The PorchLight Project

项目摘要/摘要 拟议的R01项目将以明尼苏达州路德会社会服务部之间的强有力的合作为特色 (LSS-MN)和明尼苏达大学共同评估“Porchlight Project”，这是对其志愿者的一种新改编 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服务的计划 (AD/ADRD)。Porchlight项目是向志愿者提供的多组成部分培训，包括三个 建立了以人为中心的痴呆症护理在线培训模块；一个四节课的在线培训计划 这向志愿者展示了如何将以人为中心的痴呆症护理知识应用到他们的互动中 与痴呆症患者及其照顾者进行合作；以及每月持续的辅导课程。我们将评估 Porchlight项目在整个明尼苏达州的真实效果，并随机分配最低171 19个区域计划协调员地区的AD/ADRD患者、家庭照顾者和志愿者 两组中的一组：一组接受为期12个月的Porchlight项目，并接受常规护理控制 接受标准志愿者支持的状态。一种嵌入式实验混合方法的设计 将在12个月的随机调查中纳入各种定性数据收集元素 Porchlight项目的受控评估(NIH阶段模式的第三阶段)。12个月的结果 我们假设Porchlight计划将产生的影响包括：1)提高志愿者能力；2)增加 AD/ADRD患者的生活质量和减少孤独感；3)提高自我效能感， 减轻压力，改善照顾者的幸福感。Porchlight项目提供了一个潜在的高效、 为州和社区实施的广泛的服务模式，可以促进痴呆症的发生 他们的各种志愿计划的“能力”。此外，建立以社区为基础的有效联系 长期服务和支持解决了应对阿尔茨海默病国家计划的几个目标 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.