always been a lack of funding for general public health agencies for dedicated initiatives for those 65 years and older Public health has contributed to Americans' longevity, so it only made sense to explore and expand its role in healthy aging, in partnership with the aging services sector that already does so much to serve this population. The Birth of Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Initiative  In place of this state of public health, in 2017, a group of leaders came together to develop a public health framework to support older adults' health and well-being. A year later, under the leadership of TFAH, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Florida Departments of Health and Elder Affairs, the AFPHS initiative started as a pilot in Florida and included. 37 of the states’ 67 county health departments. The Florida pilot demonstrated the value of  aligning and coordinating approaches for older adults to identify and provide  needed programs and services. Thus, AFPHS offers a framework that allows priorities to be established based on geographic region/ communities. It gives public health practitioners a place to start. Part Two of 'The Age-Friendly Public Health Systems.' What's the Framework For an Age-Friendly Public Health System All about? The Framework for an Age-Friendly Public Health System includes five key potential roles for public health.  The 5C's of an Age-Friendly Public Health Systems are;  Connecting and Convening with multiple sectors and professions to provide support, services, and infrastructure to promote healthy aging. Coordinating existing supports and services to avoid duplication of efforts, identify gaps, and increase access to services and supports. Collecting and Disseminating Data to assess community health status (including inequities) and the aging population needs to inform interventions. Communicating and disseminating research findings and best practices to support healthy aging. Complementing and supplementing existing support and services, particularly in integrating clinical and population health approaches.  "Public Health System Recognition Program is  designed to incentivize state and local public health departments to become age-friendly and take those steps needed to  transform their health departments to be age-friendly ones." -Megan Wolfe, JD  Want To Know More?  If you want to learn more, the Public Health Accreditation Board will be   considering healthy aging recommendations and has developed a Tip Sheet on how to get started to align healthy aging with the PHAB Standards and Measures. TFAH offers an informational  webinar on the Age-Friendly Public Health System Recognition Program. All state, territorial, local and tribal public health departments are eligible to enroll and participate in the Recognition program. You may also visit the Age-Friendly Public Health Systems website, and Megan Wolfe can be reached at mwolfe@tfah.org   COMING SOON is a stand-alone website for Age-Friendly Public Health Programs. So stay in touch and get connected! About Megan Wolfe Megan Wolfe is a Senior Policy Development Management at Trust for America's Health (TFAH), where she works with the Policy Development team to advance a modernized, accountable public health system.  Her current work at TFAH focuses on advancing Age-Friendly Public Health Systems. Megan has been engaged in public policy and advocacy for over 20 years and has represented Fortune 500 and non-profit organizations.  Before joining TFAH, she served as Government Relations Manager for ASCD, an international education association comprising teachers, principals, superintendents, and higher education professionals.  Her work experience also includes serving as Government Relations Manager for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education and as a staff member for the Senate Judiciary Committee working on the federal judgeship confirmation process.  Megan received her undergraduate degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and earned a JD from the Antonin Scalia Law School.      About Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN:   I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing ('96) and Master of Science in Nursing ('00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I genuinely enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home, and office visits), then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my Ph.D. in Nursing and a post-master's Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing ('11). I then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and led to me joining the George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing faculty in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor. I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities. Please find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.  

This week’s recap with Marla and Mary explores a purposeful healthcare strategy for older adults. It’s all part of the John A. Hartford Foundation and the “big idea” from its president and CEO, Terry Fulmer. She is definitely a woman on a mission! In Episode 53, Susan Ryan had an inspiring conversation with Terry. She holds master’s and doctoral degrees from Boston College, and her Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate from NYU. She serves as the chief strategist for the Foundation, and is fueled by her passion for older adults, exceptional visionary skills, and preponderance for action. Marla and Mary take a close look at the Age-Friendly Health approach and what it means for clinicians and what the “4M’s” provide YOU in seeking better healthcare. Find out why Joyce Clifford was one of Terry’s nursing idols. And Marla shares an interesting project to empower adults to prepare for their future and take the initiative to talk to their doctors, family and friends about what matters most to them at life’s end.   Find out more about the 4M’s here: https://www.johnahartford.org/images/uploads/resources/Better-Care-for-You-Guide-to-the-4Ms.pdf  Find out more about the Stanford Letter Project here: http://med.stanford.edu/letter/about.html  http://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/letter/documents/Letter-English.pdf 

Susan Ryan sits down with Terry Fulmer, president and CEO of the John A. Hartford Foundation. Terry holds master’s and doctoral degrees from Boston College, and her Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate from NYU. She serves as the chief strategist for the Foundation, and is fueled by her passion for older adults, exceptional visionary skills, and preponderance for action. Terry and Susan explore that history of the foundation and their priority areas, including a look at Age-Friendly Health Systems, why they are important, and where to find valuable and practical resources for consumers. Terry talks about the COVID-19 crisis, the foundation’s response to it, and her experience serving on the Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes. She also offers some provocative ideas for elevating eldercare—asking “why not,” and “what if.” As a woman of action, Terry believes it’s time speak up and speak out in order to find solutions.   Find out more about the John A. Hartford Foundation here: https://www.johnahartford.org/ 

Age-Friendly Health Systems: History and Overview "Age-friendly Health Systems create a system of care where there's good communication, good leadership, and information systems that track across (care settings)."— Alice Bonner, PhD, RN With nine years to go before the last Baby Boomers reach age 65, our nation is on a short timeline to develop the infrastructure needed to provide quality care for older adults in our hospitals and health care systems.  With that vision in mind, a system of "age-friendly environments" is emerging from the collaborative efforts between the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). The first podcast interview for This is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World was with Dr. Terry Fulmer who has led development of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative (Episode 3). Building on that interview, in this episode, Dr. Alice Bonner shares the history and an overview of the Age-Friendly Health Systems. The goal of the age-friendly health system is to guide development of an infastructure required for hospitals and health systems to deliver evidence-based care for all - not just for older adults. Discover how the system empowers all health care settings to implement the 4M’s Framework to facilitate care for older adults. Part One of 'Age-Friendly Health Systems: Evidence-Based Care for All Older Adults'  Age-Friendly Health Systems: A History And Overview The Age-Friendly Health Systems: Evidence-Based Care for All Older Adults offers healthcare systems opportunities to help older adults residing within them. The model further emphasizes that societies must strive to counter age-based stigma, referred to as ageism, towards elderlies. This is to encourage independence for older people and to implement strategies that promote healthy aging. The idea came about from several organizations and individuals who look at the current health system, the current system of communities and public health, and how healthcare facilities are run.  They brought together expert clinicians, researchers, and people who spent their lives working with older adults. They started doing a big review of the literature and combed through several references. They've found that there are 90 elements of care guided explicitly toward older people's best care. They did lots of brainstorming, had meetings, and repeatedly went over the literature until they got down from 90 elements to 13 elements. Then everybody said, "13 things are just too many things to ask nurses and doctors and social workers to do". So they got together in a room and didn't come out until they had called it down to four elements, and those four elements all start with the letter M. What Matters? Medications, Mobility, and Mentation. "Age-friendly health systems allow people to customize; it promotes leadership; it requires leadership. And not just a medical director, but nursing leadership, social work, leadership, pharmacy leadership. It's about the interprofessional team."- Alice Bonner, PhD, RN  Age-Friendly Care – 4Ms Framework The 4M's are the core practices that clinicians believed to make a difference in administering care. Alice emphasized that health systems should implement these 4Ms accurately. According to her, "By addressing these 4Ms, we're talking about assessing people and then acting on those assessments. It isn't enough to do an assessment and put a piece of paper in the chart. What you want to do is say, "Okay, how can we act on this?" The Age-Friendly Care Systems 4Ms frameworks evolve on the following concepts:   What Matters   Know and align care with each older adult's specific health outcome goals and care preferences, including end-of-life care and across settings of care.    Medication   If medication is necessary, use age-friendly medication that does not interfere with What Matters to the older adult, mobility, or mentation across the setting of care.   Mentation   Prevent, identify, treat, and manage dementia, depression, and delirium across care settings.   Mobility   Ensure that older adults move safely every day to maintain function and do What Matters. Part Two of ''Age-Friendly Health Systems: Evidence-Based Care for All Older Adults’  The Principles Behind Age-Friendly Health System   Alice further stressed that most people are not thinking about ageism and includes stereotyped beliefs that discriminate against older adults. It’s not widely recognized, until it happens to you or someone you love.  Age-friendly systems look at how workers at health systems speak, the language they use, the references they make, and how they handle ageism and get rid of it. The Frameworks Institute has several resources and reports to help you learn more about how to effectively counter ageism. That is the primary reason why the forerunners of the 4Ms framework of the age-friendly systems anchored the system on the following principles. The 4Ms are set to be integrated into care for every adult ages 65 and older during every inpatient stay for over a year in a primary care setting.   Age-Friendly Health Systems and the 4Ms are a framework to organize the efficient, reliable delivery of effective care with older adults.  The framework is intended to be an infrastructure that builds on the care you provide today.  Age-Friendly Health Systems are designed to close the gap between the evidence-based care that we know works and the reliable practice of that care with every older adult in every interaction. "We started with five health systems. We're now at over a thousand health systems across the country, which is pretty miraculous for a three or four-year project. And the goal is to make it not just a project but to make it sustainable in the way we deliver care everywhere, all the time, every day." — Alice Bonner, PhD, RN Why Should Health Systems Implement The 4Ms Framework? As of December 2020, over 1,000 hospitals, outpatient practices, retail-clinics, and post-acute long-term care communities have been recognized as working to become Age-Friendly Health Systems. Having described a detailed 4Ms approach in their setting, 178 of these have been identified as Committed to Care Excellence as exemplar sites working toward the 4Ms reliable practice. What Are Participants Saying? There's always measurement involved in being recognized as an age-friendly health system. You or your organization can participate by signing up and joining an active community.  Here are what some of the participants are saying about 4M's Framework of the Age-friendly System.  "My hospital joined the movement and was recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System Participant after sharing with IHI how we are putting the 4Ms into practice. I'm going to encourage my doctor's office to join, too. " "IHI recognized us as leaders in the movement, and as an Age-Friendly Health System Committed to Care Excellence when we shared three months of data on the number of older adults, we cared for with the 4Ms." About Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN: I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing ('96'96) and Master of Science in Nursing ('00'00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I genuinely enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home, and office visits), then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post master's Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing ('11'11) and then joined the Duke University School of Nursing faculty as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and led to me joining the faculty at George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor. I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities. Find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.

Spotlight On Arts & Culture | January 11, 2021 | How 2020 Changed the Face of Arts and Culture Funding Hosted by David Green of The Cultural Alliance Of Fairfield County. Our January edition of the SPOTLIGHT is on “How 2020 Changed the Face of Arts & Culture Funding.” This program is inspired by the discussion in our November program that celebrated Federal CARES Act funding for arts and culture organizations. In that show, it became apparent that the intertwined crises of 2020 were changing some of the ways funding decisions were made. We decided to devote this Spotlight program to changes that are taking place within funding agencies and to hear from some new funders on the scene and the ways they are distributing funding. We welcome back Elizabeth Shapiro, Director of the CT Office of the Arts, and Frank Mitchell, chair of CT Humanities Application Review Committee. They are joined by: Jacqueline Coleman, Senior Community Impact Officer for the Hartford Foundation, who put together a working group of artists and arts organizations of color to inform the Foundation’s arts and culture funding; Michael Van Leesten, who has organized a Social Venture Partners’ new Racial Equity Fund for community-based projects with decision-makers based inside those communities; and Abe Hilding-Salorio, Community Outreach Manager for Sustainable CT that funds community projects, using a crowdfunding model, working with Patronicity. Hear how the crises of 2020 continue to affect the networking, strategies, and community relationships within traditional funders and how new funding types are emerging to better deal with the inequities of the prevailing systems.

This episode of Her Story features Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N, President of the John A. Hartford Foundation. In this conversation, hosted by Dr. Joanne Conroy, President and CEO of Dartmouth Hitchcock and Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, we learn about Terry's career path, from bedside nursing to academia to leading the national conversation around age-friendly health systems.

Marie Cleary-Fishman, AHA's Vice President of Clinical Quality, speaks with Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation, and Erin Emery-Tiburcio, Associate Professor of Geriatric and Rehabilitation Psychology at Rush University Medical Center. Berman and Emery-Tiburcio share how they used the 4Ms Framework to build a culture that prioritizes the needs of older adults and how these efforts have improved value. This conversation was held at the AHA’s The Value Initiative Executive Forum, Addressing Disruption Through Innovation and Value.

"Coming out of this pandemic, and this crisis, I think the future for perioperative medicine is very bright and we should definitely take the opportunity and really build on that now..." The two co-vice presidents of The International Board of Perioperative Medicine join Desiree's POCAPALOOZA; this conversation is global in its context, with perceptive reflections upon the US healthcare market specifically. "Towards high‐quality peri‐operative care: a global perspective" - the paper we begin by discussing - is here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.14921 As anesthesiologists "we are part of teams" how can innovations like tele-medicine help us to do better? Are we right to be optimistic about our specialty in this difficult time? What are "the four M's"? The International Board for Perioperative Medicine is here: https://www.internationalboardpom.org/ The Global Health Data @ Work team - which both our guests contribute to - are an invaluable resource; visit them here: https://ghdatwork.com/team The Hartford Foundation is here: https://www.hfpg.org/ "Perioperative medicine journal" is here: https://perioperativemedicinejournal.biomedcentral.com/ Listeners will also doubtless enjoy this paper - highlighted in the conversation - here: "The Brain-Heart Connection: GCBH Recommendations to Manage Cardiovascular Risks to Brain Health" - https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/health/brain_health/2020/02/gcbh-heart-health-report-english.doi.10.26419-2Fpia.00099.001.pdf Presented by Desiree Chappell with Lee Fleisher, Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania and Carol Peden, Professor of Anesthesiology and Exec. Director of the Center for Health System Innovation, University of Southern California, University of Bath and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). If you loved this piece please enjoy another episode of TopMedTalk featuring Lee Fleisher here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2019-brain-health-peri-operative-quality-initiative-poqi-6-what-can-we-do-tomorrow-2/ Or check out some more of Carol Peden's work here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/women-in-anaesthesia-part-6-carol-peden/ Attentive listeners will also recall that we mention the impressive work of Maurizio Cecconi; we profile him here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/topmedtalks-to-maurizio-cecconi/ And finally we mention change management, a theme on TopMedtalk. Check out this classic piece here: ERAS Team Working and managing change - https://www.topmedtalk.com/eras-team-working-and-managing-change/

National Alliance for Caregiving with Lisa O'Neill DBH, MPH (HAPF Series) “There are 50+ million family caregivers that provide $470 billion dollars of unpaid care every year.”— Lisa O'Neill (01:06-01:13) Developing policies and strategies to ensure comprehensive care for this population is challenging and complicated. Thus, it needs to be addressed from multiple angles. We need mechanisms in place to identify caregivers and resources to provide the care that they need. In this week's episode, we're going to interview Dr. Lisa O'Neill and Michael Reese Wittke to discuss how the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) deals with family and caregiving issues. ABOUT DR. LISA O’NEILL:  Dr. O’Neill received her Doctor of Behavioral Health from Arizona State University and her Master of Public Health from the University of Arizona. Associate Director of Research and Education for the University of Arizona Center on Aging, a Board of Regents Center of Excellence dedicated to promoting healthy aging through interdisciplinary programs in research, education, clinical care and community engagement. Clinical Assistant Professor for the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine.  She has more than 10 years’ experience in developing and implementing innovative geriatric education and training for academic and community audiences.  Her interdisciplinary research has focused on hoarding disorder, models of home care medicine, Alzheimer’s disease, and optimizing resident quality of life in independent and assisted living settings. Passionate about health policy and advocacy, she is active in several statewide committees dedicated to older adults including holding several leadership positions on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging – including Chair, 2017-2019, and working with the Arizona Alzheimer’s Task Force to help develop the Arizona Alzheimer’s State Plan.   ABOUT MICHAEL REESE WITTKE:   Mike earned a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work with honors from the University of Utah and a Master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in nonprofit management from the American University. Leads the federal engagement strategy for the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and directs the National Caregiver Advocacy Collaborative, a network of over 80 state and local advocacy organizations representing over 30 state coalitions.  He works directly with policymakers on Capitol Hill, federal agencies, the White House, and participates in national coalitions advocating on behalf of caregivers across the lifespan. Mike has previously served as Chair of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Political Action for Candidate Election Committee and as a member of the NASW Metro Chapter Board of Directors. He came to Washington through an internship with the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Part One of ‘National Alliance for Caregiving  with Lisa O'Neill DBH, MPH (HAPF Series)’ This week, we are going to talk about the National Alliance for Caregiving . Dr. O'Neill considers family caregivers as the backbone of our healthcare system. In addition to caregiving tasks, caregivers often struggle with complications that include anxiety, sleep disorders, substance abuse, nutritional issues, social isolation, and chronic physical conditions.  They often lack time to attend to their medical needs. Thirty-four percent of caregivers are 65 years old or older. Older caregivers not only spend more than ten years being a caregiver, but they also spend the most hours providing care, averaging 30 to 35 hours a week. We know that roughly eighty-five percent of older adults have at least one chronic condition, and sixty percent have at least two chronic conditions.    “The stress of caregiving tasks is often very overwhelming for caregivers of all ages.” — Lisa O'Neill (01:20-01:26)   This means that older adult caregivers may already be struggling with loss of physical function, independence and overall well-being, yet they are still a caregiver. We need to ensure they are also a care receiver. Dr. O'Neill wants to be part of a team that ensures caregivers are also care receivers, which is why the National Alliance for Caregiving was a perfect place for her. Part Two of ‘National Caregiving Alliance with Lisa O'Neill DBH, MPH (HAPF Series)’ The National Alliance for Caregiving has been around for over twenty years, and we were founded to research the population of family caregivers across the country. The founder knew that there wasn't any national representative data that could be used to understand the number of caregivers, what they're going through and the kind of solutions that would help alleviate some of their situations.  Often, they get thrown into these roles without any preparation. So, it's up to the health care system, to the social care systems, and to the private industry who is serving caregivers, to understand who they are and how to help them by making sure they're not only able to maintain their health and wellness, but also make sure that they're helping provide quality care to those who need serious long-term care. “We need a strategic public awareness campaign that focuses on the importance of caregiving, caregiver identification and the importance of self-care.  ” —  Lisa O'Neill (22:22-22:35) one of the projects that Dr. O’Neill  worked on is  called the National Caregiver Advocacy Collaborative. The Collaborative is a network of state and national interdisciplinary leaders, experts, and influencers working together to identify and address complex issues surrounding family caregiving across the lifespan, including their social, medical, physical, financial, spiritual, and emotional needs.  They support families of origin and families of choice who need information, referral services, educational outreach, and advocacy. The collaborative mission is to truly build an informed and effective interdisciplinary group of people who are dedicated to sharing their experiences and expertise to improve the lives of family caregivers.  Michael Wittke also confirms that they have brought together state and national level advocates, , a mixture of professionals and caregivers equipped to be the national level voice for caregivers, which is not a group formed before. In his role as a Senior Director of National Alliance for Caregiving, Mike  directes  NAC’s National Conference of Caregiving Advocates held in conjunction with the American Society on Aging at the annual Aging in America Conference. Under his leadership, NAC has co-hosted a national Hill briefing on Congressional Caregiving Stories with the Gerontological Society of America, AARP, and the John A. Hartford Foundation. Mike has also led national coalition efforts to support key pieces of caregiving legislation, including the R.A.I.S.E. Family Caregivers Act and proposed legislation to create a national "Caregiving Corps." After joining NAC. in the spring of 2015, Mike supported the organization's transition in leadership and laid the foundation for growth within NAC's federal policy strategy. How to Connect More with Lisa O’Neill, DBH, MPH Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaoneill-dbh-mph/ How to Connect More with Michael Reese Wittke Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-reese-wittke-6439ba84/ Thank you for joining us for this special series of This is Getting Old. Sponsored by the Health and Aging Policy Fellows program, Capstone Conversations is brought to you by MelissaBPhD, in collaboration with The George Washington University’s Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities. About MelissaI earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (‘96) and Master of Science in Nursing (‘00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I truly enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home and office visits) then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing (’11) and then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and led to me joining the faculty at George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor where I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health and Humanities. Find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.

As part of the 2020: YEAR OF THE NURSE series, we are highlighting the work of Tracey L Yap, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN. Dr. Yap is an Associate Professor at Duke University School of Nursing and a Senior Fellow in the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development.  In 2019 she was the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.  She was nominated for this prestigious award by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). Only a handful of nurse scientists have ever been awarded. In this week’ episode, you’ll learn more about: Pressure injuries which are a serious health concern for older adults living in nursing homes Part One of ‘2020: Year of the Nurse - An Interview with Tracey Yap’ The overarching goal of Dr. Yap’s research is to improve the quality of care delivered by nursing staff regardless of setting. She aims to advance nursing’s ability to improve healthcare outcomes by increasing the mobility and movement of all nursing home residents through cueing approaches for staff, such as reminder messages and behavioral alerts.  More specifically, she aims to understand and improve the processes that facilitate nursing staff implementation of evidence-based mobility/movement best practices that target common, yet seemingly intractable geriatric conditions, such as facility-acquired pressure injuries/ulcers.  She has had research grant funding by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute of Safety and Health, and The John A. Hartford Foundation.  Dr. Yap teaches in the Doctorate of Nursing Practice program. In recognition of her accomplishments, she was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing as a Fellow in 2015 and into the Gerontological Society of America as a Fellow in 2018.  “Believe in yourself because there are people that will [need you].” — Tracey L Yap, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN (20:35-20:38) After graduating from high school, she was advised to pick nursing as a career and was told, “If you do nursing, there are many ways to grow.” That was the best advice she’s ever heard, and it has been a fabulous career. Admittedly, she didn’t know what nurses could do until she was in nursing school.    Tracey’s husband is an MD with a family practice, and at the time of her graduation with a PhD, he was the medical director of a nursing home that had a big problem with pressure ulcers (also known as pressure sores or bedsores). He asked her to write a grant proposal and came up with an idea to literally play music to remind the nursing staff to move people. This study demonstrated a 45% protective effect against pressure ulcers for ALL residents - not just preventing pressure injuries in high-risk residents.   Tracey stated that it was fascinating to watch the whole thing unfold. Residents were encouraged to share their unique stories and memories associated with the chosen music - and  all of the nursing home employees participated when the music played, not just the nursing staff. Part Two of ‘2020: Year of the Nurse - An Interview with Tracey Yap’ Music has the power to connect generations. Over 60% of nursing home residents have some form of cognitive impairment, but even in very advanced Alzhiemer’s disease, music and rhythm are retained.  So, if the resident hears their favorite song from young adulthood, they may be able to   sing all the words when they can't talk to you anymore. Music is a great way to build a relationship with them.   One of the challenges in preventing pressure injuries is the nursing staff coming in every two hours to position you. This 2-hour interval was established by one study conducted in 1964. Since that time, we have made significant advances with pressure-relieving mattresses. Her current clinical trial, funded by the NINR combines cueing approaches with these new mattress to determine if resident turning should be at 2-, 3-, or 4-hour intervals if they are bedridden. “Most people that work in nursing homes are there because they truly care and love those residents.” —  Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN (20:55-21:01) Here's good advice from Dr. Yap, who's currently helping develop the new standard of care for pressure injury prevention: "Keep believing in yourself, because there are people that will. Naysayers think there's a specific path that you need to be on. I would advocate that you run with whatever it is that interests you." How to Connect More with Tracey Yap LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracey-l-yap-b0966660/ About Melissa   I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (‘96) and Master of Science in Nursing (‘00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I truly enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home and office visits) then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing (’11) and then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and led to me joining the faculty at George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor where I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health and Humanities. Find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.  

Mayor Luke Brionin says Hartford will build a free, citywide wifi network accessible to all residents. In partnership with Dalio Education and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the City of Hartford will install an extensive network of outdoor wireless access points across the city See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Spanning the Need: Jay Williams, the president of the Hartford Foundation and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development talks about life, how nonprofits are handling themselves and advice for the future during this pandemic. #spanningtheneed SUBSCRIBE and watch past episodes of #SpanningtheNeed on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/anthonyvspano.Follow Me at:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anthonyvspanoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthonyvspanoTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/anthonyvspano

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving CEO Jay Williams discusses philanthropic giving to support racial justice and combating COVID-19 See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Jay Williams is The President of The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.  He discusses a grant to fund a police training program to help bridge the gap between officers and the Black community in Greater Hartford.

The two co-vice presidents of the international board of perioperative medicine join Desiree's POCAPALOOZA. This conversation is global in its context with perceptive reflections upon the US healthcare market. "Towards high‐quality peri‐operative care: a global perspective" - the paper we begin by discussing - is here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.14921 As anesthesiologists "we are part of teams" and "anesthesia and intensive care have developed a much higher profile after COVID and we should build on that". How can innovations like telemedicine help us to do better? Are we right to be optimistic about our specialty in this difficult time? The international board for perioperative medicine is here: https://www.internationalboardpom.org/ The Hartford Foundation is here: https://www.hfpg.org/ "Perioperative medicine journal" is here: https://perioperativemedicinejournal.biomedcentral.com/ Presented by Desiree Chappell with Lee Fleisher, Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania and Carol Peden, Professor of Anesthesiology and Exec. Director of the Center for Health System Innovation, University of Southern California, University of Bath and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Make sure you ride the POCAPALOOZA - to the good health of perioperative care - all the way round the world. Next stop? Hong Kong! We're raising money for APORG this year, if you enjoy listening to TopMedTalk please make a generous donation: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/protea-live?utm_id=1&utm_term=ZKW35J94X If you enjoyed this piece why not try out another episode of TopMedTalk featuring Lee Fleisher here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/ebpom-2019-brain-health-peri-operative-quality-initiative-poqi-6-what-can-we-do-tomorrow-2/ Or check out Carol Peden here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/women-in-anaesthesia-part-6-carol-peden/

Age-friendly health systems are systems where people are thinking about you and what your care needs are. In this week's episode, Melissa Batchelor talks about age-friendly health systems with her special guest, Dr. Terry Fulmer, the President of the John A. Hartford Foundation, that funds the HAPF. Part One of ‘Age-Friendly Health Systems Interview with Dr. Terry Fulmer’ In case you're wondering how this idea originated, according to Dr. Terry, they are scaling in a way that they couldn't have imagined. They're now in fifty states after only two years. It's because people understand that they want age-friendly care. They want the kind of care that's responsive to their needs and that speaks to them. “We have created an incredible wealth of content for anybody who wants to get on the journey with age-friendly health systems.” — Melissa Batchelor (05:35-05:44) Terry sees care where the handoffs are not. She sees what they could be and describes all of their work as evidence-based. They are focused on disease-specific conversations. This is not necessarily the best way to think about older people who have three to five chronic diseases and are managing multiple complex medications. Part Two of ‘Age-Friendly Health Systems Interview with Dr. Terry Fulmer’ When Dr. Terry became President and CEO of the Johnny Hartford foundation, she was asked what her significant contribution would be. She wanted to create age-friendly health systems. Since 2015, it's something she has been unpacking and organizing a conversation with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. “You can't be an age-friendly community unless you have an age-friendly health system within you, your catchment area.” —  Melissa Batchelor (10:53-11:00) In partnership with the Institute for Healthcare improvement, Terry says they have created an incredible wealth of content for anybody who wants to try age-friendly health systems. If you go onto their website, you will find a set of guidelines that will tell you how to use the forums to practice. Also, how to get an investment calculator that helps you be more cost-effective. You'll have a care guide that talks about each of the forums individually. As well as several additional resources. You can't be an age-friendly community unless you have an age-friendly health system within your catchment area. How to Get Involved Melissa B earned her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON) in 2000. She enjoyed working with the complex medical needs of older adults more than any other population. After graduation, she started working with a geriatric practice in Wilmington, North Carolina. She worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home, and office visits). She transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. She has maintained her clinical practice and board certification, while her primary roles have been as a Nurse Scientist and Nurse Educator. Find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.  

The goal of the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship program is to help professionals in the aging space gain the skills and experiences they need to impact policy to improve the quality of life and quality of care delivered to older Americans. In this week's episode, Melissa shares her Health and Aging Policy Fellow experience. Part One of ‘Health and Aging Policy Fellow Experience’ The Health and Aging Policy Fellow Experience is a program that is sponsored by the John A. Hartford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies. Anyone who is interested in health care and works in aging is eligible to apply to this program. It is highly competitive, and there are a series of information webinars/ phone calls you can attend prior to submitting your application. You would start by looking at the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship (HAPF) website. The HAPF website gives you the key dates and when the information webinars/ phone calls are held. That’s a great way to get a little bit more information about the program. For the application process, you would decide if you wanted to do the residential or non-residential track. And if you wanted to do a non-residential track, you would propose to do a project, with a particular organization or agency within the executive branch, judicial branch, a private foundation or an organization that matches your area of expertise and what you want to gain from the experience. “Geriatric Workforce Improvement Act is meant to help prepare our workforce within the USA to take care of older adults.” — Melissa (05:15-05:36) Many of the residential fellows will have some type of congressional Experience for their fellowship. They either serve in the office of a member of the House of Representatives or a member of the Senate. All of that depends on what your interest and area of expertise is. That drives making those decisions. You write your proposal and then if you’re selected to interview, then you may end up being selected as a fellow for the upcoming year. Once you are a fellow, first you have a five-week orientation in Washington, D.C. where you go and stay in D.C. for that period of time. The first week of the orientation is with the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship program itself, as well as Academy Health. Then you have four weeks where you are learning about the current issues in Congress, the actual legislative process, the great refresher from US history when you were in high school. You’ll get a chance to go to the Library of Congress and go to different offices and agencies within the US government. Part Two of ‘Health and Aging Policy Fellow Experience’ Melissa had the chance to visit CMS, which is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Maryland State House to watch the legislative process at the state level, to get an idea of what and how things are compared to the state level and the federal level. She had a broad range of experiences of how policy moves through the process, and how the executive branch and legislative branches inform each other or are impacted by each other. And the role of the judicial branch as well. When you’re choosing your project, you’re looking to see what the current priorities are for the agency that you might want to work with and how you may fit into carving out some projects for yourself. “Advanced care planning is crucial because we are having more older adults within our family circle and communities.” —  Melissa  Melissa did the non-residential track but was able to have a legislative experience because she lived close enough to D.C. She served in the Senate on the Special Committee for Aging in the office of Senator Collins. One of their significant areas of interest for the Special Committee on Aging is Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s care, which fit with her professional background. The Senate Special Committee on Aging is interested in elder abuse, frauds, scams, pricing of insulin and other drugs. It was precisely the experience she wanted to have. She also helped to prepare for hearings, write briefs, and work on some of the bills that were going to be introduced, particularly the Geriatric Workforce Improvement Act. It is a piece of legislation. This is the only federally-funded program that helps prepare healthcare professionals in geriatrics. It’s meant to create programs around the United States to help prepare our workforce to take care of older adults. If you do a legislative experience and serve in a member of Congress or a House of Representative’s office, you have an opportunity to visit the state office in the home district of the member. During Melissa’s state visit, she was invited to do a presentation with people from the local Alzheimer’s Association and other members of the community that interested in Alzheimer’s care. That was a highlight for her as a nurse scientist to do her policy, visit and incorporate her work into that as well. How to Get Involved Melissa earned her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON) in 2000. She enjoyed working with the complex medical needs older adults experienced more than any other population, so after graduation, she started working with a geriatric practice in Wilmington, North Carolina. She worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home, and office visits). She transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. She has maintained her clinical practice and board certification, while her primary roles have been as a Nurse Scientist and Nurse Educator. Find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/. For More Information About The Health and Aging Policy: https://www.healthandagingpolicy.org/fellowship-application/fellowship-overview/

Connecticut recently pledged $500,000 to boost participation in the 2020 Census. Philanthropic foundations, including the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, will tack on more than $900,000 in additional funding. “Today, this is not a question about whether Connecticut can afford to invest,” Melissa McCaw, Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, said at an Oct. 31 press conference. “We cannot afford to not invest to ensure that the important work we do for the taxpayers and the residents of Connecticut can continue next year and the years beyond.” What exactly is at stake for Connecticut -- or any state -- in getting its population count right, and what happens to all that data? Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz and Courant reporter Stephen Singer discuss the 2020 Census -- what information is collected, how it’s used, and where it ends up -- on the latest Capitol Watch podcast.

A recent report paints a picture of the arts in Greater Hartford, a scene that’s both colorful and rocky. This hour, we learn about the Greater Hartford Arts Landscape Study, and consider efforts to better support the region’s artists. We also look back on the early years of hip-hop and breaking (a.k.a. breakdancing) in Connecticut, and hear how some young people are learning and performing these styles today. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. GUESTS: Jackie Coleman - Senior Education Investments Officer at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Tim Wolf - Former manager of the Peace Train Breaking and Popping All-Stars, a dance group based in Hartford, Connecticut in the 1980s John Manselle-Young a.k.a. Tang Sauce - Hartford, Connecticut-based hip-hop artist Nina Pinchin - Associate Director of Education at Hartford Stage Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired on July 26, 2019.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new report paints a picture of the arts in Greater Hartford, a scene that’s both colorful and rocky. This hour, we learn about the Greater Hartford Arts Landscape Study, and consider efforts to better support the region’s artists. We also look back on the early years of hip-hop and breaking (a.k.a. breakdancing) in Connecticut, and hear how some young people are learning and performing these styles today. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. GUESTS: Jackie Coleman - Senior Education Investments Officer at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Tim Wolf - Former manager of the Peace Train Breaking and Popping All-Stars, a dance group based in Hartford, Connecticut in the 1980s John Manselle-Young a.k.a. Tang Sauce - Hartford, Connecticut-based hip-hop artist Nina Pinchin - Associate Director of Education at Hartford Stage Chion Wolf contributed to this show.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we dive deeper into the exploration of how school funding works. This is important for anyone looking to grow their school, but also matters if you are simply interested in the future of education, wonder how education will evolve, or would like to know how the funders are thinking. Our guest today is Jackie Coleman. She is Senior Education Investments Officer at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. We talk about the different types of foundations, how to approach foundation program officers, how she sees her role, the growing importance of social-emotional learning, and more. Without further adieu, here’s Jackie!Quotes: 04:20 “Find out who your local community foundation is...and be in dialogue with them about partners that they are working with.”07:30 “It is not uncommon, and is often welcome for a potential partner, organization, or school district to call.”15:20 “Because relationship is so important, even if you don’t have particular programs identified (that match the funding criteria of the foundation), there is nothing wrong with beginning a conversation.”16:45 “Work moves at the speed of trust; it takes time to build relationships.”33:35 “You might have heard the lottery slogan, ‘You can’t win if you don’t play,’ but it also holds true in funding. Don’t be afraid to ask.”Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion:Hartford Foundation for Public Giving https://www.hfpg.org/The Wallace Foundation UPPI https://ucapp.education.uconn.edu/about-the-wallace-uppi-project/Where to learn more about Jackie Coleman:Jackie at Hartford Foundation - jcoleman@hfpg.orgJackie on Linkedin https:linkedin.com/in/jackiecolemanctWhere to learn more about Enrollhand:Website: www.enrollhand.comOur webinar: https://webinar-replay.enrollhand.comOur free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolgrowth/

Don Berwick and Maureen Bisognano lived and breathed different sides of the healthcare industry before starting the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – a $60 million not-for-profit organization with 150 employees across more than 70 countries that drives results in health and healthcare improvement worldwide.What most people don’t know is that Don and Maureen hatched the idea for IHI while working together – Don as a research and quality guide physician and pediatrician, and Maureen as a nurse and hospital CEO. They would discuss each other’s work problems in-depth from very different perspectives, but in a way that helped facilitate actionable improvements.In the mid-1980s, Don, Maureen, and a larger group started meeting people from outside healthcare who understood how to improve things systematically, without having to rely on incentives. They began teaching people around them what they were learning from different industries, and quickly understood that it’s unfair to send a “changed” person back to an unchanged organization. It became quickly apparent to them that it would take a new breed of leaders, as well as people on the front lines, to create long-term change in healthcare.IHI was born with an aggressive goal, literally written on the back of an envelope. Don and Maureen set out to solve six problems in US healthcare, and engaged 2,000 hospitals and saved 100,000 lives[to date?]. With the guidance of their children who fortunately had political campaign experience, they started their own campaign to change healthcare. Originally supported by the John. A. Hartford Foundation, the IHI became a reality in 1991 – and the rest is history.In this episode of Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders, Don and Maureen draw upon their extensive industry experience to cover a number of pressing topics with host Keith Figlioli, including: Achieving the “Triple Aim” in Healthcare – the Triple Aim is the trifecta of achieving better care for individuals, better health outcomes, and lower per capita costs. Don and Maureen saw this happening in other industries and in healthcare markets across the world. They talk about how they took this aim and created a leadership alliance within IHI where 40 organizations came together with a common goal of achieving the Triple Aim. Healthcare’s Defects in Areas that Other Industries Don’t Tolerate – among these areas are safety issues, effectiveness, reliability, patient focus, coordination, waste and delay, and most importantly, equity. Don and Maureen discuss how they understood that people were aware of this in the mid-1980s, but no one had a way to deal with it directly at the time. The Will for Change in Healthcare – who needs this inspiration and how can the will for change be built? As Maureen explains, painting the story of a patient can help build such inspiration, especially for senior-level executives who may be a little further removed. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a good or bad story; it’s about providing a background for these ideas to grow.The Next Big Things in Healthcare – telemedicine, telehealth, global budgeting, and healthcare for millennials are just some of the innovations Don and Maureen are excited about. To hear Don Berwick and Maureen Bisognano talk about these topics and more, listen to this episode of Healthcare is Hard: A Podcast for Insiders.

In this episode, team members from ASU’s Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research (Michael Moramarco, Karen J. Saewert, and Jinnette Senecal) and special guest Barbara Maxwell (A.T. Still University - Mesa, AZ) explore the concept and characteristics of wicked problems in relation to health care systems. We discuss the multifaceted ways that interprofessional practice and education may provide a unique lens and set of strategies for approaching the wicked problem of achieving the quadruple aim. The conversation is anchored by select excerpts of conversations the CAIPER team held at the 2018 National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education’s Nexus Summit (MN). Resources: - Health in America is a Wicked Problem - https://stakeholderhealth.org/wicked-problem/ - Is Teamwork the Solution to “Wicked” Health Care? - https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/accelerate/blog/2017/04/kyle-bradford-jones-is-teamwork-the-solution-to-wicked-health-care.php - Rittel, Horst, and Webber. (1973). Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning. Policy Sciences 4, Elsevier Scientific Publishing, Amsterdam, pp. 155-159 - https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405730 - Roberts, N.C. (2000). "Wicked Problems and Network Approaches to Resolution". International Public Management Review. International Public Management Network. 1 (1) http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/175/175 - Sykes, Sam [@SamSykesSwears]. (2018, August 22). every day that spiders have not grown wings is a good day [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/SamSykesSwears/status/1032196664470061057 - Wicked Problem (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem - World Coordinating Committee All Together Better Health - http://www.atbh.org/about-us.html The CAIPER team would like to extend a sincere note of gratitude and recognition to those who sat down with us at the 2018 Nexus Summit and provided interviews for this episode (in order of appearance): 1. Dr. Barbara Brandt, Director, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, University of Minnesota 2. Dr. Claudia Chaperon*, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center 3. Dr. Erin Appelt, Professor of Practice, Midwestern University 4. Dr. Oaklee Rogers, Chair, Occupational Therapy, Assistant Clinical Professor, Northern Arizona University 5. Dr. Lillee Smith Gelinas, Senior Fellow Nurse Executive, Institute for Patient Safety, University of North Texas Health Science Center 6. Stephanie Lackey, Project Coordinator, Accelerating Grant Initiative, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, University of Minnesota 7. Dr. Joy Doll, Associate Professor, Creighton University 8. Dr. Barbara Maxwell, Professor and University Director of Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, A.T. Still University 9. Dr. Shelly Cohen-Conrad, Professor and Director, School of Social Work and the Interprofessional Education Collaborative, University of New England 10. Dr. George M. Thibault, President Emeritus, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation And finally, a special note of thanks to Aaron Kraft (ASU), for assistance with the media production process during studio recording, and Ricardo Leon (ASU), for series development consultation and on-site conference recording support. *“The Accelerating Interprofessional Community-based Education Practice Grant is supported by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education with funding and in collaboration with Robert Johnson Foundation, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. More information about the National Center can be found at nexusipe.org. This content and opinions are those of the author and should be construed as the official policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education or any of the National Center’s private founders or funders.”

What does effective philanthropy look like in the 21st century?This hour, we sit down with Jay Williams, the President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.We also talk with scholar and author, Chuck Collins. He is a one-percenter who dedicated his life to addressing income inequality. Collins' policy institute has found that charities are increasingly depending on larger donations from a smaller number of wealthy individuals. We ask Collins--is that a good thing?Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Date: April 20, 2017 Featuring:  ​Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, President, The John A. Hartford Foundation Kedar Mate, MD, Chief Innovation and Education Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Lillian Banchero, MSN, RN, Senior Director, Patient Flow/Nursing Operations/Geriatrics, Anne Arundel Medical Center ​This spring, five health systems in the US are embarking on an initiative​ to discover how they can reliably deliver the best care to older adults. It’s not that they’re failing to provide high-quality care now — far from it. But even at exemplar institutions, best practices for older or elderly patients aren’t always top of mind, nor do practitioners always know how they might do things differently. Now, a small group of health systems is about to test some new, evidenced-based interventions that promise to model for the rest of the industry the types of changes needed. IHI has the fortunate role of guiding this initiative for the next few years, thanks to support from The John A. Hartford Foundation. The Foundation has been pursuing ideal care for older patients for a while now, and has concluded that age-friendly health care should focus on four high-level goals: What Matters, Mobility, Medications, and Mentation. We’d like you to learn what’s in store and consider your own improvement opportunities on this episode of WIHI, Creating Age-Friendly Health Systems.

According to AARP, 2 in 3 workers between the ages of 45 and 74 have experienced ageism in the workplace. Terry Fulmer, PhD, President of The John A. Hartford Foundation, explains why fighting ageism is important and how older adults can be viable, valuable resources to a company. A mother of six with a long career as both a nonprofit and business consultant, Kelly McNelis created WomenforOne.com, an online destination for women to connect, share their stories and inspire/motivate each other.This show is broadcast live on Monday's at 4PM ET on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Board Certified Family Physician Dr. Catherine (Cate) Shanahan is the Director of the Los Angeles Lakers PRO Nutrition Program and Author of "Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food." She discusses the Four Pillars of the "Human Diet" for optimum health and peak performances. Eldercare Specialist Amy Berman, RN, The John A. Hartford Foundation, provides tips to help you care for your elderly parent or loved one, especially when you live far away.This show is broadcast live on Monday's at 4PM ET on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Amy Berman is a nurse, a nationally recognized expert in care of the aged and a senior program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation. When she was diagnosed with Stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer in 2010, she had some very difficult decisions to make about her treatment options. Faced with discouraging odds of surviving more than five years, Amy discussed her care options with her oncologist who was trained in palliative care skills. “The team advised me but only advised me after they asked me what I wanted,” says Amy. Together with her family, Amy decided to forego aggressive treatment and instead have her pain and the psychosocial symptoms of her disease handled by a palliative care team. Five and a half years after her diagnosis, Amy is active and fulfilled as ever, working full-time and traveling every chance she gets. “What palliative care gives to me is the ability to feel well and fully live my life in the face of serious illness,” says Amy. This is a story about making informed decisions. It’s also a story about putting the patient first. This is Amy's palliative care story. Hosted by Dan Altano

Dr. K talks with Chris Langston, PhD, former Program Director at the John A. Hartford Foundation. They discuss the role of philanthropy in improving health for older adults, how to help people expect more from doctors, the shortage of geriatricians, ageism, and much more. The post 019 Interview: How Foundations Are Improving Health & Aging appeared first on Better Health While Aging.

Mother of 3, Sophia Gushee became concerned about the influences of toxins in your home and spent 8 years researching her book. "A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures," and finding better solutions. She's living life to the fullest with Stage IV breast cancer and helps inspire others facing a terminal illness. Amy Berman, senior program officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation, discusses how to cope, make the best choices for your well-being and palliative careThis show is broadcast live on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Episode # 39 Running Time: 51:16 Podcast relevance: Professionals In this episode R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S. interviews Thomas R. Lynch, PhD about Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT). Specifically, they discuss: The clinical indications for RODBT The importance of temperament when caring for treatment refractory populations Social signaling. What it is, why it's important and how it's targeted clinically RODBT's Neurobiosocial and Neuroregulatory model What radical openness is The differences between standard DBT and RO-DBT How to pursue training in RO-DBT   Thomas R. Lynch Biography Thomas R. Lynch is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology at University of Southampton. He was the Director of the Duke Cognitive Behavioural Research and Treatment Program at Duke University (USA) from 1998-2007. He is currently the Director of the Emotion and Personality Bio-behavioural Laboratory at the University of Southampton. Professor Lynch is the treatment developer of Radically Open-Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO-DBT)—a new transdiagnostic treatment approach informed by 19 years of clinical research—with strong roots in standard DBT.He has been the recipient of multiple large research grants from a range of sources, including the National Institutes of Health, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, the Hartford Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the National Institute for Health Research. He is currently the Chief Investigator of a multi- centre randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy and mechanisms of RO-DBT funded by the NIHR- Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme (http://www.reframed.org.uk/; Lynch). He is a recipient of the John M. Rhoades Psychotherapy Research Endowment and a Beck Institute Scholar. He is recognized internationally as a world-leading expert in difficult-to-treat disorders; such as, personality disorders, chronic depression, and anorexia nervosa and is in frequent demand as a speaker internationally—e.g., Europe, USA, and Canada. He is the author of the RO-DBT treatment manual entitled Radically Open- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Disorders of Overcontrol (In press-Guilford Press, New York).   Episode-related links   RadicallyOpen.net   RadicallyOpen.net training page   2015 ABCT Conference RODBT training    

Adults looking to go to college will be happy to hear that the Saint Joseph’s weekend program for adult learners was just given a $25,000 grant for scholarship aid by the Hartford Foundation for public giving.