Home Care Research Initiative
January 25, 2008 | Program Result
The Home Care Research Initiative supported primary research projects to improve knowledge about home care health policy and practice.
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Johns Hopkins Public Health School Study Finds Preventable Hospitalizations Common for Dual Medicare/Medicaid Enrollees
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
In a survey of more than 2,100 dual Medicare/Medicaid enrollees in six states, researchers found that 25 percent of all hospitalizations within one year were preventable.
An Immigrant Community Takes Actions Against Drug Addiction
September 5, 2008 | Program Result
The Head Start program in New York City developed Project Right Start, a family and community-strengthening model that prepares parents to participate actively in community efforts to address substance abuse and related issues.
What Factors Influence the Kind of Long-Term Services Patients with Private Insurance Choose Over Time
September 5, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers with the Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research interviewed nearly 1,500 individuals with long-term care insurance policies and followed them for up to two years.
An Initiative Promotes Supportive Housing for the Most Vulnerable Among the Homeless
January 1, 2007 | Program Result
Two grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), made in concert with funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Ford Foundation provided partial funding for the creation and operating expenses of the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH). A third grant, supported an evaluation of CSH. In all, CSH raised $95.2 million from public and private sources from 1991–1999.
Adult Day Care Center for Alzheimer's Patients Reached Breakeven a Year Ahead of Schedule
January 25, 2007 | Program Result
From 1993 to 1995, Nevins Family of Services expanded its existing adult day health services by opening an Alzheimer's Adult Day Care Center in Methuen, Mass. It center also achieved financial self-sufficiency.
"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.
Supportive Housing
January 1, 2007 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the Foundation's investments in housing is discussed, from its early efforts to provide health care services to homeless people, to its current support of the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
Washington-Based Food & Friends Program Expands Outreach of Meals Delivery Through RWJF Faith in Action Initiative
January 1, 2007 | Program Result
From July 2001 until January 2004, staff of the Washington, D.C.-based Food & Friends recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to prepare and deliver food to people with HIV/AIDS, cancer, dementia and other life-challenging illnesses.
Research Finds that La Bodega de la Familia Program for Families Helps Former Drug Users Stay Clean
February 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Vera Institute of Justice evaluated La Bodega de la Familia, a program operated by the Vera Institute and dedicated to improving family well-being by supporting families of drug users under parole or probation supervision.