Partners in Caregiving Closes Its Doors

Nancy Cox, Director

On December 31, 2008, Partners in Caregiving will close its doors after 21 years of research, training and technical assistance in the field of adult day services.  Located in the Department of Psychiatry at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the program was created in 1987 as a National Program Office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Adopted by the field as a national adult day services resource center, Partners in Caregiving became known for its national newsletter, marketing training products, and mobile colleges across the country.  The program ended as a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2002, when the National Study of Adult Day Services was complete. For the past six years, the program has continued through the sale of its training products and consulting services on a fee-for-service basis. As the last man standing, it is with mixed emotions that I close the program. Where the new home will be for the Partners in Caregiving product inventory is yet to be determined.

Adult day services is a viable, cost-effective community-based service option in the long-term care continuum that helps keep individuals who are in need of chronic care—at home, in the community, with family and friends—for as long as possible. Your passion and tireless efforts to meet the needs and wants of the participants and their caregivers is what makes this service so unique. Keep up the fantastic work!

Nancy Cox, Director
Partners in Caregiving: The Adult Day Services Program