Hartford Foundation

The John A. Hartford Foundation

The OHSU Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence is made possible through the generous funding of The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF). Founded in 1929, the John A. Hartford Foundation is a committed champion of training, research and service system innovations that promote the health and independence of America's older adults. Through its grantmaking, the Foundation seeks to strengthen the nation's capacity to provide effective, affordable care to this rapidly increasing older population by educating "aging-prepared" health professionals (physicians, nurses, social workers), and developing innovations that improve and better integrate health and supportive services. The Foundation was established by John A. Hartford. Mr. Hartford and his brother, George L. Hartford, both former chief executives of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, left the bulk of their estates to the Foundation upon their deaths in the 1950s.

Additional information about the Foundation and its programs is available at: www.jhartfound.org/about_us.htm

Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC)

Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity has been addressing the critical shortage of leaders in geriatric nursing education and research since 2000. In partnership with the American Academy of Nursing, the JAHF launched the multi-million dollar BAGNC Program to produce expert researchers, academicians and practitioners who will lead the field of gerontology nursing and ultimately improve the care of the elderly. The program includes nine Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and the distinguished Scholar & Fellow Awards Program.

For more information on BAGNC and the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative (HGNI), please visit their Web site at www.geriatricnursing.org