What’s Ahead for the Village Movement?

Andrew Scharlach, PhDCenter for the Advanced Studies of Aging ServicesSchool of Social WelfareUniversity of California, Berkeley

April 26, 2011April 26, 2011

Potential Impacts of the Village Model

Service Access Unmet needs Ability to access needed services Cost of services

Community-Building Social engagement Social support

Capacity-Building Individual functioning

Physical and psychosocial well-being Likelihood of relocation

Service delivery system Availability, accessibility, affordability, appropriateness

The Importance of Evaluation

Makes it easier for new Villages to replicate the model Know what services others provide Find out what works Setting membership fees

For funding and government grants Most grants require some previous program evaluation

For public funding Potential for funding from OAA, Medicaid, CLASS Act, or LTC

insurance, if we can show that Village membership improves well-being and/or prevents higher cost care

Organizational Issues

Representativeness Member characteristics vs. target population

Program Implementation Services offered and used

Cost-Effectiveness Direct and indirect benefits Resource mix ROI

Sustainability Organizational development Facilitative organizational characteristics

Challenges for the Future

Sustainability Inclusiveness Community integration Comprehensiveness Effectiveness

UC Berkeley Villages Project

Evaluation of individual Villages Service use Member satisfaction Member outcomes Cost-effectiveness

National survey of Village organizations Factors associated with sustainability and effectiveness

Longitudinal study of Village members Impact of the Village model

Andrew Scharlach, PHDCenter for the Advanced Study of Aging Services

scharlach@berkeley.edu

510 642-3285

Thank You!