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National Adult Day Services Association Becomes Independent Organization, Expands Outreach Through New Materials, Conferences and Member Hotline

March 1, 2007 | Program Result

Staff of the National Adult Day Services Association worked to reorganize the association, raise its profile nationally and make it self-sustaining.

Hospice in Largo, Fla., Adds Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program

May 1, 2007 | 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.

2005 Conference Sets Guidelines to Assess the Needs of Family Caregivers

August 1, 2007 | Program Result

The Family Caregiver Alliance held the National Consensus Development Conference for Caregiver Assessment in San Francisco, September 7-9, 2005.

Self-Determination for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

October 25, 2007 | Program Result

The Self-Determination for People with Developmental Disabilities Program was a national program to help 18 states implement a more cost-effective system for serving persons with developmental disabilities.

The Role of Adult Day Services

April 29, 2003 | 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.

Disparities in Nursing Home Quality

February 22, 2005 | Story

Universities examined characteristics of the nation's 17,000 nursing homes to determine why the quality of some nursing homes is so much worse than that of others.

Unmet Need in the Community

January 1, 1997 | Book

This Anthology chapter presents findings from the Foundation's attempt to learn more about chronically ill people and the service arrangements for them. The study focuses on a single community, Springfield, Mass.

Board and Care Homes Vary in Services Offered, Need Stricter Regulation

December 1, 1997 | Program Result

From 1991 to 1994, researchers from Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research examined factors affecting the quality of health care in board and care homes.

Care-Giving Program Illuminates Volunteers' Motivations

December 1, 1997 | Program Result

United Seniors Health Cooperative established the Cooperative Care Network (CCN), a computerized service credit bank in the greater Washington area, to increase the availability of services for the elderly and the disabled living in their homes.

Financing for Homeless Programs to be Secured with Reliable Public Funds

May 1, 1997 | Program Result

The Corporation for Supportive Housing developed a plan for a nationally replicable model that would offer viable, long-term financing of services linked to permanent housing.

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