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Location:
St.
Paul, Minnesota
Type of Organization:
Public
Health Organization |
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Seniors Providing Elder Care |
Agency Description: The Senior Recovery Program is a
nonprofit chemical health organization dedicated to
providing both treatment and ongoing support for senior
men and women, 50 years of age or older, who are abusing
or have become dependent on alcohol, street drugs or
prescribed medications. Their mission is "to provide
affordable treatment and continued support for adults,
50 years of age or older, suffering from addiction so
they may reclaim happy, productive lives. The goal of
these efforts is to provide a better quality of life and
health for citizens throughout our community, allowing
them to live independently for as long as possible."
Project Description: The Senior Recovery Program
received funding for culturally-specific programming to
reduce chemical dependency for Twin Cities seniors,
known as Seniors Providing Elder Care (SPEC). The SPEC
program, funded by the Minnesota Department of Human
Services, provides treatment and ongoing support for
adults 50 years of age or older who are abusing or have
become dependent on alcohol, street drugs, or prescribed
medications. SPEC’s goal is to improve the quality of
life and health of older adults throughout the Twin
Cities metropolitan area allowing them to live
independently for as long as possible. SPEC’s approach
is to hire staff who are 50 years of age or older and
believe that their client’s success is due, in part, to
receiving services from staff in their age group.
ACET services: ACET collaborated with SPEC staff
to develop a logic model and evaluation plan, revise
existing instruments to ensure their alignment with the
logic model and evaluation plan, develop an online
system for data entry and tracking, and develop focus
group scripts for use with SPEC clients and staff. The
evaluation included facilitation of focus group sessions with SPEC
clients and staff, analyses of data from focus group
discussions, pre/post
assessments of clients' level of
functioning and program satisfaction, and reporting of
outcome data.
Date of Service: 2009-Present |
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