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Alliance for Aging Research
$15,000
Washington, DC
One-year grant to support three one-hour presentations on Capitol Hill featuring reports on post-operative delirium, caregiver mortality, and geriatric oral health care.
Alzheimer's Association of St. Louis
$90,000
St. Louis, Missouri
Eighteen-month grant for a two-part training project to improve hospital care of persons with Alzheimer's or other forms of memory loss.
American Psychological Association
$23,600
Washington, DC
One-year grant for the 2007 Division 20 student research and mentoring awards program and the Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions in Applied Gerontology.
American Society on Aging
$10,000
San Francisco, California
One-year grant in support of 2007 Chicago Conference.
Boston College
$11,000
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Two-year grant to initiate a faculty and student awards program for an emerging professional association, the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD).
Campaign for Better Health Care
$54,500
Champaign, Illinois
One-year grant to train and educate faith community leaders and congregants to help them advocate for accessible and affordable health care for all Illinoisians.
Catholic Medical Students Association
$2,500
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to purchase "Hippocratic and Judeo-Christian Medical Ethics" and distribute to medical students.
Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly
$75,000
Chicago, Illinois
Second-year support for education and training to improve identification of and treatment for depression in ethnic refugee elders from Chinese, Korean, Polish, and Hispanic communities.
Easter Seals, National Office
$219,724
Chicago, Illinois
Two-year grant to provide training to adult day services and hospice programs about each others' roles as a means of improving collaboration on end-of-life care for the elderly.
Florida Atlantic University
$249,558
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Two-year grant to enhance the competency of medical and nurse practitioner students in diagnosis and treatment of dementia and to understand the roles these professionals play in delivery of care.
The Generations Project
$75,000
Indianapolis, Indiana
One-year continued support to conduct education and empowerment activities for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, families, local officials, businesses, professionals, and the media regarding home- and community based services.
Grantmakers in Aging
$10,000
Dayton, Ohio
For partial support of 2007 Conference -- Breaking Away: Charting a New Course in Aging Philanthropy.
Grantmakers in Health
$5,000
Washington, DC
For partial support of a Chicago two-day continuing education program on health grantmaking.
Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care
$15,000
Chicago, Illinois
Three-months grant as bridge funding to continue the Someone to Trust program.
Indiana University South Bend
$5,500
South Bend, Indiana
One-year grant to disseminate training and educational materials on suicide in late life.
Iroquois Mental Health Center
$8,000
Watseka, Illinois
One-year grant to train service providers on substance abuse in older adults.
National Academy of Social Insurance
$110,100
Washington, DC
Three-year grant to continue an internship and mentoring program to develop young research leaders, focusing on long-term care and disability issues as key components in aging policies.
National Alliance for Caregiving
$116,011
Bethesda, Maryland
Second-year support to strengthen the ability of local caregiving coalitions to become sustainable, effective advocates.
Northwestern University
$10,000
Chicago, Illinois
Six-month grant to pilot test the "Education in Person-Centered Palliative End-of-Life Care for Long-Term Care" curriculum, developed through an earlier RRF grant.
Protestants for the Common Good
$95,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to establish a pilot program called the Academy for the Common Good, which will engage older adults in education, training, and advocacy on behalf of social justice for all people.
ROTARY/One Foundation, Inc.
$7,680
Chicago, Illinois
Six-month grant to support summer employment for three high school students in non-profit agencies serving the elderly.
Rush University Medical Center
$294,891
Chicago, Illinois
Two-year grant to develop and test a training program to advance the understanding and practices of physicians for capacity assessment of older adults, e.g, the determination of a person's ability to make informed decisions.
SPRY Foundation
$12,757
Chevy Chase, Maryland
One-year grant for evaluation of a training program designed to increase the communication skills of direct care workers.
Terra Nova Films
$15,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant for continuation of the Silver Images Initiative at the 2007 Chicago International Film Festival.
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
$25,000
Colorado Springs, Colorado
One-year grant to supplement registration fees for an annual conference to bring clinical psychologists the latest knowledge and skills to treat older patients.
Vanderbilt University
$26,510
Nashville, Tennessee
One-year grant to implement a distance learning program for nursing home staff, to help them learn strategies to reduce incontinence among residents.
Wayne State University
$24,000
Detroit, Michigan
One-year grant for a one-day seminar,"New Tools and New Methods for Enhancing Mental and Physical Health in Late Life."
Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges, Inc.
$65,000
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Third-year support of educational internships to Wisconsin private college students, to introduce the field of aging as a viable career option.
Women's Center of Jacksonville, Inc.
$62,548
Jacksonville, Florida
One-year grant to continue training and advocacy around the issues of elder abuse, with particular emphasis on family and sexual violence.
Women's Health Foundation
$23,675
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to adapt an evidence-based pelvic fitness and education program for use with mobility-limited elderly women suffering from bladder symptoms.
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