Resource Library: Evaluation/Performance Measurement

Increase in Caregiver Access to Respite

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Prepared by ARCH as a sample measurement tool for Lifespan Respite grantees/partners.  In an interview or focus group format, ask each key leader or stakeholder, “Have you documented an increase…

Evaluating Organizational Collaborations: Suggested Entry Points and Strategies

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Abstract: Collaboration is a widely utilized strategy for addressing complex social issues and for facilitating organizational innovation and performance. Evaluators are uniquely positioned to empirically examine the development and effects…

Utilizing Collaboration Theory to Evaluate Strategic Alliances

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By Rebecca Gajda Abstract: Increasingly, collaboration between business, non-profit, health and educational agencies is being championed as a powerful strategy to achieve a vision otherwise not possible when independent entities…

VA Lifespan Respite Voucher Program Satisfaction Survey

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As part of the Virginia Lifespan Respite Voucher Program, caregivers are required to fill out this brief Satisfaction Survey and submit it to the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services…

Caregiver Survey from Tennessee Respite Coalition

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Example of a caregiver survey from Tennessee Respite Coalition to measure the outcomes of respite care.

Performance vs. Evaluation

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2010 Lifespan Respite Grantee and Partner Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Presented by: Valerie Cook, Office of Performance and Evaluation, Administration on Aging, US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington.

Successful State Approaches for Measuring Lifespan Respite Outcomes

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2015 Lifespan Respite Grantee and Partner Learning Symposium, Washington, DC. Presented By: Emily Kearns, MA Lifespan Respite Coalition and Joyce Pohlman, TX Department of Aging and Disability Services

Using Data to Successfully Drive Your Program: Program Evaluation and Evidence-Informed Respite Programs

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From the 2011 National Respite Conference, Glendale, AZ. Presented By: MaryJo Alimena Caruso, CareBreak and the Pennsylvania Respite Coalition and Jennifer Abernathy, Tennessee Respite Coalition

Some Thoughts About Data

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2011 Lifespan Respite Grantee and Partner Meeting, Glendale, AZ. Presented by Casandra Firman, ARCH Evaluation Specialist.

Identifying, Measuring and Reporting Outcomes in Lifespan Respite Programs

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Lifespan Respite Grantee and Partner Learning Symposium, Nashville, TN October 10, 2014 Presented By: Greg Link, ACL/AoA and Casandra Firman, ARCH Session Objectives: Review Lifespan Respite Program  objectives Highlight evolution…