Publications (Order Today!)

• NADSA Publications

  • Secrets, Systems and Strategies for Excellence: Sourcebook for Directors and Administrators

  • Secrets, Systems and Strategies for Excellence: Leader's Guide

  • Standards and Guidelines for Adult Day Services

  • Training the Program Assistant in Adult Day Services

• Dementia Care Enhancement in Adult Day Service: A comprehensive resource for improving dementia care in adult day centers
  This manual was developed to assist adult day services in advancing best practices and encouraging innovation in dementia care. The goals were to enhance and adapt existing standards for dementia care in adult day services, provide technical assistance to adult day services and to provide the day center systems to ensure that dementia services are replicable. The manuals will be provided as a member benefit to "first time new members" of NADSA! (while supply lasts). Contact us for more information.

• How Adopting Diabetes Protocols and Monitoring Programs Can Strengthen Your Adult Day Services, Census and Bottom Line - Audio Conference

• Today's Role of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Adult Day Services-Audio Conference

• Marketing Products for Adult Day Services

• How Adult Day Centers Are Marketing Their Programs And Services

• Maximizing Community Partnerships - Audio Conference

• The Voice - The National Voice for the Adult Day Services Community

• Partners in Caregiving Product Catalog

• Partners in Caregiving Training/Resources Product Order Form

• Programming & Activity Resources for Adult Day Services

• The National Voice for the Day Services Community: NADSA Quarterly Newsletter

Research & Resources

• 2008 Alzheimer's Disease Facts & Figures
  This is a statistical abstract of U.S. data on Alzheimer's disease published by the Alzheimer's Association.

• Adult Day Health Care Services: Serving the Chronic Health Needs of Frail Elderly Through Cost-Effective, Non-Institutional Care, Health Management Associates

• Adult Day Health Services: A Review of the Literature , Rutgers University

• Adult Day Services: A Key Community Service for Older Adults

• Adult Day Services: The How To's of Development, Integration, Marketing, and Accreditation
  Gingerich Home Health Care Management Practice.2000; 12: 43-49.

• Adult Day Services in Rural Pennsylvania , published September 2004

• Alzheimer's and Kids as Caregivers

• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aged (AAHSA)

• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

• American Foundation for the Blind

• American Society on Aging (ASA)

• Caregiving Across the States Interactive Database

• Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

• CARF Standards for Supports for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Design Guidelines for Adult Day Services , by Keith Diaz Moore, Washington State University. Published 2005

• "Effects of Adult Day Service Programs on Time Usage by Employed and Non-Employed..."
  Jarrott et al. Journal of Applied Gerontology.2000; 19: 371-388.

• Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)

• HIPAA

• "Impact of Adult Day Services on Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia," Elia E. Femia, Steven H. Zarit, Mary Ann Parris Stephens, and Rick Greene. Gerontologist 2007 47: 775-788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

• Genworth Financial 2008 Research Findings on Long Term Care including adult day health

• Innovations in Aging Through University and Community Partnerships
  Helpful publications, videos and white pages focused on creativity and innovation to improve the way we age. (From the Center on Age and Community, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

• Iowa Adult Day Services Study Findings

• Intergenerational Programming Resource

• Medical and Social Adult Day Service Programs: A Comparison of Characteristics...
  Leitsch et al. Research on Aging.2001; 23: 473-498

• MetLife Market Survey of Adult Day Services & Home Care Costs

• National Alzheimer's Association

• National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A)

• National Center on Senior Transportation (NCST)

• National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information

• National Council on Aging (NCOA)

• Official Business Link to the U.S. Government

• "Outcomes of Adult Day Services for Participants: A Conceptual Model", by Holly I. Dabelko and Jennifer A. Zimmerman, The Ohio State University. Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 78-92 (2008).

• Partners in Caregiving National Study of ADS

• QuickFACTS from MetLife: Information about Retirement, Long Term Care and the Mature Market

• Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services

• "Respite Services: Enhancing the Quality of Daily Life for Caregivers and Care Receivers"
  This 16-page full-color brochure (3rd edition, September, 2006) encourages informal caregivers to consider using respite services and offer suggestions about ways to make their respite time most effective. All content is research-based. Published by Center on Aging at University of Utah in conjunction with Utah Coalition for Caregiving Support.

• Seeking What's Best During the Transition to Adult Day Health Services
  Margaret J. Bull and Ruth E. McShane
  Qual Health Res 2008 18: 597-605. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

• State Adult Day Health Services Programs: A National Profile (2001-2002) , Published May 2005 by Rutgers State Health Policy.

• Supporting Rural Family Caregivers
  A copy of the satellite broadcast directed at eliminating the barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating in full community life

• TimeSlips: Creative Storytelling

• Transportation Solutions for Adult Day Services

• Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: A Primer, published October 2000 by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• USDA Child & Adult Care Food Program

• U.S. Department of Labor

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Standards and Guidelines

• National Standards and Guidelines for Adult Day Services

• CARF Standards for Supports for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Guidelines and Recommendations for Serving People with Multiple Sclerosis in Adult Day Programs

• Regulatory Review of Adult Day Services