December 7, 2011
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Story
Mark LeMaire led a community partnership in Jacksonville, Fla., that placed elder care advocates in area hospitals to help discharged patients transition back to the community. The hospitals have since incorporated the program into their operations.
March 30, 2004
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Program Result
From 1998 to 2002, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health led by Rosalie A. Kane, D.S.W., conducted a national research study of apartment-style assisted living for seniors.
August 13, 2004
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Program Result
Florida developed a model of affordable assisted living - Helen Piloneo Assisted Living - a 110-unit, 100 percent affordable assisted-living project in Pinellas Park.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
Space Coast Interfaith Coalition developed an in-home respite program for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease in East Central Florida.
April 1, 2000
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Program Result
The Chronic Illness and Disability Medicaid Working Group at Boston University School of Public Health developed and implemented pilot projects designed to help states develop cost-effective managed care models for chronically ill people with disabilities.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
Extended Family, Inc. expanded enrollment and services at its adult day care sites and became financially self-sufficient.
May 1, 2007
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Program Result
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast trained volunteers to provide services for the frail elderly and people with chronic and terminal illnesses in Pinellas County, Fla.
December 1, 1998
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Program Result
The University of Miami School of Medicine assessed and further developed their existing continuing care management model of care for low-income chronically ill people in Dade County Fla.