Scholar Sheds New Light on Link Between Exercise and Cognitive Function
February 11, 2010 | Story
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Scholar offers new hope for older people hoping to prevent cognitive decline.
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Human Capital News Roundup: Support for brain injury patients, school health programs, Alzheimer's treatment and more.
February 16, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Here’s a sampling of recent news coverage of the work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars and Fellows: Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and director of The Future of N ...
Scranton, Pa., Hospital Trains Volunteers to Help Elderly Patients with Delirium, Relieve Staff
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
Project staff at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pa., expanded a program that relied on volunteers to work with geriatric patients to prevent and reduce delirium, an underreported condition that can result in higher mortality and morbidity.
"Green Houses" Provide a Small Group Setting Alternative to Nursing Homes
January 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Green House(TM) is a model of skilled long-term care designed to transform traditional skilled nursing facilities into homes providing meaning and growth for the people who live and work in them.
Laura Trejo, MSG, MPA
June 1, 2006 | Story
Trejo says this also marked a "groundbreaking" form of cooperation between the departments of mental health and aging.
Lessons Learned
May 1, 2006 | Program Result
This Program Results Special Report highlights the lessons learned from Partners in Caregiving, an RWJF national program that has helped build sustainable community-based adult day services by working with adult day centers across the country. The r ...
Researchers Test Outcomes-Based Treatment Plan on Older Adults with Mental Health Issues in New Hampshire
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2000, researchers at the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center under the direction of Stephen J. Bartels, M.D., M.S., tested the Outcomes-Based Treatment Plan.
Listen Closely: Cognitively Impaired Adults Can Express Preferences for Care
June 22, 2004 | Program Result
The Family Caregiver Alliance conducted a study exploring to what extent adults with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment can make their preferences known regarding decisions involving their everyday care.
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.
Rochester, N.Y., Health System Uses Technical Assistance from Partners in Caregiving Program to Open Adult Day Care Center for Younger MS Clients
September 30, 2000 | Program Result
The MS Achievement Center at the Park replicated a program based on the MS Achievement Center of Minnesota, which had reported the benefit of peer counseling and support for persons severely affected with MS.