FOundation LIterature Online

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Welcome to FOLIO (FOundation LIterature Online), an online digital repository of foundation-sponsored research reports and publications covering the full scope of philanthropic activity. FOLIO, a project of the Foundation Center and the IU Indianapolis University Library’s Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, preserves and makes accessible material indexed in the Foundation Center’s PubHub.

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Browsing FOundation LIterature Online by Subject "Aging"

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    Care Management of Patients With Complex Health Care Needs
    (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2009-12) Bodenheimer, Thomas; Berry-Millett, Rachel
    Explores how patients' complexity of healthcare needs, vulnerability, and age affect the cost and quality of their health care. Examines the potential for care management to improve quality of care and reduce costs, elements of success, and challenges.
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    Choosing Independence: An Overview of the Cash & Counseling Model
    (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006-12)
    Describes a program that provides Medicaid consumers with disabilities the option of a flexible health care budget. Includes key findings from the three-state demonstration and preliminary information about the program's expansion into twelve more states.
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    Colorado Baby Boomers: Challenges and Opportunities
    (Colorado Trust, 2008-01) Weiss, Suzanne
    Based on surveys, interviews, and a literature review, examines the needs of retirement-age Coloradans in terms of health care; quality of life; and employment, educational, or volunteering options; and discusses the challenges of addressing them.
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    National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older
    (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2001-05)
    Outlines a variety of approaches for organizations, associations, and agencies to plan strategies to help people age 50 and older increase their physical activity.
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    On the Edge: Facing a Challenging and Uncertain Future
    (Boston Foundation, 2006-12) Russell, Laura Henze; Bruce, Ellen A.; Conahan, Judith
    Introduces the Boston Elder Economic Security Standard as a tool to assess the real economic circumstances, needs, and resources of the low- and middle-income elderly in Boston, depending on their health, housing, marital status and other factors.[BREAK]These UNDERSTANDING BOSTON (http://www.bostonfoundation.org/UnderstandingBoston/Default.aspx) reports are provided by the Boston Foundation (http://www.tbf.org). All rights reserved.
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    Promoting Consumer Choice and Innovative Financing Models: Lessons Learned From 25 Years of Supporting Long-Term Care
    (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2007-06)
    Provides an overview of the foundation's efforts to explore new approaches to long-term care and develop and models for reform. Outlines major RWJF initiatives, their impact, and lessons learned.
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    Reducing Nursing Home Use Through Consumer-Directed Personal Care Services
    (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2008-04) Lewis, Deanna; Dale, Stacy; Brown, Randall
    Highlights findings on how the Cash and Counseling program, which allows Medicaid enrollees with personal care services to hire their own care workers, affected nursing facility use and expenditures as well as personal care and Medicaid costs in Arkansas.
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    Trends and Regional Variation in Hip, Knee and Shoulder Replacement
    (Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, 2010-04) Tomek, Ivan M.; Goodman, David C.; Esty, Amos R.; Bell, John-Erik; Fisher, Elliot S.
    Analyzes patterns in underuse or overuse of joint replacements among Medicare beneficiaries by geographic regions and race/ethnicity. Explores underlying factors and highlights the need for physician and patient education and shared decision making.
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    U.S. Public Opinion on Vulnerable Populations
    (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006-12) Necochea, Lauren
    Summarizes findings from a June 2006 survey on Americans' views on government support for legal immigrant children and foster children, issues of community violence, and long-term care services, costs, and long-term care insurance.