Partners
The Center on Age & Community partners in multiple ways:
1) rigorous evaluation design and implementation.
2) consulting.
3) project design and implementation.
4) translation of research into accessible, innovative materials.
5) dissemination/distribution of innovative materials.
6) training.
Contact Tom Fritsch with questions on how to partner with CAC.
Sponsors
Administration on Aging: Training Research Institute
Alzheimer's Association chapters in Wisconsin: Dementia Care Specialist Training Evaluation
Argosy Foundation : StoryCorps Milwaukee
Brookdale Foundation: Arts and Dementia Care Resource Guide; Residency in Applied Art
Commonwealth Fund: Development of National Training System and Evaluation of TimeSlips
Faye McBeath Foundation: Community Learning in Aging
Florida Department of Elder Affairs: UCARE/caseworker training in family caregiving
Greater Milwaukee Foundation: Elder Fraud Education Project
Helen Bader Foundation: Core Support (including post-doc fellowships); Endowed Scholarships; Residency in Applied Art
Langeloth Foundation: Almost Home Outreach
Oneida Nation: Consulting on Development of New Skilled Nursing Facility
StoryCorps: Memory Loss Initiative
Retirement Research Foundation: Almost Home Outreach
Rothschild Foundation: Design Lexicon
United Way
Research Partners
Community Care (CCO-CCE) Pain management project (in development); Dialogues in Best Practice - End of Life Care
Eastcastle Place: TimeSlips National Retreat; Service Learning TimeSlips; Creativity and Dementia - moving forward in research
Luther Manor: TimeSlips evaluation; Adult Day Services Redesign Evaluation; Sculpture Program evaluation (Capstone); Creativity and Dementia - moving forward in research; TimeSlips National Retreat; Residency in Applied Arts; Dialogues in Best Practice - Culture Change
Milwaukee Catholic Home: TimeSlips evaluation; Service Learning TimeSlips; Creativity and Dementia - moving forward in research
Milwaukee County/UW-Milwaukee Older Adult Fitness Program: Wellness Works
St. John's on the Lake: Host to Almost Home; TimeSlips evaluation; Service Learning TimeSlips; Residency in Applied Arts;
UWM Office of Applied Gerontology: TimeSlips Evaluation; Dementia Care Specialist Evaluation; Rural Dementia Support/UCARE; Sculpture Evaluation
Community / Outreach Partners
371 Productions: Almost Home; Elder Fraud; TimeSlips; Talk Back Move Forward
Alzheimer's Association Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter: Residency in Applied Art; Dementia Care Specialist Evaluation; Rural Dementia Support/UCARE
Covenant Healthcare
Danceworks
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: StoryCorps Milwaukee
Family House, Inc.: Residency in Applied Art
Indian Council of the Elderly: StoryCorps Milwaukee
Interfaith Older Adult Programs: StoryCorps Milwaukee; Residency in Applied Art, Almost Home Outreach;
Marquette University/Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center: Training Research Institute
Milwaukee Aging Consortium: Almost Home Outreach; Residency in Applied Art
Milwaukee Area College Internship Consortium: Community Learning in Aging
Milwaukee Center for Independence: TimeSlips National Retreat
Milwaukee Chapter of the LINKS: StoryCorps Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Department on Aging: UCARE/Caremanager Training; StoryCorps Milwaukee; Connecting Care Communities
Milwaukee Jewish Federation: StoryCorps Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Library: StoryCorps Milwaukee
Mount Mary College Gerontology Program
Prospect/Farwell Neighborhood Initiative
RSVP Senior Corps
Senior Action in a Gay Environment (S.A.G.E.): StoryCorps Milwaukee
SER Jobs for Progress
S.E.T. Ministry, Inc.: Evaluation of Senior Services (Capstone)
St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care: Residency in Applied Art; TimeSlips Service Learning
StoryCorps: Memory Loss Initiative; StoryCorps Milwaukee Outpost
United Community Center: StoryCorps Milwaukee; Residency in Applied Art; Dialogues in Best Practice/Cultural Competency
The Village at Manor Park
Wisconsin Public Television Almost Home/Outreach
WUWM: StoryCorps Milwaukee
The following entities of UW-Milwaukee:
Career Development Center: Community Learning in Aging
Center for International Education
Center for Volunteerism & Student Leadership: Community Learning in Aging
Cultures and Communities: Community Learning in Aging, StoryCorps Milwaukee
Institute for Service Learning: Community Learning in Aging
Office of Student Life
College of Nursing
Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
Department of Human Movement Sciences
Peck School of the Arts
School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP)
School of Education
