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EVALUATION REPORT: EXPANSION OF DEMENTIA-CAPABLE COMMUNITIES WITHIN URBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS IN OHIO USING EVIDENCE-BASED AND EVIDENCEINFORMED PROGRAMMING
This report shares the methods, instruments, and findings of an evaluation of dementia capable community efforts in urban and rural Ohio regions conducted by Miami University’s Scripps Gerontology Center.
Home and Community Based Services
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• Products/Design/Planning for an Aging Society
• Dementia
EVALUATION REPORT: EXPANSION OF DEMENTIA-CAPABLE COMMUNITIES WITHIN URBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS IN OHIO USING EVIDENCE-BASED AND EVIDENCEINFORMED PROGRAMMING
This report shares the methods, instruments, and findings of an evaluation of dementiacapable community efforts in urban and rural Ohio regions conducted by Miami University’s Scripps Gerontology Center. With funding from the Administration for Community Living Alzheimer’s Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI), partner
organizations from the aging and intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) networks collaborated to improve the dementia-capability of their local communities, with a specific focus on individuals with dementia who live alone and individuals with IDD who have, or may be at risk of developing, dementia.
The project implemented educational interventions and evidence-based programs with the goal of improving the quality of life for people living with dementia and their caregivers. Project partners included community-based organizations serving older adults, individuals with IDD, and their caregivers in urban northeast and rural southeast Ohio counties. The findings in this report reflect data collected from the beginning of the
grant period in August 2020 through December 31, 2023.
Over the course of the grant period, 2,113 professionals and other community members, 667 Caregivers, and 350 individuals living with dementia engaged in project activities. This count is the number of unique individuals who engaged in project activities and provides a good estimate of the project’s impressive breadth of reach
