Innovations Clearinghouse
on Family Caregiving
Programs, Public Policy and Technical Assistance for Professionals

The interventions included in this section followed an explicit, carefully documented process and produced significant results (e.g. lowering caregiver depression, introducing novel coping skills etc) or offered valuable insight into some aspect of family caregiving. Interventions were selected after careful review of the literature and were further discussed with experts in the field.

• Effects of a home environmental skill-building program on caregivers and care recipients
• Ethnic differences in social network help-seeking strategies among latino and euro-american dementia caregivers


• More Evidence Based Interventions
  

Programs included here are noted for their successful use of "unconventional" means (such as the arts and multimedia) and foster innovation by bringing services to historically underserved populations, such as ethnic, rural and LGBT communities. New and imaginative supports were central to these programs which may serve as a guide for others attempting to achieve a similar goal.

• The Alzheimer & Dementia Workgroup (Mountain Projects, Inc.)
• AFA Teens (Alzheimer's Foundation of America)


• More Emerging Practices

Programs included here were selected for their well recognized contributions to the support of families in their caregiving role. Many of these programs are considered to be authorities in their fields and have been replicated widely.

• Caregiver Retreats
• Caregiving Near Life's End: The National Train-the-Trainer Program


• More Model Programs

This section includes state and federal legislation that has a direct impact on caregivers of older adults and adults with disabilities. Reports, other published papers, advocacy campaigns, and relevant public initiatives with a specific focus on public policies are also included.

• Health Care Reform and Family Caregivers
• Campaign for Better Care


• More Policy & Advocacy