Scaling Visionary Solutions to Improve the Health of Vulnerable Populations
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The Green House Project, a breakthrough solution to caring for aging Americans, illustrates what it takes to take an idea mainstream.
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Can Culture Change Offer Viable Solutions to Meet Increased Demands for Long-Term Care?
August 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The “culture change” movement is transforming long-term care by promoting more home-like facilities and providing more options for consumers to receive care how and where they want it, in their communities.
Adult Day Centers
January 1, 2000 | Book
Since 1987, RWJF has supported a series of programs to test the usefulness of adult day care and then to promote its replication. This chapter presents a history of the three distinct investments made by the Foundation on this topic.
Long-Term Care Insurance Adds Caregiving Hours, Does Not Reduce Amount of Informal Care, Study Finds
March 30, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research, under the direction of Marc A. Cohen, Ph.D. and Jessica Miller, Ph.D., studied how private long-term care insurance affects the level and mix of formal and informal services used.
Low-Cost Equipment to Help Elderly People with Daily Tasks is of Some Benefit
March 30, 2004 | Program Result Report
The University of Massachusetts at Boston's Gerontology Institute conducted a research and demonstration project to encourage the use of low-cost adaptive equipment among older adult home care clients.
William H. Thomas, MD
January 25, 2007 | Story
This energetic, unconventional Harvard-trained physician has come up with a long list of ideas for reforming elderly care - all aimed at not just enriching the lives of seniors but also allowing seniors to enrich the lives of their juniors.