LAUNCHING THE PORCHLIGHT PROJECT
Joseph Gaugler, Elizabeth Albers, Katie Louwagie, Noelle Fields, Eric Jutkowitz, Manka Nkimbeng, Tetyana Shippee, David Roth · 2023
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Description
Joseph Gaugler and co-authors describe setting up the Porchlight Project, a five-year study of volunteer help for people with dementia, in a 2023 paper. The project trains volunteers to give dementia-aware care and short breaks to family caregivers. It runs through a Lutheran social service agency across Minnesota and parts of North Dakota.
Volunteer regions were randomly assigned to the new training or to usual training, so results can be compared fairly. The hard part was weaving research measures into the agency's routine records for volunteers, clients, and caregivers. The paper tells how the team embedded those measures and what snags they met. Lessons from the launch can help other community studies blend into real services.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joseph Gaugler, Elizabeth Albers, Katie Louwagie, Noelle Fields, Eric Jutkowitz, Manka Nkimbeng, Tetyana Shippee, David Roth |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |