Una organización local recibió el premio BUILD Health Challenge de $250,000 para mejorar la salud de las personas mayores

19 de noviembre de 2019

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El premio se otorgó a Truckee Meadows Health Communities, Renown Health y al Distrito de Salud del Condado de Washoe.

Truckee Meadows Healthy Communities (TMHC), Renown Health y el Distrito de Salud del Condado de Washoe recibieron el premio BUILD Health Challenge®, una subvención de $250,000 para apoyar el programa Caring For Reno’s Elders (C.A.R.E.). El premio es el resultado colaborativo de más de 30 organizaciones locales que presentan una propuesta para el financiamiento.

Renown Health anunció que la organización igualará la subvención junto con otros fondos comprometidos de la comunidad; con esto, el apoyo actual al programa C.A.R.E. asciende a $580,000.

Together the entities will focus on senior loneliness and the health issues it creates. Los socios tienen el honor de que Truckee Meadows fue seleccionada como una de 18 comunidades para recibir financiación de BUILD en el período 2019-2021.

“C.A.R.E will be a community approach to enhance life quality for elders by reducing social isolation and loneliness, issues that seriously impact senior health,” said co-team leader Kindle Craig, Sr. Director Renown Institutes. “Loneliness is the root cause of many issues including suicide1 , chronic disease2 and a reduction in lifespan3 . Las tasas de suicidio de personas mayores del condado de Washoe son de entre dos y cuatro veces la tasa nacional para las personas de entre 65 y 85 años, respectivamente4. That is unacceptable.”

Sharon Zadra, TMHC executive director and co-team leader, said this project will tackle barriers to socialization such as access to affordable housing, transportation and healthcare. 

“We’ll bring the entire community on-board, long-term, to increase social connectedness and reduce health and mortality issues associated with loneliness by starting a cross generational ‘Kindness Epidemic,’” Zadra said.

The BUILD Health Challenge is a national program focused on bold, upstream, integrated, local and data driven projects that can improve community health. The award provides funding, capacity building support and access to a national peer-learning network to enhance collaborative partnerships locally to address our community’s most pressing health challenges. The C.A.R.E team expresses special thanks to the BUILD Health Challenge for its support of this initiative.

“Loneliness and isolation in our senior population leads to declines in both mental and physical health, and increased mortality,” said Kevin Dick, Washoe County District Health Officer. “We are incredibly honored to join the BUILD cohort, teaming with TMHC and Renown Health to bring long-term solutions by building a cohesive social network to improve the health of our elders.” 

The BUILD Health Challenge® is made possible with the support of: BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas, de Beaumont Foundation, Episcopal Health Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., New Jersey Health Initiatives, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

TMHC, Renown Health and WCHD have worked united for the last five years, rallying diverse partners and community leaders to influence and advocate for the region’s capacity to ensure a healthy community.

 

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