Advanced Living

Advanced Living:

The Measurement Group is working with Advanced Living, Inc. (http://www.advancedlivinginc.org/) in Lansdown, Pennsylvania, to develop an evaluation of the Registered Nurses as Service Coordinators program. This model provides support services for the residents of Schwenkfeld Manor, a housing community for low-income older adults. This project is funded by a grant to Advanced Living by the North Penn Community Health Foundation. The major focus of this project is to assess the capacity of this program for evaluation, and to develop and implement procedures for ongoing program evaluation.

The project consists of three phases:

Phase I (Organizational Readiness and Preparation)

Conduct interviews and meetings to determine organizational readiness for conducting a program evaluation
Conduct a needs assessment among staff and a small assessment of the unmet needs of clients prior to the program
Conduct meetings with senior management on what to expect if a program evaluation is introduced into the organization

Phase II (Evaluation Design)

In a consensus process through meetings, work with staff to develop an appropriate evaluation design for the organization
In a consensus process through meetings, with work staff and program management to design appropriate tools for measuring outcomes and program activities
Train staff in methods of data collection with clients

Phase III (Pilot Evaluation Study)

Guide staff in client data collection
Collect process measures from staff · Analyze pilot data
Meet with staff and program management to show outcomes and demonstrate how the data might be used for quality improvement and quality assurance processes.