Step Up to Stop Falls
Overview Each year, nationwide, one in every three adults age 65 and older falls. Because of a fall injury, more than 700,000 patients a year end up being hospitalized. In…
Central New York Neighborhood Action Initiative Final Report
Building on what we learned from our Neighborhood Action Initiative in western New York, we partnered with The Gifford Foundation to bring the program to central New York in 2011….
Central New York Neighborhood Action Initiative Evaluation Report
Through the Neighborhood Action Initiative, we partnered with The Gifford Foundation in Syracuse, NY to provide a number of neighborhood-based organizations with funding to develop strategies to help older adults...
Erie County Walkability Study
The WNY Falls Prevention Consortium, in partnership with AARP, conducted walkability studies in 14 locations within the City of Buffalo and Erie County. A walkability study examines issues such as crosswalks…
Southern Finger Lakes Fund – Overview and Impact
In 2007, we reached an agreement with the New York State Attorney General to create a specific fund to provide grants that address the needs of vulnerable older adults and…
Sustaining Sharing Your Wishes
In 2004, we launched the Sharing Your Wishes program to identify and support community coalitions in facilitating improved health care decision-making for older adults. We initially funded six coalitions, and…
Sharing Your Wishes: Program Summary Report 2004-2008
Even though Americans are living longer, healthier lives than ever before, many will experience a serious chronic illness or disability in the later stages of life. It’s important that people…
Quality Improvement Collaboratives: A Qualitative Study
A Quality Improvement Collaborative is a short-term learning program that brings together teams from multiple sites across a region to seek improvement in a focused topic area. The goal is…
Nuts and Bolts: Improving the Health of Children in Poverty Evaluation
One of our earliest initiatives, Nuts and Bolts: Improving Fundamentals of Care for Children in Communities Poverty was designed to improve children’s physical, mental and oral health through strategic investments…
Evaluation of the Powerful Tools for Caregivers Diversity Program: Successes and Challenges
In 2004, we provided funding to the Erie County Caregiver Coalition and the University at Buffalo to bring the Powerful Tools for Caregivers program to Erie and Niagara counties in…