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| An overview and critique of the Experience Corps for Independent Living initiative | | Author(s) | Donna J Rabiner, Elizabeth C Koetse, Benjamin Nemo |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 15, no 1, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 55-78 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Community care ; Living in the community ; Pilot ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Experience Corps for Independent Living (ECIL) initiative was a 2-year demonstration programme (i.e. pilot study) designed to test innovative ways to use the experience, time and resources of volunteers aged 55+, in order to expand significantly the size and scope of volunteer efforts on behalf of independent living services for frail older people and their caregivers in specific communities. Six demonstration projects were selected to participate. Although the projects addressed many of the initiative's goals, they did not fully accomplish all of their objectives. The ECIL initiative was particularly successful in providing independent living services to frail elders and their families in the communities served. It was less successful in developing and maintaining the team and corps concept, in attracting and retaining the anticipated numbers of volunteers during the study period, and in becoming self-sufficient by the end of year three. This article presents findings of the evaluation of the ECIL initiative. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030718203 A |
| Classmark | GHH: PA: K4: 4UC: 4C: 7T |
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