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Service Credit Banking
January 1, 2002 | Book
Susan Dentzer explores whether service credit banking--as demonstrated in the projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation--was a good idea that was badly timed or implemented, or whether it was simply a flawed idea.
Second Time Around: Program Supports Custodial Grandparents of At-Risk Children
August 1, 2000 | Program Results Report
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children enabled Grandparents As Second Parents to test and to disseminate for national use a peer support program it had developed for grandparents raising their grandchildren.
A System for Spotting and Treating High-Risk Elderly Patients
December 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
The Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center refined and evaluated the Community Resource Connection, an administrative system that identified health care needs among elderly patients and linked them to appropriate services.
Combating Isolation and Loneliness with an Online Personal Network Called Tyze
September 1, 2011 | Program Results Report
To combat isolation and loneliness among vulnerable individuals, including the disabled and frail elderly, the PLAN Institute for Caring Citizenship and Tyze Personal Networks promoted Web-based social support networks called Tyze.
Supportive Housing
January 1, 2007 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the Foundation's investments in housing is discussed, from its early efforts to provide health care services to homeless people, to its current support of the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
Stand By Me: Volunteer Public Guardian Program Helps Frail, Low-Income Seniors
January 1, 2001 | Program Results Report
Sage Services of Connecticut recruited and trained volunteers to serve as "conservators of the person" and as court visitors, who assist conservators, for elderly people living in four metropolitan areas in Connecticut.
Promoting Physical, Mental, and Social Well-Being for Isolated Older Adults in Rural Colorado
June 28, 2013 | Program Results Report
The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association developed Aging Well, a program to help improve the physical, mental, and social health of older adults living in rural Routt and Moffat counties.
Butch and Leslie Cook and the Aging Well Program
June 28, 2013 | Program Results Report
This sidebar tells the story of Butch Cook and his wife who began attending senior wellness classes run by the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association of Steamboat Springs.
Finding a Nearby Fitness Class Makes all the Difference in Rural Colorado
June 28, 2013 | Program Results Report
This sidebar tells how Louise Iacovetto, age 88, benefits from a senior wellness class, part of Aging Well, a program run by the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association of Steamboat Springs.
New Mexico Gives Older and Other People With Disabilities Control and Choice Through Participant-Directed Services
June 11, 2013 | Program Results Report
New Mexico launched Mi Via (“my path,” “my way,” “my road”), giving disabled Medicaid recipients control over their personal assistance services, including hiring workers and buying assistive devices, through the Cash & Counseling national program.