Comments on: The Grandparents Corps: A New Primary Care Model http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/09/28/the-grandparents-corps-a-new-primary-care-model/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: shannonm http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/09/28/the-grandparents-corps-a-new-primary-care-model/comment-page-1/#comment-33161 shannonm Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:20:34 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=2246#comment-33161 This idea is wonderful. It has been "implemented" in various traditional ways in cultures and societies around the world and I love the idea of transferring and testing it to fit within the unique context of American health care and promotion. Our society currently alienates and isolates elders instead of sharing their wisdom and strengths. I feel it would be important to intentionally recruit a cross section of elders with diverse representation in terms of gender, race, ethnicity,"class" or professional backgrounds in order to truly maximize the goal of "adherence" for the patients they will be advising. This idea is wonderful. It has been “implemented” in various traditional ways in cultures and societies around the world and I love the idea of transferring and testing it to fit within the unique context of American health care and promotion. Our society currently alienates and isolates elders instead of sharing their wisdom and strengths. I feel it would be important to intentionally recruit a cross section of elders with diverse representation in terms of gender, race, ethnicity,”class” or professional backgrounds in order to truly maximize the goal of “adherence” for the patients they will be advising.

]]> By: jhollman http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/09/28/the-grandparents-corps-a-new-primary-care-model/comment-page-1/#comment-31249 jhollman Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:00:42 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=2246#comment-31249 Dr. Garson: Have you considered letting or encouraging specialists retrain to be primary care physician in a medical home setting. With a few months of training, these medical specialists could enjoy caring for patients in a setting where they were actually needed. Jay Hollman Dr. Garson:
Have you considered letting or encouraging specialists retrain to be primary care physician in a medical home setting. With a few months of training, these medical specialists could enjoy caring for patients in a setting where they were actually needed.

Jay Hollman

]]> By: Reform and the Health Care Workforce — Current Capacity, Future Demand | Health Care Reform 2009 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/09/28/the-grandparents-corps-a-new-primary-care-model/comment-page-1/#comment-31226 Reform and the Health Care Workforce — Current Capacity, Future Demand | Health Care Reform 2009 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:01:56 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=2246#comment-31226 [...] Garson A. The grandparents corps: a new primary care model. Health Affairs blog. September 28, 2009. (Accessed October 13, 2009, at http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/09/28/the-grandparents-corps-a-new-primary-care-model/.) [...] [...] Garson A. The grandparents corps: a new primary care model. Health Affairs blog. September 28, 2009. (Accessed October 13, 2009, at http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/09/28/the-grandparents-corps-a-new-primary-care-model/.) [...]

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