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Aging

Americans are living longer, healthier lives, and the number of elderly is growing dramatically. In 2010, there were 40.3 million adults 65 and older—or 13 percent of the population. This number is expected to increase to more than 72 million—or 20 percent of the population—by 2030. Philanthropy is fully engaged in addressing the needs of this population and their caregivers, including the significant challenges of long-term care, prescription drug coverage, Medicare, and multiple chronic conditions. GIH offers programming on the issues facing older adults and works with other stakeholders also committed to the work.

What's New
  • United Hospital Fund Releases Action Agenda and Report on Improving Care Transitions
    May 2013
    The United Hospital Fund, at its Transitions in Care 2.0: Family Caregivers and Systems Change conference, released two new documents. The first, Transitions in Care 2.0: An Action Agenda, recommends 10 action steps to improve care transitions by involving and supporting family caregivers in more effective ways. The agenda outlines specific actions for multiple stakeholder groups, including health care providers, payers, regulators, accreditation organizations, educators, training organizations, and by patients and family caregivers themselves. The second, Engaging Family Caregivers as Partners in Transitions, is a new report detailing the United Hospital Fund's three-year Transitions in Care–Quality Improvement Collaborative, which involved 45 health care provider teams in engaging and supporting family caregivers as a core strategy for improving patient transitions.
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  • The Cambia Health Foundation Makes Major Investment in Public Education Around Palliative Care
    May 2013
    Last month the Cambia Health Foundation announced a $500,000 grant to support the Center to Advance Palliative Care's (CAPC) new nationwide public education campaign to help improve understanding of what palliative care is and how to access to it.
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  • The California Wellness Foundation Awards Healthy Aging Grants
    May 2013
    The California Wellness Foundation has announced nearly $7 million in new grants, including $820,000 in awards for healthy aging programming. The majority of the projects being funded are focused on providing technical assistance and support to seniors in communities being impacted by the California dual eligibles demonstration that is integrating care through a managed care plan. The remaining grants are core support awards for two programs: one providing supplemental food services for low-income seniors and the other providing vision services for low-income seniors.
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Spotlight on Aging
  • Medicare Reveals Individual Hospital Fees
    May 2013
    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed for the first time the Medicare fee data for individual hospitals for a wide array of common diagnoses and treatments billed to Medicare. Covering around 3,000 public hospitals, the data shows the charges billed to Medicare and the amount reimbursed by the federal government. Initial analysis conducted by Martin Gaynor, professor of economics and health policy at Carnegie-Mellon, indicates that, despite wide variation on what hospitals bill for services, Medicare payments to hospitals show little variation.
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