American Arthritis Foundation
The American Arthritis Foundation or more commonly, the Arthritis Foundation, is the largest as well as the most viable non-profit organization that deals with arthritis, and who fund arthritis research as well as provide educational information to patients. It is the prototype for future relationships that may come to exist between non-profit organizations and corporate America. Current trends are leading toward organizations developing strategic partnerships with companies instead of entering into short-term relationships.
Let’s Talk RA And More
The American Arthritis Foundation has worked to teach patients to become active participants in managing rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
It is important for those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis to have a voice in their treatment plan as well as disease management.
Living with the pain of osteoarthritis might be considered as needing to spend of one’s lifetime sitting on the sidelines, and not being able to participate in games. However, people like John Elway, former Denver Bronco player and spokesperson for Game Plan for OA, an American Arthritis Foundation program, show that employing strategies such as those employed by Elway will help control OA as well as help patients achieve their goals.
The American Arthritis Foundation also uses sources such as clinical experts; scientists form many different research disciplines as well as organizations having an interest in arthritis and related diseases to compile annual lists of all the highlights in arthritis on a yearly basis. Also, researchers enjoying the support of the American Arthritis Foundation have discovered new pathways that regulate joint destruction associated with inflammatory arthritis.
The American Arthritis Foundation also has all the facts pertaining to arthritis, and one can learn from them that between 1985 to 2006 the number of arthritis patients shot up from 35 million to 46 million and that arthritis is a leading chronic health problem that is causing Americans over the age of 15 much disability, being second only to heart disease as a cause of disability at work.
