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Adult day services (ADS) provide care to adults with physical, functional, and/or cognitive limitations in nonresidential, congregate, community-based settings. ADS programs have emerged as a growing and affordable approach within the home and community–based services sector. Although promising, the growth of ADS has been hampered by a lack of uniform outcome measures and data collection protocols. In this article, the authors detail a recent effort by leading researchers and practitioners in ADS to develop a set of uniform outcome measures. Based upon three recent efforts to develop outcome measures, selection criteria were established and an iterative process was conducted to debate the merits of outcome measures across three domains—participant well-being, caregiver well-being, and health care utilization. The authors conclude by proposing a uniform set of outcome measures to (a) standardize data collection, (b) aid in the development of programming, and (c) facilitate the leveraging of additional funding for ADS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents a study on the perspectives and experiences of staff in the transition to a person-centered approach to care. It states the use of inductive qualitative analysis in analyzing information about staff perspectives and experiences gathered via narrative approach. The study revealed the dynamics and fluidity of the transition process and suggests that the person-centered approach to care substitutes the traditional model of care expressed by the three-stage transition process.

The article focuses on a set of environmental design principles that can be implemented by the elder and dementia care staff. Design principles are the general rules and statements that guide aesthetic, functional and compositional decisions. These principles are intended to guide care staff's efforts in creating supportive physical environment that balance physical and psychological accommodation of program participants.

The article presents a study on the assessment of pre- and post-person-centered care (PCC) activity programs in an adult and demetia day center in Midwestern areas. It mentions that the calendars for pre- and post-PCC activity programs were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed through mixed methods. Findings showed that post-PCC activity programming is more person-centered compared to pre-PCC activity program. However, the PCC model was found to be rare in adult and dementia day center.