Overview At the Health Foundation, we remain dedicated to supporting programs that recognize the challenges and needs of caregivers and help make their lives easier, including the following new respite…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…