What is CAPABLE?
is a program developed by clinician-researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. It has a 12-year track record with demonstrated effectiveness in improving function to help older adults age in community and has been offered by over 40 organizations across the country. The program is offered at no cost. The University of Pittsburgh is adding onto this program with permission of Johns Hopkins.
The need:
CAPABLE has not formally included care partners (‘family members or friends’) or targeted older adults who do not qualify for Medicaid but aren’t high-income earners. Our team is partnering with the developers of CAPABLE at Johns Hopkins to build on the original program by:
- Recruiting through the Area Agency on Aging
- Including care partners, while maintaining CAPABLE's person-centered approach
- Targeting older adults and their care partners who do not qualify for Medicaid
Who is it for?
CAPABLE program targets older adult individuals who do not qualify for Medicaid but aren’t high-income earners. The CAPABLE project includes caregiving partners but keeps older adults’ preferences and goals as the central focus of the program. The program is implemented through a partnership with the Department of Human Service Area Agency on Aging (AAA).
Publications
- Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program: Understanding the potential involvement of care partners
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Fields, B., Yanes, C., Ennis, M., & Toto, P. (2021). Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program: Understanding the potential involvement of care partners. Health & Social Care in the Community, 00, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13529
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Engaging Stakeholders to Implement an Aging in Place Intervention through an Area Agency on Aging
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Pamela Toto, Caylee Yanes, Molly Ennis, Beth Fields, Engaging Stakeholders to Implement an Aging in Place Intervention through an Area Agency on Aging, Innovation in Aging, Volume 4, Issue Supplement_1, 2020, Page 873, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3228
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Including Caregivers in the Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders Program
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Beth Fields, Caylee Yanes, Molly Ennis, Pamela Toto, Including Caregivers in the Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders Program, Innovation in Aging, Volume 4, Issue Supplement_1, 2020, Page 874, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3231