Performance Measurement
Demonstrating the efficient and effective use of resources is a hallmark of sound publicly-funded programs. This can be accomplished through the development of well thought-out performance metrics and strategies for collecting meaningful data. Such data can provide confidence that expended resources are yielding maximum results, document that services are benefitting consumers, and make the case to funders, policy makers and other stakeholders that the initiative is worthy of ongoing support. Performance measurement can also help monitor and manage programs and inform budgetary and strategic planning.
The information on this page is meant to assist Lifespan Respite grantees and their partners engage in the development of well-thought out and useful performance measurement plans as they implement activities under their Lifespan Respite grants or work to sustain these activities once federal funds are expended. The information should prove useful to others providing respite services as well.
Recommendations for Developing Performance Metrics for State Lifespan Respite Programs. The guide provides a roadmap with tools and step-by-step suggestions for developing a performance measurement plan that will reflect the unique goals, activities and approaches undertaken by State Lifespan Respite grantees and their partners. It defines and provides examples of performance targets and suggestions for measuring them. Finally, it offers examples of how grantees can plan and document their individual program’s performance targets and collect appropriate data for measurement and reporting purposes. Although all grantees are held accountable for the goals and objectives identified in their grant proposals, there is no requirement for grantees...
Performance Measurement/Evaluation Resources/Measurement Tools
ARCH Evaluation form for Crisis Respite
From Evaluating and Reporting Outcomes: a Guide for Respite and Crisis Care Program Managers, ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center Pre-Post Retrospective Survey for assessing the outcomes of crisis…
VA Lifespan Respite Voucher Program Satisfaction Survey
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…
Tools for evaluating state level strategic alliances
These tools were shared by the MA Lifespan Respite Coalition in a presentation at a meeting of the Lifespan Respite Grantee and Partner Performance Measurement Learning Collaborative and at the…
Coordination/Collaboration Tracking Form
Prepared by ARCH as a sample measurement tool for Lifespan Respite grantees/partners.
ID Family Caregiver Navitor Caregiver Retrospective Survey
Survey from Idaho Family Caregiver Alliance – Family Caregiver Navigator
North Carolina Lifespan Respite Mini-Grantee QUARTERLY REPORTING FORM
Reporting form developed by the NC Lifespan Respite Project for community-based mini-grantees to report on persons served and units of services provided with the grants; demographic information on those served;…
Collaborators/Partners Fulfillment of Agreement Matrix
Prepared by ARCH as a sample measurement tool for Lifespan Respite grantees/partners. In the far left hand column, list each agency the Lifespan Respite program collaborates with and has an…
Nebraska Lifespan Respite Network’s eLifespan Respite System
The Nebraska Lifespan Respite Network demonstrates their eLifespan Respite System, an online information and referral, and secure online data and workspace system, designed to facilitate statewide access to coordinated respite…
Nebraska Lifespan Respite Network: Producing Positive Outcomes for Families, 2015-2017
Final Evaluation Report from University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute (UNMC-MMI) and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services The purpose of the evaluation of the Nebraska Lifespan Respite…
More Nationally Recognized Tools:
See these websites for validated measurement and assessment tools:
Compendium of Annotated Tools, FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-based Child Abuse Prevention.
Time for Living and Caring: Making Respite Services Work for You! from researchers at the University of Utah includes assessment tools and scales for Satisfaction with Caregiving (p 6), Positive Aspects of Caregiving (p 6), and Modified Caregiver Burden Inventory (p 4).
Assessing Caregiver Stress, Burden and Coping (APA)- overview
Brown University Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End-of-Life Care
- Screening and Assessment Tools for Child Welfare
- Coping Health Inventory For Parents
- Perceived benefits of caregiving
- Perceived Support Scale
- Picot Caregiver Rewards Scale
- Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy
- Assessing Behavior, Observation and Functioning in Care Recipients
- Assessing Health Problems
- Cognitive Problem Assessment Tools
- Quality of Care Measures
- Evaluating Care Recipient Mental Health
- Impact on Family Scale
- The Psychosocial Assessment Tool
- Parenting Stress Index
- Family Burden of Injury Interview
References
American Psychological Association, Public Interest Directorate. Caregiver Assessment Tools.
Family Caregiver Alliance and Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging (2012; 2nd Edition). Selected Caregiver Assessment Measures: A Resource Inventory for Practitioners
Lund, D; Wright, SD; Caserta, M; Utz, R; Lindfelt, C; Montoro-Rodriguez, J; and Shon, H (2014). Time for Living and Caring, Making Respite Services Work for You.
US Administration on Aging. Performance Measurement Outcome Project (POMP).
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