West Health is a family of non-profit, nonpartisan organizations that includes the Gary and Mary West Foundation, a private foundation and the West Health Institute, an applied medical research organization, based in San Diego and the West Health Policy Center, based in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to lower healthcare costs to enable seniors to successfully age in place with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life and independence. West Health is solely funded by entrepreneurs and philanthropists Gary and Mary West. West Health Institute The West Health Institute was created in 2009 with an initial $45 million grant from the Gary and Mary West Foundation. The applied medical research organization works with healthcare providers, community organizations and academic institutions to improve or validate models of care that lower healthcare costs and improve the holistic delivery of medical, dental and social services for seniors. Current topics of research include geriatric emergency care, telehealth, value-based care, oral health for seniors, home-based primary care and malnutrition. West Health Policy Center The West Health Policy Center is a nonprofit, based in Washington, D.C., focused on identifying policy solutions and innovations that improve access to high-quality healthcare and social services for seniors while slowing the trajectory of rising healthcare costs. The group's current focus is on the high cost of prescription drugs and medical services, increasing the number of accredited geriatric emergency departments, increasing access to oral healthcare services for vulnerable seniors and expanding the Program for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) throughout the U.S. The research and policy proposals generated by the Policy Center are used to help healthcare providers, policy makers and communities make informed decisions about new models of care and their impact on outcomes, costs and quality of life. Gary and Mary West Foundation The nonprofit Gary and Mary West Foundation is an outcomes based philanthropy dedicated to lowering the cost of healthcare to enable seniors to successfully age in place with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life and independence. Since 2006, the Gary and Mary West Foundation has awarded over 615 grants totaling more than $231 million to nonprofit organizations and institutions that share its successful aging mission. The foundation accepts grant proposals by invitation only. Key grants include those for California's Master Plan for Aging, the