- How to Find Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
- Inclusive Healthcare Facilities: Access and Accommodations Resource Toolkit 2014
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Health Care Visits
- Creating a Training Program for Informal Personal Assistants
- Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Using Capitation to Promote Home and Community-Based Services
- TechSAge Tool: Guidelines for Delivering Telewellness Programs to Older Adults with Disabilities
How to Find Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
Description: This infosheet includes tips to locate trustworthy internet sites, and also provides a list of trustworthy internet sites.
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Creation Date: 2015
Type of Product: infosheet; tips
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: some links may be outdated
Rural Adaptations: availability of technology to do online searches
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for the guide
Staff Needed: some people may need assistance learning or using internet
Supplies: need this guide
Technology: online use
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 10
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Inclusive Healthcare Facilities: Access and Accommodations Resource Toolkit 2014
Description: This infosheet includes a list of accessible health care training programs and resources to promote accessible and inclusive health care.
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Creation Date: 2014
Type of Product: infosheet; training
People Required: organization; individual
Adaptation Needed: some links or trainings may be outdated
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: some cost for some of the trainings
Staff Needed: staff are needed to conduct the training; the resources teach the staff what they need to know to carry out the training
Supplies: manuals; webinars
Technology: most resources are online
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: some rural areas may not have consistent access to internet
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 12
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
How to Get the Most Out of Your Health Care Visits
Description: This infosheet includes tips for what to expect during a healthcare visit and how to get organized before the visit.
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Creation Date: 2015
Type of Product: infosheet; tips
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: may have some outdated links
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for the guide
Staff Needed: some people may need some support during health appointments
Supplies: this guide, takeaway materials, and materials in preparation
Technology: need this guide; can be printed
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 9
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Creating a Training Program for Informal Personal Assistants
Description: A training for informal personal assistants that includes the same information that formal personal assistants receive.
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Creation Date: 2016
Type of Product: workshop guide; infosheet
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas; relies on technology
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: needed for resources, medical supplies, and trainer
Staff Needed: staff are needed to facilitate workshop; staff need to have knowledge of medical equipment and other personal assistant topics, as well as how to facilitate a workshop
Supplies: medical supplies, quizzes, and videos
Technology: online access to resources, can be printed; videos
Alone/Group: done in collaboration with trainers
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: inability to have resources or trainees in rural communities
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 10
Practical As-Is for Implementation: good
Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Using Capitation to Promote Home and Community-Based Services
Description: A review of state implementation of using capitation (per member per month) to promote home and community based services.
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Creation Date: 2017
Type of Product: infosheet
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: adaptation needed outside of the selected states
Rural Adaptations: availability of personal assistant workers and government assistances
Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: assistance from government
Staff Needed: Staff are needed to facilitate groups; staff need to have knowledge of roles such as administration and personal assistants
Supplies: need this guide
Technology: online access to resources, can be printed
Alone/Group: done in collaboration with existing agencies/resources and government policies
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: inability to have resources/personal assistants in rural community
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 16
Practical As-Is for Implementation: good
TechSAge Tool: Guidelines for Delivering Telewellness Programs to Older Adults with Disabilities
Description: This TechSAge tool provides guidelines for designing wellness classes delivered via video conferencing, or “telewellness” classes, for older adults with disabilities, from the initial planning stage to class execution.
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Creation Date: 2021
Type of Product: toolkit; guide; education; tips
People Required: organization
Adaptation Needed: little to none needed
Rural Adaptations: needed if availability of technology is sparse
Reading Time: takes a long time to read guide
Funding: none to use guide, but for resources
Staff Needed: needed to conduct classes
Supplies: this guide and supplemental materials
Technology: needed to conduct classes
Alone/Group: alone or in a group
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: availability of technology
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): College
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
- How to Find Trustworthy Health Information from the Internet
- Inclusive Healthcare Facilities: Access and Accommodations Resource Toolkit 2014
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Health Care Visits
- Creating a Training Program for Informal Personal Assistants
- Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Using Capitation to Promote Home and Community-Based Services
- TechSAge Tool: Guidelines for Delivering Telewellness Programs to Older Adults with Disabilities