National Council on Aging - Healthy Ideas Program

About National Council on Aging - Healthy Ideas Program

Healthy IDEAS was originally developed by Baylor College of Medicines Huffington Center on Aging as part of the Model Programs Project sponsored by the National Council on Aging and funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation. An extensive demonstration was subsequently funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) to further enhance and evaluate the program. The program was part of the Care for Elders Partnership based at Sheltering Arms Senior Services. Care for Elders, as champions of expanding evidence-based programming and the availability of mental health services, implemented the program to bring together community service providers, the mental/behavioral health community, and healthcare practitioners to achieve significant benefits for older adults and their families.