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Archstone Foundation Announces $4,647,056in New Grants
Long Beach, CA, June 9, 2014– The Board of Directors of the Archstone Foundation, committed to preparing society in meeting the needs of an aging population, approved twenty-one grants, totaling $4,647,056, during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014.
The following grants were awarded under the Responsive Grantmaking portfolio and fell into the following categories:
Depression in Late Life
-University of Washington, Seattle, Washington ($2,510,239): A four-year grant for the Innovations Bridging Clinics and Communities to Advance Late-Life Depression Care initiative, a project commissioned by Archstone Foundation to explore how the Foundation may make the most impactful contribution toward improving depression care for older adults.
The proposed initiative will develop a community of clinics, community-based organizations, and researchers in California who will work together to improve care for older adults with depressionthrough strengthening the involvement of family members, friends, and community-based organizations in depression care.
“Depression impacts the quality of life for older adults and their families. Thankfully, there has been significant progress in the ability to diagnose and treat depression in older adults. Archstone’s effort to meaningfully improve their lives is an undertaking that is long overdue!” Joseph F. Prevratil, PresidentCEO, Archstone Foundation.
Aging in Community
-Help of Ojai, Inc., Ojai, California ($15,000): A one-year grant to support its Transportation Program that serves older adults and disabled residents living in the city of Ojai, and in the surrounding unincorporated areas of Ojai Valley.
-Partners in Care Foundation, on behalf of the Evidence-Based Leadership Council, San Fernando, California ($400,239): A two-year grant to support the continued creation of a shared infrastructure to increase the spread of evidence-based disease self-management and health improvement programs.
-Rebuilding Together, San Francisco, San Francisco, California ($10,000): A one-year grant to support two programs that enable 200 older adult homeowners to remain safely at home and in their communities.
-Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, Irvine, California($50,000): A one-year grant tosupport two programs focused on mitigating the effects of hunger among Orange County’s low-income senior population.
-Village to Village Network, Arlington, Virginia ($15,000): A one-year grant to support its three-day conference, entitled, “The 6th Annual National Village Gathering: Many Villages, One Vision, One Voice”, to be held September 29 – October 1, 2014 at The Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.
Caregiving
-Conejo Valley Senior Concerns, Inc., Conejo, California ($100,000): A one-year grant to support the Caregiver Support Center, which provides information, resources, referrals, evidenced-based programs, case management tools, emotional support, outreach and education, and respite for unpaid family caregivers.
-On Lok Senior Health Services, San Francisco, California ($45,385): A one-year grant to support the Caregiver Support Program, designed to help older adults experience quality of life in the community while preventing early institutionalization, and its expansion to Alameda County.
-Public Health Institute, Oakland, California ($100,000): A two-year grant to support the Caregivers Partnership Project, which will couple disease-specific older adults, caregiver education, and action planning, with ongoing disease-specific, technology-based caregiver networking and peer-support.
-The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ($448,800): A three-year grant for the Improving Caregiving for Dementia (I-CareD) project, a new model of improved training and support for caregivers of persons with dementia.
-The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California ($170,103): An eighteen-month grant to support the Training for Latino Caregivers to Promote Aging in Place program, a dual purpose training that enables caregivers to attend to the needs of Latino older adults to enable them to stay in their homes, while building the capacity of community based organizations to meet the needs of this diverse and growing population.
Elder Abuse and Neglect
-Laura’s House, Ladera Ranch, California ($25,000): A one-year continuation of its Project to End Family Violence in Later Life, a project that provides clinical and psycho-educational services for older women and men who are at risk of abuse or its recurrence in a domestic setting.
-University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California ($217,683): A two-year grant for the National Elder Abuse Training Initiative that will identify and collect existing curricula and training materials on elder abuse for professionals and caregivers; identify current gaps for future development; evaluate and rate materials; and catalog materials to make available in an on-line database.
End-of-Life & Palliative Care
-Sarah House Santa Barbara (formerly AIDS Housing Santa Barbara, Inc.), Santa Barbara, California ($100,000): A one-year continuation-grant to expand and continue the “A Place Called Home” program, which provides residential end-of-life care to homeless older adults.
-Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon ($110,000): A one-year continuation-grant to support the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Advanced Technical Assistance and Expansion of Communication project.
Workforce Development
-American Society on Aging, San Francisco, California ($115,000): An eighteen-month grant to support four thematic issues of ASA’s Generations journal and 12 corresponding ASA web seminars.
-On Lok Senior Health Services, San Francisco, California ($10,000): A one-year grantin support of the 7th Annual Conference on Sustainable Long-Term Care: “Social Prescriptions for Health and Well-Being”, to be held on September 16, 2014 at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF in San Francisco, California.
Responsive Grantmaking—Other
-Breathe California of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California ($5,000): A one-year grant to provide early risk assessment, health education, disease management, and access to free and low-cost clinical services to older adults.
-Grantmakers In Aging, Arlington, Virginia ($75,000): A one-year grant to update and “reframe” the public discourse about older adults and ageism, who they are, what issues affect them, how they contribute to society, and how society can best integrate their needs and contributions.
-Long Beach City College Foundation, Long Beach, California ($20,000): A one-year grant for the planning and implementation of Phase III of the Brain HQ Health and Fitness Course for older adults.
-National Hispanic Council on Aging, Washington, District of Columbia ($104,608): A one-year grant to educate Hispanic elders and their families on programs that help to access and pay for needed medical care.
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The Archstone Foundation is a private grantmaking organization whose mission is to contribute toward the preparation of society in meeting the needs of an aging population. Under the leadership of Joseph F. Prevratil, J.D., President and CEO, the Foundation has awarded over $90million in grants since it was established in 1985.