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Legacy Areas

In 1995, Archstone Foundation’s Board of Directors realized that a greater commitment was needed to confront the challenges of the impending aging population. To have a more meaningful impact, under the leadership of Joseph F. Prevratil, President and CEO, the Foundation shifted its focus from broad issues of health for all populations to exclusively confronting aging related issues.

As the economy shifted in the early 2000s, the Foundation began to focus its funding on a select group of aging issues that required raising awareness and more strategic and sustained support. Archstone Foundation’s commitment to Fall Prevention, Elder Abuse and Neglect, and End-of-Life Care continued for over a decade and began to wind down in 2012, when the Foundation began funding its more recent issue-based areas of Aging in Community, Depression in Late-Life, and Family Caregiving. To learn more about Archstone Foundation’s impact in Fall Prevention, Elder Abuse and End-of-Life Care, take a look at our legacy reports in our Publications pages.

Over the last 10 years, the Foundation's grantmaking has focused on enabling older adults to remain in their homes and communities, improving the quality of life for older adults suffering from depression, and developing innovative responses to the family caregiving needs of older adults, while also exploring ways to support workforce development efforts and continuing to meet the emerging and unmet needs of older Californians. This investment led to both greater awareness of these challenges, and significant advances in expertise and services, throughout California, and the United States. It also helped position the Foundation for its new strategy efforts to integrate social care into the delivery of health care.

    Shifting Our Focus

    Following a leadership transition in 2019, new President and CEO Christopher A. Langston, board members and staff began a comprehensive strategic planning process that has shifted the Foundation’s attention to care coordination, particularly between health and social services, and three new strategies focused on Teams, Training and Technology.

    As we pursue our new direction, we are no longer seeking unsolicited proposals in our legacy areas. We do however understand that our past priority areas may impact care coordination and the integration of health and social services. An example of this is seen in our Aging in Community work around addressing food insecurity. In August 2020, the Foundation, in partnership, with the California Health Care Foundation, funded a grant to the California Office of Health Information Integrity (CalOHII) to publish the State Health Information Guidance Volume 2 to standardize and clarify federal and state law in order to address food and nutrition insecurity among Californians. The SHIG 2.0 shows a new path forward for sharing data among food and health care providers, and in interpreting state and federal laws. In the SHIG Volume 2, the State of California also provides guidance about how health and social services information can be shared in the day-to-day practice of providing integrated care and services to address food and nutrition insecurity. Standardized data sharing is a critical first step in paving the way for a digital infrastructure.

    Moving Forward

    If your work in our past legacy areas intersects with our new three core strategies – Teams, Training, and Technology, and it improves care coordination, please feel free to reach out to us. We’re happy to speak with you.

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