Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Rosalynn Carter Leadership Award in Caregiving
Evidence-Based Programs for Caregiver Support Visit our Resource Center to find programs for caregivers that have undergone rigorous evaluation and proven effective. Educating yourself in this way is an important step in deciding on a program to implement to better meet caregiver needs.
Visit our Evidence-Based Caregiver Programs Resource Center Caring for You, Caring for Me: Education and Support for Family & Professional Caregivers, Second Edition
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 Download NCOA/ASA NQCN Presentation: Building Effective Supports for Family Caregivers: The National Quality Care Network Georgia Quality Care Network Rosalynn Carter Institute and its partner CARE-NETs have launched a second "practice community" as part of the National Quality Care Network. The GQCN, supported by a grant from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation, is a model of how state-wide caregiver coalitions can improve the quality of long-term, home and comunity-based care by providing statewide training of caregivers in evidence-based programs. Caregiving Awards
Science to Practice Summit Preliminary Recommendations,
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Quality Care Connections
Quality Care Connections (a partnership of RCI and J&J) is the first "practice community" of the National Quality Care Network (NQCN). This network of researchers and agencies is implementing evidence-based programs for Alzheimer's caregivers in five diverse communities in New York, Texas, New Jersey, Alabama and Vermont. Rosalynn Carter on Caregiving Crisis Read her January, 2008 Editorial: "Addressing the Caregiving Crisis" in Preventing Chronic Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal Read it
Caregiver Certificate Program Georgia Southwestern State University, home of the Rosalynn Carter Institute on Caregiving, now offers a Caregiving Specialist Certificate specifically focused on training leaders to overcome “the Caregiving Crisis” in America. The Telephone Learning Series The Telephone Learning Series (TLS) allows caregivers to listen to national experts from the comfort of their home or office. All sessions are free, and listeners have the chance to ask questions at the end of the session. Handouts can be downloaded from the website, or delivered by mail for those who don't have access to internet. Our Audio Library provides audio files of past sessions. A schedule of upcoming sessions will be posted shortly.
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