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Foundations for Strong Families 101. Making the Case: Common Ground between the Marriage and Financial Fields
Research suggests that those that have healthy and stable relationships are more likely to have healthy stable finances and vice versa. Stability in one area seems to reinforce stability in the other, and familial and financial stability share a common foundation.
Foundations for Strong Families 101. Asset Building
While financial education is focused on knowledge and skill development, asset building goes further, seeking to build wealth for low-income and economically vulnerable individuals and families. While these two areas can and do intersect, as with asset building programs that include financial education requirements, they are separate fields.
Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. Appendix C. Technical Advisory Group Input on Options for Addressing Disability Data Limitations
The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting for the Assessing the Need for National Disability Survey project was held in June 2011. The meeting included two discussion sessions: (1) the extent to which data limitations identified by federal and state agencies overlap with the TAG feedback and (2) options for improving disability-related data. Ea
Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. Appendix A. Federal and State Agency Feedback on Disability Data Needs and Limitations
A. Questions for Federal and State Disability Policy Stakeholders
Current and Past Disability Data Needs and Uses
What are the disability-related policy/program/research questions that are important to your agency?
Does your agency have specific legislative, regulatory, or other needs for disability data? If so, what are they?
Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. A. Increase Awareness of Existing Data
The perception of several TAG members was that a lot of good disability-related data exists, but that knowledge and use of some data sources are limited. The 40 national surveys reviewed for this project offer a variety of disability-related data. These surveys collect information about people with disabilities that covers a wide array of topic ar
Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. Executive Summary
Purpose of the Report
This is the final report of a project that assesses the need for developing and fielding another national disability survey data collection effort. It presents the findings from three principal project activities designed to assess whether existing data are sufficient to answer key disability-related research questions iden
Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report
This is the final report of a project that assesses the need for developing and fielding another national disability survey data collection effort. It presents the findings from three principal project activities designed to assess whether existing data are sufficient to answer key disability-related research questions identified by the staffs of
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Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design. Appendix B. Site Summaries
Development Services Incorporated
Program Sponsor:
Development Services Incorporated
Apprenticeship Occupation:
Direct Support Specialist (DSS)
Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design. 7.2. Replicability of the Registered Apprenticeship Model for Long-Term Care Occupational Training
One of the greatest barriers to the sustainability of the LTC RAP is the high cost of training and incentives to participation such as wage increases. These high costs almost always were reported in interviews, but sponsors did not provide the study team with any detailed documentation. Employers by nature are propriety about their business operat
Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report. Burell Center, Springfield, MO
Missouri operates an Administrative Agent System. In this system, mental health services are accessed through 25 service areas, with each service area serving particular counties of the state. Administrative Agents and/or Affiliates (CMHCs) are responsible for providing these services. These designated centers serve as entry/exit points in each ge
Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report
This report presents findings from a study of the implementation of coordinated specialty care services provided to individuals who are experiencing the early stages of schizophrenia as part of the National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH’s) Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) initiative. This NIMH initiative is a test o
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Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home. Appendix C. Helping to Reduce Caregiving Physical Strain: Guide for National Family Caregiver SUPPORT Programs
The National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP), Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and partnering organizations provide an array of services to meet the needs of family caregivers. However, a frequently overlooked problem for many caregivers is the physical strain of caregiving. In fact, caregivers of older adults who experience physical strain
Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home. Appendix A. Annotated Bibliography Figures and Tables
FIGURE A-1 . Literature Review Flow Diagram
PubMed/Medline Database Search (n=446)
Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home. Conclusions and Discussion
The FCA online caregiver survey ( Appendix C ) found that many caregivers are purchasing AT/HM and find it useful. However, findings also suggested a need to raise awareness of available AT/HM, to address caregivers' concerns about costs, and to offer caregiver training on AT/HM and techniques to minimize physical strain. The Internet, physicians'
Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home. Results
Findings from Online Caregiver Survey
Although the survey was not representative of all caregivers, the demographic profile of respondents was similar to that reported in other research (87.4% women, average caregiver age 57, average care recipient age 72).
Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home. Discussion
AT/HM Interventions with Promise for Reducing Physical Strain among Family Caregivers