Elderly Volunteer Exchange Network (EVEN). Final Report. Replication Model

摘要

To help meet the needs of the disadvantaged elderly face, e.g., declining healthand loss of self-sufficiency, EVEN developed a replicable service credit exchange program model to help meet the cultural, social and economic needs of frail, low-income, minority elderly. This was done by replicating and refining an existing volunteer service credit program. SutterGold Time Exchange Program (STEP) in collaboration with Sutter Senior Services (and Sutter Hospital's Foundation) and Women's Civic Improvement Club in Sacramento, CA. (the oldest African-American women's service organization in Sacramento). The objectives are: (1) to build upon the successes of STEP by replicating the current structure of Sutter's volunteer service credit program; (2) to create a replicable program model which can be used in similar communities nationwide; (3) to build our knowledge to share with other communities whose elderly face similar problems through product dissemination.