Intergenerational Programs: Drawing on the Resources of Youth and Elderly

Intergenerational programs recruit older adults to work with young people, train children to serve older adults, bring youth and elders together to serve others, or serve youth and the elderly in the same facilities.  This Issue Focus highlights foundation funding in this area, ranging from the support of intergenerational mentoring programs to the development of initiatives to gather data on the effects of intergenerational programs on health.

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Long-Term Care Quality: Facing the Challenges of an Aging Population

As our population ages, and the need for long-term care services grows, issues surrounding the quality of care, as well as the quality of life, will become increasingly important. Based on a recent GIH Issue Dialogue, this Issue Focus explores ways in which grantmakers can partner with policymakers, health care professionals, advocacy groups, and patients and their families to improve the quality of long-term care.

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Coping With Managed Care: Responding to the Needs of the Elderly

This Issue Brief discusses the challenges surrounding Medicare managed care and its ability to meet the needs of elderly beneficiaries. The publication presents related trends, issues related to the elderly as active health care consumers, and grantmaker opportunities and lessons learned.

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Spanning the Generations: Putting Health Grantmaking in an Intergenerational Context

This report features keynote addresses by Marian Wright Edelman, John W. Rowe, and Gene Cohen.

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