July 1, 2005
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Report
This report estimates the effects of Cash & Counseling on the caregivers who were providing the most unpaid assistance to adult beneficiaries, when those beneficiaries volunteered to participate in the demonstration and completed a baseline interview.
February 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology produced both a book and a video to help parents of children with a physical disability create a supportive home environment.
April 1, 2005
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Program Result
The United Hospital Fund of New York brought together a working group of researchers, clinicians, policy-makers and family caregiver advocates to produce an analysis leading to the development of more accurate measures of the work performed by family caregivers.
August 1, 2007
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Program Result
The Family Caregiver Alliance held the National Consensus Development Conference for Caregiver Assessment in San Francisco, September 7-9, 2005.
March 30, 2004
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Program Result
The Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research, under the direction of Marc A. Cohen, Ph.D. and Jessica Miller, Ph.D., studied how private long-term care insurance affects the level and mix of formal and informal services used.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
Seattle Day Center for Adults opened its third day center for chronically disabled adults. In the two years following its opening, staff expanded the center's hours and services to include weekend, evening and drop-in care.
January 1, 2006
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Program Result
Statewide directors of Parent to Parent programs, representing the national Parent to Parent movement, investigated the possibility of creating a formal partnership between the Parent to Parent movement and the Grassroots Consortium on Disabilities.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
To determine family caregivers' needs for training, a project team at Alcorn State University School of Nursing conducted a survey for families with homebound elderly, chronically ill, and physically disabled individuals in southwest Mississippi.
July 31, 2008
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Program Result
From 2000 to 2003, Parent to Parent of Vermont increased its capacity to serve its clients and expanded its education program for medical students and residents.
April 29, 2003
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Story
These centers, located in many communities across the country, provide health, social, and support services for adults with impaired physical, mental, and/or social abilities.