Evaluation of Training Program for Caregivers to Aging Adults

Extension professionals have a wealth of research-based information and expertise in nutrition, activities of daily living, and resource management. This knowledge is the basis for a new Extension program to train in-home caregivers. The purpose of the study described here was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Caregiver Training Program, designed and delivered by Cooperative Extension academic advisors to enhance the skills and knowledge of the in-home supportive service caregivers. Participants report positive changes in knowledge, skills, attitudes, interest, and self-confidence. Extension is uniquely qualified and positioned to provide training for caregivers to aging adults

Communitywide strategies key to preventing childhood obesity

Approximately 25 million children in the United States are obese or at risk of becoming obese, with anticipated negative consequences for individual health as well as the nation's future health-care costs. Effective interventions to prevent obesity require more than educating individuals. To bring about change, we must deploy tactics at multiple levels, from community facilities like parks and bike paths to foods offered in schools. The Spectrum of Prevention proposed in 1999 by L. Cohen and S. Smith first described this approach. UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) has helped evaluate large-scale community-based obesity prevention programs and has experience aligning county nutrition programs with new dietary guidelines. This UCCE expertise enables UC to develop more effective obesity prevention strategies and to influence policy addressing childhood obesity. Notably, UCCE's expertise in nutrition and obesity prevention will be applied to implementing a new intervention program. The new program employs multiple components including UC Cooperative Extension materials and community networks and is designed to impact factors contributing to risk for childhood obesity

Information Needs and Challenges Faced by Adult Child Financial Caregivers of Aging Parents

The exploratory study reported here examined needs and challenges faced by financial caregivers for aging parents. Focus group interviews revealed how caregivers (N=22) assisted their parent(s) and financial information needed. Findings indicated most caregivers needed information about later life financial products and processes, and some needed basic financial literacy skills. Caregiver challenges included concerns about adequacy of parents\u27 resources, difficulty communicating about finances, finding/organizing parents\u27 records, accessing parents\u27 accounts, and selecting/financing long-term care. The author concludes caregivers need and could benefit from financial education. She recommends segmenting the caregiver population and targeting subgroups with appropriate methods and messages

Money Talks Series: Tackling Taxes Leaders' Guide

This leaders' guide is designed to accompany the Tackling Taxes teen guide in the Money Talks series of publications

Money Talks Series: Tackling Taxes Leaders' Guide

This leaders' guide is designed to accompany the Tackling Taxes teen guide in the Money Talks series of publications

Money Talks Series: Tackling Taxes

This publication is part of the Tackling Taxes teen guide in the Money Talks series of publications

Money Talks Series: Tackling Taxes

This publication is part of the Tackling Taxes teen guide in the Money Talks series of publications