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August 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Faith in Action Project of Houston recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services to elderly people living in Houston's Independence Heights neighborhood.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Washington Regional Medical Foundation established an interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Project to organize and train volunteers to provide services for people in a four-county area in northwest Arkansas.
December 1, 2005 | Program Result
Two competing hospital organizations - Memorial Health University Medical Center and St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital System - helped develop and support a health center and related shelter clinics.
July 1, 2002 | 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.
January 1, 2000 | Book
Since 1987, RWJF has supported a series of programs to test the usefulness of adult day care and then to promote its replication. This chapter presents a history of the three distinct investments made by the Foundation on this topic.
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Kennebec Health System's Alzheimer's Care Center expanded its program of adult day services, nearly tripled its average daily attendance, and achieved financial self-sufficiency.
September 30, 2000 | Program Result
The MS Achievement Center at the Park replicated a program based on the MS Achievement Center of Minnesota, which had reported the benefit of peer counseling and support for persons severely affected with MS.
September 30, 2000 | Program Result
Spectrum II Adult Day Center in Beverly, Mass., expanded its schedule from three to six days a week, and over the next three years nearly tripled its enrollment (from 13 to 37), becoming profitable in the process.
September 30, 2000 | Program Result
The Senior Adult Day Program in Fort Worth, Texas, marketed itself to referral sources and expanded its service offerings, thereby doubling its enrollment, while significantly increasing the portion of its revenues derived from increased client fees.
September 30, 2000 | Program Result
Senior Day Break, an adult day program in Sioux Falls, S.D., doubled its enrollment, quadrupled the fees it charges clients for ancillary services, and achieved its goal of consistent financial break-even.