Institutional / Academic Partner Memberships
The Adult Day Services (ADS) industry represents more than 5,000 centers around the country serving over 250,000 participants while providing respite care for hundreds of thousands of family caregivers. NADSA, its Members and Institutional/Academic Partners are collaborating on projects focused on several critical issues:
- Interventions for caregivers of people living with dementia, cognitive and/or physical disabilities.
- Comprehensive healthcare utilization and outcomes collection for participants and caregivers across the country.
- Supporting health equity, and vaccine access efforts for older adults and people with disabilities.
The Institutional/Academic Partner membership is open to educational organizations, nonprofits and research organizations. Benefits of this membership include:
- Promotion of NADSA-approved research projects and access to NADSA
members. - Full contact list of NADSA Members is provided one time per year.
- Potential collaboration and participation with NADSA in research/grant proposals.
Networking, access, and exposure with academic and research partners dedicated to ADS. - Promotion in NADSA’s virtual communications and online calendar.
- Educational proposal and/or poster sessions submissions for NADSA’s Annual Conference and educational events.
- Partnership Members are listed on the Institutional/Academic portal where a logo and write-up is posted.
- Social media postings as appropriate.
- Member rates as an exhibitor at the NADSA Annual Conference.
- Member rates for all professional development events and sponsorship opportunities with NADSA.
Annual Membership fees are $1,500. This fee entitles one person per membership, and additional individuals can be added for $75/year. To register, please click on the following link: Institutional/Academic Partner.
NADSA Institutional / Academic Partners
The Aging Life Care Association® (ALCA) is a national non-profit organization with a membership of professional experts in the field of aging and disability. ALCA promotes excellence through a code of ethics and standards of practice and provides its members with continuing education, business mentorship, and interdisciplinary networking among a community of like-minded colleagues. For more information on Aging Life Care™ or to access a nationwide directory of Aging Life Care Professionals®, please visit aginglifecare.org
The Department of Health, Behavior and Society is dedicated to solving pressing public health challenges in Baltimore, the United States, and around the globe by engaging in impactful public health research, training, and practice focused on the influences of social context, structures, systems and behaviors. The cultural adaptation of the Adult Day Service Plus Program (ADS Plus) and the Providing Evidence-Based Approaches for Caregiver Stress (PEACE Study) are examples of the efforts of Dr. Lauren J. Parker and her colleagues to address the cultural needs of African American and Hispanic caregivers of people living with dementia who utilized adult day services. Visit Website
The mission of the Robert L. Kane Chair in Long-Term Care & Aging (LTC Chair; Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD) is to advance scientific excellence in long-term care and aging that shapes the practice, policy, and pedagogy of these critical areas of focus. The core objective of the LTC Chair is to serve as a catalyst to build aging-specific initiatives across and beyond the University of Minnesota. Visit Website
Northwestern Medicine Geriatrics works to provide multidisciplinary geriatric evaluation and treatment services, drawing upon the expertise of geriatricians, clinical nurse specialists and clinical social workers to develop individualized treatment plans that address each patient’s medical, functional and emotional needs and to promote independence. Northwestern Medicine Geriatrics provides outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for older patients. The Geriatric Health Ministry at Northwestern Memorial Hospital works with local clergy and congregation members to develop health counseling, screening and educational programs for seniors, as well as assessments of homebound or isolated patients. Visit Website
At NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, we are committed to creating an inclusive community, bringing a diversity of perspectives to our work, promoting equity of opportunity, and engaging in scholarship and education to build a more just society. We generate knowledge through research in nursing, health, and interdisciplinary science; we educate leaders in nursing to advance healthcare locally and globally; we provide innovative and exemplary healthcare; and we shape the future of nursing through leadership in healthcare policy. Visit Website