Defining The Change.
The Steven L. Posar M.D., Eldercare Foundation
was created to provide a research and advocacy platform to help
transform the eldercare and skilled nursing space.
Research
The Florence Posar Research Division of the Foundation is dedicated to transforming the advancing science of dementia causes and care into a body of practical, “bedside” knowledge and techniques that will be of immediate impact on the clinical condition and quality of life of these patients.
Education
The Jacqueline Kizer Education Division of the Foundation is dedicated to advancing the knowledge of the dementia clinical and professional communities. By providing these stakeholders with the most current science, clinical insights and practical treatment opportunities, we will create a platform to improve the quality of life for these patients and their loved ones.
Advocacy
The Paula Posar Advocacy Division of the Foundation is dedicated to positive engagement with the growing community of stakeholders in the world of geriatric dementias. In active partnership with individuals, governmental, and traditional organizations, the Foundation seeks to uncover and actualize the many opportunities that exist to champion on behalf of these disadvantaged sufferers and their communities of interest.
Welcome
Thank you for taking the time to visit our website and learn about our mission and organization. Our Foundation is dedicated to advancing the quality of life for residents of Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF) through reconceptualizing the delivery of their neurologic and psychiatric care.
Over the last 120 years U.S. life expectancies have virtually doubled. In absolute numbers and as a percentage of the population, modern societies are by far the oldest in world history. It is not surprising, therefore, that diseases of aging have an impact unlike we have ever known. Dementia and other age-related neurologic conditions have become epidemic and, sadly, poorly understood and treated. This is especially true in the later stages of these degenerative diseases where patients require so much care and supervision that they must leave their homes and reside in aggregate living LTCFs. Virtually 100% of these individuals will develop significant/severe psychiatric disorders directly as a result of their neurologic disease. The suffering these patients and their families experience is incalculable.
We have come to understand that these individuals are arguably the most medically and socially disenfranchised population in our country. We seek to address this by conducting research into practical improvements in neurologic and psychiatric care, educating clinicians and other professionals about the needs and resources for these people, and advocating for these sufferers with relevant communities of interest.