Connecting Dementia Caregivers to Recommended Services: Care to Plan.

The current mixed methods, embedded study evaluated the use of an online tool (Care to Plan [CtP]) that generates tailored service and support recommendations for dementia caregivers as well as information that can connect dementia caregiver users to recommended resources. Forty-three dementia caregivers identified in a health care system were randomly assigned to receive either CtP or usual care. The embedded, mixed methods design resulted in no quantitative, direct evidence for CtP's efficacy.

Delivering Personalized Recommendations to Support Caregivers of People Living With Dementia: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Estimates suggest that 6.2 million Americans aged ≥65 years are living with Alzheimer dementia in 2021, and by 2060, this number could more than double to 13.8 million.

A comprehensive, multitiered, targeted community needs assessment model: methodology, dissemination, and implementation.

This article describes methodological best practices for a comprehensive, multitiered, targeted community needs assessment and strategies used to disseminate and implement findings. Although the methods could be applied to different populations, this article illustrates a community needs assessment targeting older adults. The assessment methodology included public data; local healthcare facility data; telephone survey of older adults; targeted focus groups of older adults; and surveys of caregivers, service and healthcare providers, religious organizations, and key informants.