The PorchLight Project

项目概要/摘要 拟议的R 01项目将与明尼苏达州路德会社会服务部 （LSS-MN）和明尼苏达大学评估“门廊项目”，一个新的适应其志愿者 为患有阿尔茨海默病或阿尔茨海默病相关痴呆症的老年人提供服务的项目 (AD/ADRD）。Porchlight项目是向志愿者提供的多方面培训，包括三个 建立了以人为本的痴呆症护理在线培训模块;四期在线培训计划 向志愿者展示如何将以人为本的痴呆症护理知识应用到他们的互动中， 与痴呆症患者及其护理人员;以及每月持续的辅导课程。我们将评估 在明尼苏达州的Porchlight项目的真实世界的功效，并随机分配至少171 AD/ADRD患者、家庭护理人员和志愿者，分布在19个区域计划协调员区域， 两组中的一组：一组接受为期12个月的门廊灯项目，另一组接受常规护理控制 接受标准志愿者支持的条件。嵌入式实验混合方法设计将是 在12个月的随机化研究中纳入各种定性数据收集要素 Porchlight项目的受控评估（NIH阶段模型的第三阶段）。12个月的结果， 我们假设Porchlight项目将影响包括：1）增加志愿者的能力; 2）增加 AD/ADRD患者的生活质量和孤独感降低; 3）自我效能增加， 减轻压力，改善护理人员的福祉。门廊灯项目提供了一个潜在的高效， 广泛的服务模式，为国家和社区实施，可以促进“痴呆症 “志愿者”的各种活动。此外，建立有效的联系，以社区为基础， 长期的服务和支持解决了国家计划的几个目标，以解决阿尔茨海默病 以及最近的痴呆症护理服务和支持峰会。

Project Summary/Abstract The proposed R01 project will feature a robust collaboration between Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS-MN) and the University of Minnesota to evaluate the “Porchlight Project,” a novel adaption of its volunteer programs that serve older persons with Alzheimer’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease related dementia (AD/ADRD). The Porchlight Project is multicomponent training delivered to volunteers and includes three established online training modules on person-centered dementia care; a four-session online training program that demonstrates to volunteers how to apply person-centered dementia care knowledge to their interactions with persons with dementia and their caregivers; and ongoing monthly coaching sessions. We will evaluate the real-world efficacy of the Porchlight Project throughout Minnesota and randomly assign a minimum of 171 persons with AD/ADRD, family caregivers, and volunteers across 19 Regional Program Coordinator regions to one of two groups: one that receives the Porchlight Project over a 12-month period and a usual care control condition that receives standard volunteer support. An embedded experimental mixed methods design will be utilized that will incorporate various qualitative data collection elements within the 12-month randomized controlled evaluation of the Porchlight Project (Stage III of the NIH Stage Model). Twelve month outcomes that we hypothesize the Porchlight Project will influence include: 1) increased volunteer competence; 2) increases in quality of life and reduced loneliness for the person with AD/ADRD; and 3) increased self-efficacy, decreased stress, and improved well-being for caregivers. The Porchlight Project offers a potentially efficient, wide-ranging service model for states and communities to implement that can facilitate the “dementia capability” of their various volunteer programs. Moreover, creating effective linkages to community-based long-term services and supports addresses several goals of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease as well as the recent Dementia Care Services and Support summits.