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Going Home From the Hospital: Project Supports Elderly, Chronically Ill Residents of Absecon Island, N.J. - and Develops a Regional Health Information Organization

October 17, 2008 | Program Result

Jewish Family Service of Atlantic County worked to improve home care for frail older residents of Absecon Island, in New Jersey, who were being discharged from hospitals and other care facilities.

Faith in Action Projects Receive Awards for Transportation Projects

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

Providing rides to a doctor's office, the grocery store and other essential places became one of the central activities of many Faith in Action projects.

A System for Spotting and Treating High-Risk Elderly Patients

December 1, 2003 | Program Result

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.

Family Friends Program in Philadelphia Provides Helpful Surrogate Grandparents

July 1, 2002 | Program Result

Starting in 1996, this project supported the expansion of the Family Friends program, which matched older volunteers with children who have severe disabilities or chronic illness and with their families.

Interfaith Volunteers Provide Caregiving to the Elderly in Huntington, W.Va.

July 1, 2002 | Program Result

The Prestera Center for Mental Health Services developed the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Network to provided companionship, visiting, respite care and transportation for elderly people.

Funding Revitalizes a Project that Serves the Elderly in D.C.

July 1, 2002 | Program Result

The Emmaus Services for the Aging, in Washington, revitalized its programming and adding more volunteers and services.

Community Partnerships for Older Adults

December 8, 2011 | Program Result

Community Partnerships for Older Adults (CPFOA) aimed to improve long-term care and supportive systems for vulnerable older adults by fostering collaborative partnerships and building community capacity.

Pilot Program Trains Certified Home Health Aides to Provide Nursing Care to Patients at Home

October 4, 2011 | Program Result

Under the state of New Jersey's Nurse Delegation Pilot Program, registered nurses delegated specific health care tasks performed in the homes of some Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities or chronic conditions to certified home health aides.

Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities

National Program

Program to foster the development of consumer-directed home and community-based services for people of all ages with chronic disabilities.

Faith in Action: Replication of The Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program

National Program

Program to help support the establishment of approximately 1,100 interfaith volunteer caregiver projects for all ages with chronic health conditions.

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