NQCN podcasts
The Bridge to Somewhere: Transporting Science to the Real World
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Karen A. Blase, Ph.D. is a senior scientist at the FPG Child Development Institute. She has been a program developer, researcher, trainer, program evaluator and published author in the human service field for over 30 years. At FPG, Blase is currently involved in research, evaluation, technical assistance and policy initiatives related to the emerging practice and science of implementation, organizational change and systems transformation. In this session from the Aging in America Conference, Dr. Blase discusses strategies for transporting science to the real world.
What Is Evidence and Why Does It Matter?
Monday, June 22, 2009
Alan B. Stevens, Ph.D., is Director of the Program on Aging and Care and the Vernon D. Holleman-Lewis M. Rampy Centennial Chair in Gerontology at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas. In this presentation from the Aging in America Conference in Las Vegas, Dr. Stevens delves into the most frequently asked questions about evidence-based interventions for caregivers - what is the evidence, why is it important, what does it tell us, and how is it doable in a community-based setting?
How Good is The Evidence?
Monday, June 22, 2009
Dr. Richard Schulz, Director of the University Center for Social Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh, has spent most of his career doing research and writing on adult development and aging. His current work focuses on the conduct of randomized controlled trials assessing the effectiveness of social/behavioral interventions for older patients and their family caregivers. Taped at the Aging in America Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, listen to Dr. Schulz discuss caregiver interventions - what works, and how good is the evidence?
Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH II)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In this podcast taped during the recent Aging in America Conference held in Las Vegas, NV, Dr. Linda Nichols discusses how the Veterans Administration is successfully implementing the REACH II intervention across the country. VA Medical Center at Memphis is serving as the Coordinating Center for this program, providing evaluation and training to the clinical sites, with the assistance of the REACH II investigators, including Dr. Nichols. Across the country, 20 Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) programs, which treat frail dementia patients and their caregivers in the home, are providing the intervention to 200 caregivers.
The New York University Caregiver Intervention
At the 2009 Aging in America Conference held in Las Vegas, NV, Dr. Mary Mittelman gave an in-depth talk about the NYU Caregiver Intervention. Dr. Mittelman has been evaluating psychosocial interventions for family members of patients with Alzheimer's for more than two decades. She is director of the Psychosocial Research and Support Program at the Center of Excellence for Brain Aging and Dementia at NYU Langone and is a research professor in the Department of Psychiatry there. In this podcast, Dr. Mittelman describes her experiences in translating this evidence-based caregiver intervention into use in several different community settings.
The Environmental Skill-Building Program
Dr. Laura Gitlin is the Director of the Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH) at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadephia, PA. In this podcast, taped at the recent Aging in America Conference in Las Vegas, Dr. Gitlin gives a detailed presentation on the Environmental Skill-Building Program, an evidence-based intervention for caregivers of individuals with dementia that she developed as a result of participating in the multi-site REACH II Trials. Case examples showing how changes in the environment can increase the quality of life for both the caregiver and the care recipient are given
The FOCUS Program
Laurel Northouse PhD, RN, FAAN is the Mary Lou Willard French Professor of Nursing at the University of Michigan. She is also Co-Director of the Socio-Behavior Program at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Northouse has conducted a number of studies that describe the impact of cancer on the family and has developed a model designed to predict risk levels of patients and family members following cancer diagnoses. Currently she is conducting intervention studies designed to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families. In this podcast taped at the recent Aging in America conference in Las Vegas, Dr. Northouse discusses findings from the 3 clinical trials of the FOCUS intervention for caregivers of cancer patients. She also provides information on current efforts to translate the intervention into practice.
