Our mission is to improve the health and health care of the people and communities of western and central New York.

Early Detection: From Crisis Management to Proactive CareOlder Adults
Early Detection: From Crisis Management to Proactive Care
2025 Annual Report You misplace your car keys. You can’t remember if you locked the front door to your house. You see an acquaintance at…
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Caring for CaregiversOlder Adults
Caring for Caregivers
2025 Annual Report Older adults are a key target population for the Health Foundation, and one strategy is to support the people who care for…
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Spotlight on the Memory Café Collective: Finding Joy Through Connection and Respite2024Older Adults
Spotlight on the Memory Café Collective: Finding Joy Through Connection and Respite
2024 Annual Report The first memory cafés appeared in the late 1990s and were the brainchild of Bere Miesen, a Dutch geriatric psychologist who recognized…
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Creating Safe, Trauma-Informed Spaces to Care for Older Adults2024Older Adults
Creating Safe, Trauma-Informed Spaces to Care for Older Adults
2024 Annual Report Nearly all of us will experience trauma in our lifetimes, and the ripple effect from those experiences can last for years or…
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