Gretchen Kimberly Berland, MD
January 24, 2013 | Story
When Gretchen Kimberly Berland entered medical school in 1992, she assumed she would leave behind her first career as a television documentary producer.
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Survey of Severely Disabled Finds Significant Long-Term Care Needs
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Georgetown University School of Medicine, Mathematica Policy Research and the National Center for Health Statistics at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services planned, implemented and analyzed the Follow-up Survey to the National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplement (NHIS-D).
Home to the Community - Helping Disabled Adults Return to the Community in Maine
August 27, 2003 | Program Result
The Alpha One Center for Independent Living in Portland, Maine, created the Home to the Community project to help people with disabilities leave nursing homes and reestablish their lives in the community.
California Doesn't Broadcast Supportive Services for Disabled Kids; Parents Find Out by Word of Mouth
December 1, 2001 | Program Result
UCLA examined the experience of children served by a California program that provides non-medical, personal assistance services to disabled persons.
Two National Groups Support Parents Raising Children with Disabilities, Chronic Health Conditions
January 1, 2006 | Program Result
Statewide directors of Parent to Parent programs, representing the national Parent to Parent movement, investigated the possibility of creating a formal partnership between the Parent to Parent movement and the Grassroots Consortium on Disabilities.
Financing for Homeless Programs to be Secured with Reliable Public Funds
May 1, 1997 | Program Result
The Corporation for Supportive Housing developed a plan for a nationally replicable model that would offer viable, long-term financing of services linked to permanent housing.
Having a Good Senior Moment: Older Volunteers Help Frail Elderly and Disabled in Northwest Iowa
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Northwest Iowa Retired & Senior Volunteer Program in Estherville, Iowa, expanded its program to include people with serious disabilities.
A National Resource Center is Not the Answer to Better Health Care for Special Needs Kids
December 1, 2002 | Program Result
The HSC Foundation conducted a study to determine the feasibility of a proposed national resource center that would assist children with disabilities and their families in overcoming obstacles to receiving health care and other needed services.
Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities
National Program
Program to foster the development of consumer-directed home and community-based services for people of all ages with chronic disabilities.
Community Partnerships for Older Adults
National Program
To foster the efforts of local public-private partnerships to improve long-term care and supportive services systems for older adults.