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Rural Adult Day Care Center in Vermont Achieved Financial Viability and Expanded Its Services

September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

Elderly Services, Inc., which ran an adult day center called Project Independence in rural Vermont, more than doubled its program attendance and achieved financial break-even.

Hartford Geriatric Center Expands and Refines Its Operations with Technical Assistance from Partners in Caregiving Program

September 30, 2000 | Program Result Report

Hebrew Home and Hospital extended the daily hours of operation of its adult day center within the hospital, began charging separately for ancillary services, increased fees to reflect true costs, and greatly expanded its range of client services.

Central New Jersey Adult Day Care Center Switches from Red Ink to Black with Technical Assistance from Partners in Caregiving

September 30, 2000 | Program Result Report

Mercer Medical Center's Adult Day Center availed itself of the technical assistance services offered by the RWJF Partners in Caregiving: The Dementia Services Program to broaden its base of services and attain financial self-sufficiency.

Parents of Chronically Ill Children Choose Respite Care Needs Over a Residential Rehabilitative Center

September 1, 1997 | Program Result Report

The University of Florida School of Medicine surveyed families and health care providers of chronically ill children to determine what services would be needed and how they should be provided in a model residential treatment facility.

Adult Day Care Center for Alzheimer's Patients Reached Breakeven a Year Ahead of Schedule

January 25, 2007 | Program Result Report

From 1993 to 1995, Nevins Family of Services expanded its existing adult day health services by opening an Alzheimer's Adult Day Care Center in Methuen, Mass. It center also achieved financial self-sufficiency.

Oregon Hospital Helps Establish Faith in Action Volunteer Caregivers Program

April 17, 2007 | Program Result Report

From 2001 to 2004, staff at Sherwood Faith in Action in Sherwood, Ore., recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to both disabled and frail elderly people.

Lessons Learned: Sustainability of Partners in Caregiving - The Adult Day Services Program

May 25, 2006 | Program Result Report

The report provides information on the three phases of the program and then describes the work of the Partners in Caregiving national program office in the post-RWJF funding period as it has achieved financial self-sufficiency.

Houston Coalition Launches Volunteer Caregivers Initiative as Part of RWJF's Faith in Action Program

August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

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.

Interfaith Program in Arkansas Trains Volunteers, Streamlines Provision of Services

December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

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.

Giving Shelter and Health Care to Homeless in Savannah, Ga.

December 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

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.

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