Returning Control and Dignity to Elderly Residents
December 9, 2007 | Story
The Green House project is a model for small-group, self-contained houses for 10 elders with substantial disabilities that provides skilled nursing home services.
Chronic Illness
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Chronically Ill Patients Get More Care, Less Quality, Says Dartmouth Atlas
April 7, 2008 | News Release
The Fix? A Major Overhaul of Medicare.
Games for Health
May 6, 2008 | Video/Story
Connecting the worlds of video games and health, with positive results.
Wisconsin Creates Health Profiles of Pregnant Women and Infants, Children, People with Chronic Conditions
May 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
The Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services worked with its Interagency Working Group to improve the state's health statistics infrastructure to make it more responsive to people's needs and more accessible.
Smoke Screen
February 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 1998, researchers at Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, R.I., examined cigarette smoking as a barrier to cancer screening - both mammography and Pap tests - in women aged 40 to 75.
Better in a Heartbeat? How Interdisciplinary Management of Disease Pays Off
January 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
Rush Prudential HMO in Chicago examined an interdisciplinary approach to the management of chronic disease that involved diet, exercise, smoking cessation and social interactions.
Complementary Care Programs are Becoming an Accepted Alternative by Patients and Insurers
January 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
From 1995 to 1997, project staff at the Wellspring Foundation of Bethlehem, Conn., continued its residential retreat program for cancer patients.
Finding Ways to Educate and Counsel Medicare Consumers
August 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
Georgetown University assisted in identifying how RWJF could help organizations strengthen consumer information and education initiatives that would be undertaken in local communities to help residents understand Medicare+Choice.
A Continuing Care Management Model of Health Care in Miami Reduces Emergency Department Use
December 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The University of Miami School of Medicine assessed and further developed their existing continuing care management model of care for low-income chronically ill people in Dade County Fla.
Advance Planning Helps Consumers Make Better Decisions about Long-Term Care
November 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Setting Priorities for Retirement Years Foundation examined how people make decisions about long-term care, the availability of information about long-term care, and the barriers faced in making informed decisions.