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Volunteer Respite – Putting the Pieces Together: Implementation from Recruitment to Matching

Many statewide Lifespan Respite grantees and partners are interested in increasing the availability of and connecting family caregivers to volunteer respite providers. Learn how to support the development of evidence-based/evidence-informed…

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Engaging Employers in Lifespan Respite: Tools from ReACT

ReACT (Respect A Caregiver’s Time) is an employer-focused coalition dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by employee caregivers and reducing the impact on the companies that employ them. ReACT represents…

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Creating a Strategic Financing Plan

Presenter: Cheri Hayes, President & CEO, The Finance Project The Finance Project conducted a webinar on Module III of The Finance Project’s Sustainability Planning Workbook: Creating a Strategic Financing Plan.…

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From Theory to Practice: Sustainability Tools for Lifespan Respite Grantees and Partners

ARCH has collaborated with The Finance Project to bring a set of comprehensive tools to the Lifespan Respite grantees and their partners to help them plan for continuation of Lifespan Respite activities…

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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…

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Funding Sustainability for Lifespan Respite Programs, Part II: Examples from the States

Examples from the States  As federal, state, and even private funding sources remain extremely limited, state Lifespan Respite grantees and their partners will have to work creatively to maximize and…

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Introduction to a Framework for Sustainability Planning

The goal of the webinar is to introduce a comprehensive approach to sustainability planning for Lifespan Respite grantees and their partners. The interactive webinar presents a framework for sustainability planning…

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Marketing Respite to Family Caregivers: Moving Beyond Awareness

Successful Lifespan Respite programs build public awareness and encourage family caregivers and others to action on behalf of respite. But before you book that billboard space, write that pharmacy bag…

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Making Respite More Effective

Dr. Dale Lund discusses practice and policy suggestions that might enhance caregivers’ use of respite time and discusses how to measure outcomes related to respite time-use. In 2009, Dr. Dale Lund…

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Tools for Collaboration: Building and Sustaining Partnerships for Lifespan Respite

At the heart of Lifespan Respite is the concept of collaboration. Throughout the Lifespan Respite Care Act, and in the federal program guidance, references are made to collaboration and coordination…