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Title: Beverly Foundation records
Collection number: 0420
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear feet
6 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1978-2008
Abstract: The Beverly Foundation records, 1978-2008, consist of founding documents, Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting
minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports and publications, and 35mm slides from Walter H. Ettinger's book "Fitness
after 50". The Beverly Foundation was formed on November 13, 1978 to (1) pilot, test and demonstrate innovative community
programs that support the autonomy of older adults, (2) foster nationwide progress in long-term care administration and clinical
care, and (3) conduct interdisciplinary research into systems and methods of care.
creator:
Beverly Foundation.
creator:
Kerschner, Helen K.
The use of archival materials for on-site research does not constitute permission from the California Social Welfare Archives
to publish them. Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives, and the researcher is instructed
to obtain permission to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collection from the copyright holder.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
[Box/folder# or item name], Beverly Foundation records, Collection no. 0420, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
The Beverly Foundation was founded in 1979 . Its original mission was to develop programs that reinforced and extended the
health potential of the frail elderly residing in institutions, and to encourage seniors to live healthy, meaningful and productive
lives. That mission developed by 1995 into programs that encouraged senior mobility and transportation. The Foundation planned
and initiated many of its own projects, but also developed numerous partnerships, on both the state and national levels. One
of the most important partnerships was with Beverly Enterprises, whose CEO Robert Van Tuyle was a founder and first Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation. Beverly Foundation projects addressed a number of issues pertinent to seniors,
including the autonomy of older people within their communities; contingency planning for catastrophic illness or disability;
importance of rehabilitation principles to quality care; policies and procedures for administrating drugs to nursing homes
residents; and the need for formalized review of research studies to insure protection of the rights and welfare of human
subjects, particularly those in long-term care settings, and to ensure their sense of personal integrity, respect, and citizenship.
The Beverly Foundation records, 1978-2001, consist of founding documents, budgets, Executive Committee meeting and Board of
Trustees meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, financial records, reports and publications, Helen Kerscner's logs,
and 35mm slides from Walter H. Ettinger's book "Fitness after 50".
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Beverly Foundation. -- Archives
Kerschner, Helen K. -- Archives
Annual reports
Correspondence
Financial records
Newsletters
Noteboooks
Publications
Reports
Social work with older people--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Social workers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources