Wednesday, November 19, 2008
NEWS
Quality Care Connections Grant Sites
Lead the Way
The team from Johnson & Johnson and the Rosalynn Carter Institute took part in five grant site visits over the spring and early summer. The team was visiting the sites involved in the Quality Care Connections (QCC) initiative.
Rosalynn Carter Institute's partnership with Johnson and Johnson, QCC, is dedicated to the successful implementation of effective caregiver support programs. Johnson and Johnson is currently funding five community sites involved in implementing proven programs for Alzheimer's caregivers. The work of these sites is pioneering because although many evidence-based programs have been developed in clinical settings, most have not been successfully translated for use in community settings.
While these five grant sites target a wide spectrum of demographics in five diverse communities, they have adopted similar data measures and are sharing their experiences, challenges, successes and outcomes through a website developed especially for that purpose: www.QualityCareConnections.org. The QCC blog contains posts of real time updates on site visits and individual grant site activities. QCC podcasts seek to capture personal stories of the researchers, agency staff, and caregivers involved in each program. To find detailed information about each project site, visit the Quality Care Connections page on the RCI web site.
The work of the QCC grant sites is ground-breaking; their experience and their success in implementing effective programs for caregivers provides a wealth of practical guidance as well as inspiration for all of us who want to provide effective support for caregivers in our communities.