News for Community Aging in Place—Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE)

In the News
COVID-19 put focus on the national epidemic of health disparities among older adults and the longstanding structural barriers they face. With this national conversation, CAPABLE is attracting attention from national media outlets as a way to address such barriers. For articles about individual programs, take a look at our Where We Work page.

2021

• COVID-19 Exposed the Faults in America’s Elder Care System. This Is Our Best Shot to Fix Them, TIME, June 15, 2021
• Maryland Philanthropy Network Summit, Program Resources for Beyond the Pandemic - Models for Aging in the Community, June 15, 2021
• Hopkins on the Hill webinar: How Can We Support People Who Want to Age at Home, June 10, 2021
• National program helping seniors live independently at home, SCRIPPS National Broadcast, June 9, 2021
• See You Now Podcast, May 27, 2021
• Many Older Adults Lack Even Simple, Helpful Equipment, New York Times, April 23, 2021
• Grant Makers in Health webinar, Creating Resilient, Equitable, and Age-Friendly Communities, April 12, 2021
• Time to Rethink Nursing Homes, JAMA Health Forum February 2021
• Pandemic Is a Tragedy, and a Chance to Rethink Long-Term Care, Journal of the Catholic Health Association, Winter 2021

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  2020

• Age Friendly - Aging Well at Home Through the Capable Program, Journal of the Catholic Health Association, Fall 2020
• Maintaining mobility and preventing disability are key to living independently as we age, National Institute of Health, November 2020
• Joe Biden cites CAPABLE as an innovative caregiving workforce program in speech, blog post, and campaign website. Forbes dives deeper into the CAPABLE cameo and the importance of the occupational therapy component, Fall 2020
• Home is Where the Health Is: CAPABLE's Impact on Combating Chronic Conditions, BlueCross BlueShield, May 2020

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  2019

• NPR Story Profiling SCAN Health Plan in California, NPR Morning Edition, November 2019
• Keeping Seniors CAPABLE (Best viewed in Chrome, Firefox, or Edge browsers.) NPR Fresh Air, October 2019
• Aging-in-Place Program from Johns Hopkins on the Verge of ‘Exponential Growth’, Home Healthcare News, August 2019
• 3-Minute Case Study: Better Daily Living for Elders, AthenaHealth, July 2019
• CAPABLE (Community Aging in Place – Advancing Better Living for Elders), Rural Health Information Hub, July 2019

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  2018 and older

• Hillman Foundation Announces 2017 Innovation Grants, Hillman Foundation Blog Post, November 2017
• Improving Life for Elders—At Home, The American Journal of Nursing, October 2017
• Minor Adjustments Keep Seniors at Home Longer, Home Healthcare News, June 2017
• Our Patients Teach Us, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing: On the Pulse, June 2017
• Faculty from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Offer Expertise in Medicare, Medicaid Initiative, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing News, August 2016
• Innovative Model Focused on Function of Older Adults Shows Promise for Improving Lives and Reducing Healthcare Costs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Integrated Healthcare, February 2015
• Johns Hopkins Nursing School Faculty Receive Two of Four National Research Awards, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing News, October 2014
• CAPABLE program team helps Baltimore's elderly stay in homes, Johns Hopkins Magazine, Summer 2014
• Elders Get a CAPABLE Hand in Shoring Up Home Safety, PBS NewsHour, August 2013
• Interprofessional Team Helps Older Adults Age in Place Safely, OT Practice, September 2013
• Nurses, Handymen Make House Calls for Elderly, Associated Press July 2013
• Program helps seniors stay in homes longer, WBAL TV News, October 2013
• The Public Health Crisis that Overwhelms Families: One Family's Caregiving Story, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 2011
• Fixing Up Seniors' Homes to Help them Age in Place, NBC News, July 2013
• RWJF Scholar Pioneers Innovative Program to Help Low-Income Elderly Age at Home, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing On the Pulse April 2013

Podcasts

Disability in the Home (April 22, 2021)
Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN discusses CAPABLE's multi-disciplinary model to help older adults stay at home
Learn more and Listen

Enabling Older Adults to Be Independent (December 29, 2016)
Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN discusses how the CAPABLE Project is reducing nursing home and hospital submissions by creating ways for older adults to live more independently in their own homes. Read the Article
Listen to the MP3 Audio File

CAPABLE: Helping Elders Age In Place (October 31, 2013)
Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN discusses CAPABLE with Marc Steiner and how the program that is helping elderly low-income individuals to remain functional and continue to live in their homes. 
Listen to the Marc Steiner Show Podcast

Aging in Your Community Podcast from Maryland Humanities (August 4, 2016)
Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN principal investigator for the CAPABLE Project, talks about ways to help older adults maintain a sense of community through straightforward solutions around their health and homes.

VIDEOS

2019 Heinz Foundation Awardee Video:

2019 Design Thinking for Health

Penn Nursing Innovators: Sarah Szanton.

 Learn More

For more information on the Community Aging in Place—Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) project, contact:
Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN, Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing at Sarah.szanton@jhu.edu