Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
GEORGIA COASTAL REACH - The Rosalynn Carter Institute on Caregiving, in collaboration with Georgia Department of Aging, Georgia Alzheimer¿s Association, three Area Agencies on Aging and the Benjamin Rose Institute will replicate the Cleveland Alzheimer¿s Managed Care Demonstration (¿Care Consultation¿). The project goal is to implement a proven phone-based care consultation intervention for ADRD patients and caregivers in three regions of Georgia and evaluate its effectiveness in practice according to the RE-AIM framework. The specific objectives are: 1) Install and operate the Care Consultation program with fidelity and evaluate its impact on ADRD patients, caregivers and the service delivery system, 2) Document and analyze the process of implementation within each AAA and the Georgia Aging Network, 3) Adapt the program as necessary in response to ongoing evaluation, 4) Assure long-term maintenance and continued development of the program in Georgia, and 5) Support the adoption and implementation of the intervention by others. The outcomes include: Caregivers and care receivers will report: 1) lower strain, 2) lower depression, 3) increased satisfaction with help received, 4) increased rating of quality of care of patient, and 5) fewer unmet service/information needs. The products include: 1) ¿How-to¿ manual to support implementation of the program by others; 2) presentations at national conferences; 3) articles for publication; 4) yearly data reports, 5) a final report; 6) an analysis of program startup and operating costs, 7) an analysis of possible cost-offsets including reduced use of health care services, and 8) an analysis of client satisfaction and willingness to pay for the Care Consultation service.
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