Programs for Caregivers

Evidence Based Programs

Community Solutions That Work

Public health agencies often have difficulty identifying programs and interventions that can effectively meet the needs of their communities and at the same time wisely use limited public resources.

Evidence Based Programs (EBP) are supported by solid research backing their effectiveness, and they often leverage resources from multiple community partners, which may improve their long-term sustainability. Thanks to this, EBPs can be a valuable asset for public health initiatives.

Benefits of Evidence-Based Programs

Proven, Versatile Solutions for Agencies

Implementing Evidence-Based Programs (EBPs) offers numerous benefits to public health agencies. EBPs are high-quality, best practices that have been proven to be effective through rigorous testing.

Additionally, because EBPs have been tested with large populations, public health can use them to address chronic diseases and population-level issues. Also, EBPs are “packaged” in ways that make them easy to implement and replicate across many settings with consistent results.

Finally, EBPs foster new partnerships by promoting connections and collaboration with different community organizations that serve and support family caregivers.

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Proven to Work

EBPs are public health interventions that have been vetted and have demonstrated effectiveness.

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Easy to Implement

EBPs have clear structure and guidelines for implementation, training, and delivery, ensuring consistency and fidelity across settings.

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Flexible

EBPs are often designed to be used in both individual and group settings.

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Address Chronic Disease

EBPs are ideal for addressing chronic disease and population-level health issues.

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Cost-efficient

EBPs leverage resources from multiple partners and open new funding opportunities as they demonstrate results.

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Foster Partnerships

EBPs stimulate collaboration with community and clinical organizations.

“We are ‘diagnosed and adios,’ leaving us with no real resources or support, we might get the number of the Alzheimer’s association, but we have to search ‘Dr. Google’ to even find out what Frontotemporal dementia is…we must turn to others in the community for help, the stress can be unbearable”

— Caregiver to spouse with dementia

Programs for Caregivers

Find the Right Program for your Community

Dozens of public health programs have been tested and implemented in communities across the country to support people living with dementia and their caregivers. These interventions vary greatly as they have been designed for implementation in different care settings, for different types of caregivers and to support caring for people with different stages of dementia. Therefore, comparing programs and selecting those that best meet the needs of the local community and the capacity of the public health agency is key.

A valuable resource for public health agencies and organizations, that offers:

 A searchable database of vetted, high-quality programs for family caregivers

 Key information for real-world implementation

 Interventions that are ready for broad dissemination and implementation

 Features to compare programs based on what matters to your community and your agency

Explore Best Programs for Caregiving to find the program that best fit the needs of caregivers in your community.

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