Funding, Sponsoring And The Risk Of Ad

Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, accounting for 65–70% of all cases (Jellinger, Janetzky, Attems, & Kienzl, 2008). The other dementias are of the Parkinson 's group, the fronto-temporal group and the vascular group. The total worldwide yearly costs for the treatment and care of patients suffering from dementia are estimated to be around 250 billion US dollars. The lifetime risk for AD between the ages of 65 and 100 is 33% for men and 45% for women with an annual increase of 1–2% in the seventh decade to almost 60% in the 10th decade with doubling every 5 years (Jellinger et al., 2008). AD is incurable, and thus represents a major public health problem. AD represents a challenge to humanity due to its relatively recent discovery, progressive nature of the illness, and complex diagnosis.

Stakeholders are vital in the success of implementing a project. When planning a new project, one must identify key stakeholders who may affect, or become affected, by the project. Key stakeholders can offer solutions to identify issues that arise, determine resources that may be available, and provide input in areas where information is lacking (Moran, Burson, & Conrad, 2017). Stakeholders can include, but are not limited to, the following: a) owners, b) staff members, c) suppliers, d) customers, e) organizations, f) mentors, g) families, and h) colleagues (Moran, Burson, & Conrad, 2017). A few key stakeholders for the hypertension education program will include patients,

In addition, I also plan to get the opinions my colleagues regarding the positives and negatives of the program with a survey at the end of my research. I hope to use the results of this survey to look at and determine the skills and resources that are thought to be essential to the success of the programs implementation.

The interventions used should aim to slower those cognitive, behavioral and functional symptoms of Alzheimer so that we can reduce the costs on social care, rate of hospitalization and other direct, indirect and intangible costs. The treatments provided should also focus on the Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER) and Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) gained after patients undergo treatments so that the effectiveness of certain intervention can be identified and

A major devastating and debilitating disease, Alzheimer 's is a public health issue that affects not only the United States but also countries all around the world. In 2010, there were 35.6 million people living with Alzheimer’s. Researchers and medical personnel expect this number to triple by the year 2050. The disease is costing America an exorbitant amount of money and has become a burden on families, caregivers, medical personnel, the healthcare system, and the nation’s economy. If attention is not focused on this major problem, “nursing homes will be overloaded, caregivers will be burned out, healthcare system will be overwhelmed, and federal and state budgets will be overtaxed” (Alzheimer’s Association, 2011).

Within the field of human services there are so many details that cannot be overlooked, there are many variables that should not be ignored. There are also expectations from stakeholders that most definitely must be entertained by all participants and staff that are involved with the program. Typically all human service programs depend on a source or sources of funding to provide services to countless individuals within a community. So many variables are present and necessary to ensure that the program will be able to function correctly and efficiently. The stakeholders are a major contributor as well as a part on how the program will proceed. Stakeholders are not just groups; they can be a person, staff member, group, community or an organization that has impact on the operations of an agency or a human resources program. During an evaluation process they can be involved to examine the data collected. Then this can in turn assist the stakeholder to come up with ideas, this would then influence board members as to how the agency or the program should change to ensure that it will reach its objectives and goals as well as to follow its mission. Stakeholders can have a negative or positive impact on the program, in which it can affect economics, funding and accounting as well as other business related decisions such as staff, community, volunteers, administration, and also the target population related decisions. Primarily the administration department will oversee the

A detail financial and clinical benefit report will be provided to key stakeholders. The project team will educate and discuss federal and state rules and regulations. Staff meeting and town hall meeting

The stakeholders that are involved in this evaluation is the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club, the full-time, part-time, relief staff, and the children involved in the program.

The evaluation that I reviewed related to my own evaluation because it Invest heavily in planning. In was clear that they had invested both time and effort in deciding what they want to learn from their evaluation. Also, based on the information provided they discussed what they plan to do with their findings. The Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (2010) state “for evaluation information to be useful, it must be analyzed and interpreted.” (p. 3). This week’s reading assignment supported me to successfully analyze the data gathered concerning the program I selected. Also, it provided some basic information about different procedures for analyzing evaluation data to help me comprehend and participate more fully in this procedure. For instance, I learned that I can “analyze information about attainment of program implementation using a descriptive process” that describes what was completed or plan to complete (OPRE, 2010, p.

This in turn can facilitate population involvement and assist in development of a plan and its expected outcomes.

Another model of evaluation based on the personal observations makes the use of intensive personal observations and conversations with the stakeholders would be the proponents of “qualitative or naturalistic” argues that only a deep and thorough understanding of a program will permit the most helpful with the evaluation. Offering the “expert opinion model” where the evaluator must be the data-gathering instrument; yet, a greater emphasis is placed on the understanding the experiences to such issues.

Stakeholders, hold a significant role in healthcare clinical decisions and indications that supports that decision. The evaluation provides a background to make the best practice of

One of the key factors contributing to a projects success is identifying the correct key stakeholders early in the project process and engaging with them to draw on their knowledge.There are different types of stakeholders in projects and evaluating their characteristics and managing their interrelationships appropriately have a strong impact on the project success. (Celar S; Turic M; Vickovic L (2010)).

Stakeholders can be assessed systematically according to criteria such as influence, impact and alignment. For example, these questions can help assess their relevance: (Harrison, n.d)

Internal stakeholders participate in the coordination, funding, resourcing and publication of the strategy from a local health and well-being partnership, the local primary care trust and the local authority; External stakeholders are engaged in contributing their views and experiences in addressing the issues that are important to them as patients, service users, careers and members of the local community.