Results List
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Recovering Unclaimed Benefits for Older Adults in the United States and Northern Ireland
Buddy Beckley of Baldwin County, Alabama. Photo: NCOA At age 66, Buddy Beckley of Baldwin County, Alabama, was in a desperate financial situation. He faced being locked out of his home – a trailer – because he owed back rent. After paying for Medicare premiums…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Achieving Civil Partnerships for Same-Sex Couples
Michael Murphy (left) and Terry O’Sullivan celebrate their civil partnership. Photo: Irish Independent In June 2011, on a brilliantly sunny afternoon in Dublin, Michael Murphy and his partner of 26 years, Terry O’Sullivan, celebrated their civil partnership. This joyous day came less than a year…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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School-Based Health Services Help Students Develop to Their Full Potential
Oakland sixth-grader Carlos Mazariego took his first trip away from home when he travelled to Washington, D.C., for a national Elev8 youth advocacy trip. He and nine other students met with staff from the offices of California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and advocated…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Transforming Palliative Care in Ireland
In February 2012, the staff and patients at St Patrick’s Hospital Marymount Hospice in Cork moved from an old Victorian red brick building where the hospice had operated for 141 years to a new, best-in-class hospital that is the most advanced palliative care facility in…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Breaking Down Barriers Through Education
Students in Fermanagh Trust’s Shared Education Programme. Photo: Fermanagh Trust ”That’s a nice idea, but are you insane?” That was what Tony Gallagher, professor of education and pro-vice chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, commonly heard when he suggested in 2006 that predominantly Roman Catholic and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Bringing Health Care Services to Rural South Africa
Dr. Lungile Hobe treats a patient. Photo: UYDF Half of South Africa’s population live in rural areas, but only 12 per cent of doctors practice there. Dr. Lungile Hobe often accompanied her mother, a nurse, to the local hospital in rural Mseleni; these childhood visits…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Chuck Feeney’s Contributions to Advance Health at UCSF and Worldwide
Source: UCSF
This video by The University of California San Francisco (UCSF), an Atlantic grantee, looks at Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney’s contributions to advance health at UCSF and worldwide. Feeney is credited as being a key visionary behind the creation of the UCSF Mission Bay campus,…
Resource type: Video
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Incidence of Dementia Greater Than Cancer and Heart Disease
RTÉ News broadcast a segment on the Atlantic-funded report “Creating Excellence in Dementia Care” on January 12, 2012. Visit the RTÉ News site or click the play button above to watch the full clip. Trinity Foundation is an Atlantic grantee.
Resource type: Video
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Ten Years On: Confirming Impacts from Research Investment
Source: PA Consulting Group
This report finds that the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions was pivotal in stimulating the development of research performance in universities across the Republic of Ireland. Authors of the study note that the programme put in place research infrastructure, built basic research capability and drove a…
Resource type: Case Study
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A Conversation with Marc Freedman on “The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife”
On 14 June 2011, The Atlantic Philanthropies held for a discussion with social entrepreneur Marc Freedman, hailed by the New York Times as “the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life.” He spoke about his new book, The Big Shift: Navigating…
Resource type: Video