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Reflections on a Summer at the Hartford Foundation
Before starting my internship with the John A. Hartford Foundation, the notion of improving health outcomes while decreasing costs appeared implausible. Securing strong patient-centered care for a...
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Grappling with the Tough Questions of How We Live—and Die
I think it would be safe to say that most of us have trouble facing our own mortality. The idea that tomorrow isn’t promised fails to get many of us to actually live that way (I know I’m guilty)....
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Pitting Older Adults Against Children in Funding Debate Is a Zero-Sum Game
The house is burning with a child and his elderly grandmother inside. Which one should be saved? Too often, this feels like the question being posed when thinking about the allocation of resources,...
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Public Understanding of Aging Built on a House of Cards
Over the weekend, I walked past my wife and kids watching the new season three of Netflix’s House of Cards and was stunned to see the evil President Frank Underwood ranting at his cabinet to get on...
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White House Conference on Aging Shines Spotlight on Issues That Matter
The White House Conference on Aging offers a special, once-a-decade opportunity to focus national attention on issues that the John A. Hartford Foundation has been working on every day for more than...
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Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Contributes to Better Health for Older Americans
The landmark United States Supreme Court decision that same-sex marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution has important implications regarding the...
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A Trifecta of Good News for Supporters of Elder Justice
For those of us who have long advocated for a national agenda to prevent, detect, treat and report the mistreatment of older adults, developments over the summer have sparked some measure of hope and...
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A Calling to Care for Older Adults
Avital Benson, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, worked as a 2015 summer intern at The John A. Hartford Foundation. The first vivid memory that I have is of carrying...
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Blazing a Trail to Better Care for Older Adults
In 1965, the Older Americans Act set in motion a new network of largely community-based social services and supports to help older adults remain healthy and independent, living in their homes and...
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Floods, Fires, and Zika: Emergency Preparedness Must Include Older Adults
This summer we have witnessed catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, raging wildfires in California, and the rapid spread of the Zika virus. These frightening events should remind us about the importance...
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