019 – Interview: How Foundations Are Improving Health & Aging

Dr. K talks with Chris Langston, PhD, former Program Director at the John A. Hartford Foundation. They discuss the role of philanthropy in improving health for older adults, how to help people expect more from doctors, the shortage of geriatricians, ageism, and much more.

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In This Episode:

Dr. K talks with Chris Langston, PhD, former Program Director at the John A. Hartford Foundation and an expert on leveraging philanthropy to improve the health and healthcare of older Americans. They discuss:

How charitable foundations influence geriatrics research and education

The Hartford Foundation’s work assessing quality of care for older adults, and how older adults perceive that care

How the Hartford Foundation helped develop a “collaborative care” model for better treatment of depression in older adults

Why redesigning the way the average doctor works may be more important than providing more opportunities for doctors to acquire geriatrics knowledge

The benefits of “Acute Care for Elders” (ACE) units

How the evolution of geriatrics might be similar to — and different from — pediatrics

How society views aging and how we might tackle ageism

Related Resources:

The John A. Hartford Foundation

How Does It Feel? The Older Adult Health Care Experience

When It Comes to Geriatrics Expertise, If You Can’t Change the Numbers, Change the Game

Expensive Tests to Evaluate Syncope Don’t Yield as Much as Simple Postural BP

If ACE (Acute Care for Elders) Units Are So Great, Why Aren’t They Everywhere?

Frameworks Institute: Reframing Aging

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