The Lewin Group

In many instances ADRC projects are faced with development of a new program. Any new program, in either the public or private section, requires basic business planning to ensure the development of a sustainable model. This Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) Technical Assistance Exchange brief provides an overview of business planning including information on market analysis and organizational structure.

Wisconsin’s Family Care pilot program constitutes a major re-design of the state’s long-term care (LTC) system. Concerns over system fragmentation, institutional bias, and rising expenditures fueled a strong desire in Wisconsin to improve and redesign the system. This paper summarizes the Wisconsin Resource Center (RC) experience as documented in The Lewin Group’s four reports for the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau’s Evaluation of the Family Care Program.

The three documents provided here focus on elements of ADRC research and evaluation. The documents specifically address data sources, minimum data sets, national evaluation design, potential indicators, and a draft ADRC evaluation framework.

Provided here are serveral articles, resources & a presentation on social marketing. Social marketing is the planning and implementation of programs designed to bring about social change using concepts from commercial marketing. Key Concepts: -A social or behavior change strategy -Most effective when it activates people -Targeted to those who have a reason to care & who are ready for change -Strategic & requires efficient use of resources -Integrated & works on the “installment plan”

This page provides a list of links to Web sites that provide interactive on-line decision tools related to long term supports and services, as well as other topics of interest for seniors and people with disabilities. Links include: Long Term Care Planning Tool; Nursing Home Compare; Home Health Compare; Prescription Drug and Other Assistance Programs; CHEQ: Comprehensive Healthcare and Earnings Query; MN Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities; Care Planner; BenefitsCheckUp

This is an overview of selected assessment tools used by aging and other human service agencies. The matrix contains descriptions of informational elements, format, targeted populations and staff training.

This draft of a consumer satisfaction survey to be used by an ADRC can help continuous quality improvement efforts and address national evaluation questions. The survey asks questions about general experience with the organization and also asks for demographic information.

This document and the accompanying forms are intended to provide a tool and resources for grantees to support determination of their management information systems (MIS) requirements.

This matrix provides an overview of selected short term case management tools used by aging and other human service agencies. It contains descriptions of informational elements, format, targeted populations and staff training.

This is an overview of selected screening and referral tools used by aging and other human service agencies. It contains descriptions of informational elements, format, targeted populations and staff training.