Results List
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Building Palliative Care: The Cicely Saunders Institute Journey
Source: Olivia Dix and the Cicely Saunders Institute
This case study looks at the work of the Cicely Saunders Institute (CSI) at Kings College London, U.K, and its impact on the field of palliative care since it was established in 2010; Atlantic was its largest funder. The Cicely Saunders Institute is the only…
Resource type: Case Study
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Feeney's 'remarkable' donation will advance the entire field of Australian biomedical research
Source: Philanthropy UK
By Ben Eyre The biggest private donation to a medical research facility in Australian history has been made by Atlantic Philanthropies, the charitable foundation of media-shy multi-billion-dollar philanthropist Chuck Feeney. The AU102.5m (£50.8m) donation to scientific research in Queensland, included a record-breaking $50m (£24.8m) grant…
Resource type: News
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New care failures exposed in nursing homes
Source: Irish Independent
by Eilish O'Regan Trip hazards, inadequate medication records and poor infection control have been discovered in new private nursing home inspections around the country. Among those which breached regulations was Swords Nursing Home in Dublin -- formerly known as Leas Cross before it was sold…
Resource type: News
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Trying to Save by Increasing Doctors' Fees
Source: The New York Times
Original Source By MILT FREUDENHEIM Cutting health costs by paying doctors more? That is the premise of experiments under way by federal and state government agencies and many insurers around the country. The idea is that by paying family physicians, internists and pediatricians to devote…
Resource type: News
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Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, The Graduate Center, CUNY
$122,245
Resource type: Grantee
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The Former Dean of Research at the Forefront of Brain Health Worldwide
Source: The University Times
Established to tackle dementia across the globe, the Global Brain Health Institute will further Robertson’s theory of cognitive reserve by training scholars of varying disciplines to “become leaders in devising strategies and policies for preventing dementia.”
Resource type: News
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Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
$74,445
Resource type: Grantee
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Disability Research and Capacity Development Center
$1,000,000
Resource type: Grantee
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A Big Bet on Advocacy Helps to Make History on Health Care
Source: Gara LaMarche
“Health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.” I can’t tell you what a thrill it was to hear President Obama speak those words, a few hours ago, after signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.…
Resource type: News
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Center for Economic and Policy Research
$920,000
Resource type: Grantee
