Partners in Care believes that today's health care and social services need to change and improve in fundamental ways so that they work better for all of us.
Towards this goal, Partners in Care brings about positive change in the delivery of health care and social services through:
Collaboration with community-based organizations and public and private funders to create these fundamental changes.
Innovation in Partners' programs and projects that demonstrate and prove the effectiveness of these new strategies.
High-Impact Results Partners' work has produced replicable models of care that others across the country have adopted.
2010
LOS ANGELES AGING ADVOCACY COALITION 2010 Aging Summit Report – (posted May 27)
The newly formed Los Angeles Aging Advocacy Coalition (LAAAC) is a collective response to identified threats to the aging service system. LAAAC’s mission is to preserve, protect and strengthen access to quality care for older persons, their families and caregivers in Los Angeles County by forging joint advocacy efforts to influence fiscal and public policy in the field of aging. AltaMed Health Care Services, Partners in Care Foundation, and St. Barnabas Senior Services represent LAAAC's core leadership.
ENCORE JOBS REPORTS released by Partners in Care, Civic Ventures and MetLife Foundation (posted Mar 31)
Partners in Care Staff Present at AGING IN AMERICA NCOA/ASA Conference, Chicago, IL March 15-19 (posted Mar 15)
2009
New Family Care Partnership/Greater Hollywood Announces Its Formation (posted Dec 14, 2009)
Robert W. Lundy & Lloyd A. Bookman named 2010 Partners in Care Mathies Award Honorees
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong named 2010 Partners in Care Champion for Health
Partners in Care Honored By California Community Foundation and The Eisner Foundation
Partners in Care Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) moves to St. Barnabas
W. June Simmons, CEO Partners in Care appointed to National Advisory Council on Aging
Santa Clarita Adult Day Health Care Center Announces New Contract with the Veterans Administration
Partners' CEO W. June Simmons named CEO of the Year 2009 by the Los Angeles Business Journal
Partners' Launches “Latino Depression Awareness Campaign For Older Adults, Their Families and Caregivers” (listen/view material)
Partners' Institute for Change Research Director, Susan M. Enguidanos, PhD, Presents at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Research Seminar: Home Based Palliative Care: Improved Patient Care at Lower Cost
National Council on Aging Honors Partners in Care Foundation for Exceptional Service
Partners in Care Institute for Change Presents Findings to California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG): First Rigorous Study on Effectiveness of In-Home, Community Based Palliative Care
Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell Addresses 2008 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging/National Council on Aging in Washington, D.C. with June Simmons, CEO Partners in Care, and Co-Presenter of "Aging Services Network and the Future of Long-Term Care"
First of four national demonstration sites to lead expansion of Partners' evidence-based Medication Management Improvement System (MMIS). (more)
Partners and Other Healthcare Leaders Join Public Discussion on Medi-Cal and Health Care Reform with Principles for Effective HealthCare Reform as a First Step. (more)
Partners in Care Establishes the California Health Innovation Centersm (CHICsm): The Center creates and encourages local and statewide partnerships aimed at redirecting health and community resources using tested programs... (more)
June Simmons, president and CEO of Partners in Care, joins the Institute for Health Care Improvement's (IHI) team supporting the innovative Triple Aim Initiative.
Research to real world, evidence-based practice change.Our expertise in project research, program and services development, evaluation and dissemination are helping make essential advances in the delivery and transformation of health care and social services.
Our award-winning projects have led to nationally recognized and replicated models of care.
Pilot Projects: Conceive new ideas and conduct exploratory studies.
Needs Assessment and Consultation: Guidance, planning and project development.
Research and Evaluation Projects: Randomized control trials, comparison design and program, evaluation.
Dissemination and Replication: Moving research to practice.
Partners in Care Institute for ChangeTo discuss a collaborative project or idea contact:
W. June Simmons, President/CEO, 818.837.3755 ext. 102 or email
or
Dr. Susan M. Enguidanos, IFC/Research Center Director 562.622.4099 or email