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Improving Chronic Illness Care

January 1, 2007 | Book

One of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's priorities is improving the quality of care delivered to people with chronic illnesses. In this chapter, freelance journalist Irene Wielawski, a frequent contributor to the Anthology series, explores a Foundation-supported initiative called Improving Chronic Illness Care, a pioneering effort spearheaded by Edward Wagner, M.D., of the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle to provide medical care for chronically ill people, whatever their condition.

Unmet Need in the Community

January 1, 1997 | Book

This Anthology chapter presents findings from the Foundation's attempt to learn more about chronically ill people and the service arrangements for them. The study focuses on a single community, Springfield, Mass.

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.

The Program on Chronic Mental Illness

January 1, 2000 | Book

This chapter of the Anthology takes a look at the Program on Chronic Mental Illness a national program designed to better coordinate mental illness care services for people with chronic mental illness.

Coming Home

January 1, 2000 | Book

One of the Foundation's targets in the chronic care area is increasing the capacity of communities to meet the supportive care needs of chronically ill people. This chapter of the RWJF Anthology examines assisted living,

Providing Care-Not Cure-for Patients with Chronic Conditions

January 1, 1999 | Book

This chapter of the Anthology by Lisa Lopez, a freelance writer specializing in health care, analyzes the strategies and accomplishments of two significant investments by the Foundation to improve the way services for chronically ill people are organized and delivered

The Partnership for Long-Term Care

January 1, 2007 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, Alper discusses the Foundation's Program to Promote Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly that allowed nursing home patients with state-approved private long-term care insurance policies to be eligible for Medicaid.