QUALITY CARE CONNECTIONS

Johnson & Johnson/RCI Program Awards

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Grantees.

2003 Grantees

Trinitas Hospital
655 East Jersey Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07206
(908)994-7154
This innovative project partners seniors in an extended care facility with children in a therapeutic nursery program. These children, who are suffering with reactive attachment disorder, have had difficulty forming bonds with others. The planned social interactions will help the children begin to form stable and consistent relationships and reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation for both groups.

San Jose State University
P.O. Box 720130
San Jose, CA 95172-0130
(408)924-6961
This project targets an unrecognized population of older immigrants who live in the United States but have very limited proficiency in speaking or writing English. This service-learning project utilizes college students to tutor these individuals, enabling them to be able to better navigate the health care system for themselves and their family members.

Puerto Rico Council of Churches
P.O. Box 21343
San Juan, PR 00928
(787)765-6030
This project supports the needs of elderly hospice residents and children and youth with developmental disorders along with their institutional and family caregivers through the use of trained volunteers who are recruited from local churches. During the planned replication phase, other volunteers will be recruited to provide in-home caregiving services to the families of chronically ill or disabled individuals.

Grove House of Jacksonville
2700 University Blvd. W/Suite A-1
Jacksonville, FL 32217
(904)730-3811
This unique mentoring program for children with disabilities pairs high school special-education students with developmentally disabled adult mentors who are living successful, independent lives in the community. The program seeks to provide a positive vision to school children and their families about the future and raise the self-esteem of the older people with developmental disabilities who are serving as their mentors.

Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA 30912-4240
(706)721-2451
The KySS (Keep Your children/yourself safe and Secure) for the Grandkids program is geared toward improving the mental health outcomes of children being raised by grandparents. An expansion of the successful Healthy Grandparents Project, graduate nursing students will assess at-risk grandchildren for appropriate early intervention mental health services. Grandparents will learn strategies to cope with the mental and emotional problems of thier grandchildren.

LEADERSHIP AWARD:
FOUNDATIONS, Inc.
Moorestown West Corporate Center
2 Executive Drive, Suite 1
Moorestown, NJ 08057-4223
(856)533-1600
In 2001, FOUNDATIONS was awarded a J&J/RCI Caregivers Program Grant for their innovative "Generations" program partnering after-school children with nursing home residents and their caregivers in intergenerational activities to enhance the quality of life for all participants. A customized curriculum was developed during the project year. The success of that program was the impetus for changing the focus of this year's grant competition to intergenerational caregiving.