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Spring 2008 Awards
To view a list of new grants awarded at the Foundation's Board meeting in April, please select 2008 from the Quick Grants Search menu.
Quick Grants Search
Family Caregiving Resources
"Generations", published by The Journal of the American Society on Aging, devoted its Winter 2003-2004 issue to family caregiving issues. The publication entitled, "Family Caregiving: Current Challenges for a Time-Honored Practice" provides an in-depth look at the current state of family caregiver issues and needs.
The National Alliance for Caregiving released a report entitled, "Caregiving in the US." This report provides an update on caregiver activities, the impact of these activities on daily life, and unmet needs.
Click here to access the NAC hompage and the report.
Family Caregiving Book Published by the United Hospital Fund
Edited by Carol Levine, director of the United Hospital Fund's Families and Health Care Project and a caregiver herself, the book shows that recent changes in health care financing, medical care, and demographics have made ADLs and IADLs seriously inadequate as tools for today's policy makers, researchers, and other professionals. To view a summary and to obtain purchasing information click the link below.
http://www.uhfnyc.org/press_release3159/press_release_show.htm?d
Jobs for the Future - "Creating Careers, Improving Care" report now available
Commissioned by the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, this report looks at strategies for recruiting, retaining, and advancing caregivers, specifically Certified Nursing Assistants.
Creating Careers, Improving Care presents the findings from JFF’s research into strategies for recruiting, retaining, and advancing CNAs. Many of these promising practices are financially viable strategies that both increase the scope of opportunities and rewards for frontline caregivers in long-term care and improve the practice and culture of caring in these institutions.
Click here to view full report
"Almost Home"
Almost Home, a cinema verité documentary about a year in the life of people who live and work in an “old age home", was funded in part by the Langeloth Foundation.
Almost Home aired on the national PBS series INDEPENDENT LENS.
“The last wave of baby boomers will soon reach sixty; meaning half of all Americans must contemplate eldercare for themselves or a loved one. That’s 200 million of us dealing with eldercare. Now consider that those same 200 million live in a country steeped in denial of its aging, frightened by the specter of dependency and death. We combat aging with pills and surgery, dismiss it with humor, and avoid it by neglecting to plan ahead. We proffer images of “positive aging,” like 90-year-old marathon runners, and shun common realities of frailty and dementia. Almost Home rescues the true stories of older adults and those who care for them from an exile of denial. It’s a story of one community trying to make a difference, shucking the institutional trappings of traditional nursing homes in favor of a place where we could all imagine ourselves feeling truly at home.”
Click here for more info
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