Alzheimer's Demonstration
Program
Administration on Aging
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Program Development Strategies
Although each Alzheimer's Demonstration Project
is unique and designed to meet the specific needs of a particular
community or population, there are program and service development
strategies common to all projects. These lessons are important as
they stress the value of an appropriate approach, working with the
local community to achieve "buy-in" and moving through service development
efforts in a logical way.
Through a 1997 national evaluation of the Alzheimer's Demonstration Program,
there were a number of lessons that were found to be important to successful
service development and delivery. The Administration on Aging commissions a
new evaluation of the Alzheimer's Demonstration Program approximately once
every 3 years, which coincides with the project periods for each set of grantees.
The last report was completed in 1997. References to the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) are included as HRSA administered the Alzheimer's
Demonstration Program until 1998 when Congress transferred it to AoA.
Our 2000 evaluation is in progress and will
be posted when it is available.
Please direct any questions about
the evaluation to:
Melanie K. Starns
Alzheimer's Demonstration Program Officer
E-mail
Phone: 202-401-4547.
To view the results of the 1997 national evaluation, including the elements
of service development success, click
here.
