Family Caregiving: Publications
Improving Transitional Care by Involving Family Caregivers
This presentation by Carol Levine, on the Fund’s Transitions in Care Quality Improvement Collaborative (TC-QuIC), was delivered on October 28, 2011, at a session of the National Health Policy Forum.
New Directions
New directions. Innovation. Fundamental change. Those imperatives are an essential part of the Fund's work, as highlighted in the 2011 annual report.
Blueprint, Summer 2011
Among the highlights of the summer 2011 issue of Blueprint is a cover story about an initiative that is bringing health care providers and family caregivers together to coordinate and improve patient transitions.
Rethink/Renew/Reshape/Reform
In this time of unprecedented urgency and opportunity, the Fund's 2010 annual report focuses on the clear links between our unique approach to shaping improved health care, our accomplishments of the past year, and the challenging road immediately ahead.
Blueprint, Spring 2010
The latest issue of Blueprint presents the Fund's new family caregiving quality improvement collaborative, commentary by Jim Tallon on post-reform imperatives, and a host of articles on Fund initiatives, grants, and events.
Bridging Troubled Waters
The January 2010 issue of Health Affairs features a United Hospital Fund staff-written article titled “Bridging Troubled Waters: Family Caregivers, Transitions, and Long-Term Care.
Blueprint, Fall 2009
The latest issue of Blueprint presents an overview of the critical issue of expanding insurance coverage, commentary by Jim Tallon on the crisis in health care, and a host of features on Fund initiatives and events.
Vision/Accomplishment
The United Hospital Fund's 2009 annual report highlights the Fund's accomplishments over the past year and presents a vision—and imperatives—for the future of our health care system.
Blueprint, Summer 2009
The latest issue of the Fund's newsletter spotlights the Fund's comprehensive new look at the state of New York's insurance market, a "culture-changing" program helping two hospitals encourage breastfeeding, updates on other Fund initiatives, and more.
Blueprint, Spring 2009
A new Fund website for family caregivers, an innovative approach to high-cost patients, an invaluable consumer guide to health care coverage after job loss, and more Fund news.
Voice of the Family Caregiver
Carol Levine presented "Voice of the Family Caregiver" at the ABIM Foundation's 2007 summer forum titled "Coordination of Care: Missed Opportunity?" The text is available.
The Health Care Reform Imperative
The budget process forces a focus on fundamental issues, and offers a chance for decisions critical to real health care reform, says Fund President Jim Tallon, in his latest Blueprint editorial.
An Ethical Framework for New York State Policy Concerning Family Caregivers
This document--a statement of basic values, principles, and community norms that should govern policy-making and implementation--spells out the standards by which specific regulations, policies, and programs can be measured.
New York State Policy Agenda for Family Caregivers
This document calls for an assessment of caregivers' needs and available services to meet those needs, a review of key policies and practices, the establishment of a mechanism to coordinate caregiving-related activities and policy implementation, and a focus on strengthening local agencies to reach, assess, and support caregivers.
The Top Ten Things Caregivers Don't Want to Hear….
Carol Levine, Director of the Fund's Families and Health Care Project, presents a collection of the kinds of unsolicited advice, unwelcome criticism, and undeserved praise that she and other caregivers receive all too often.
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