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 $750. 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 Center on Aging at CSUSB, sponsored by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, serves as an interdisciplinary hub aimed at consolidating the university’s resources to address the pressing needs of the rapidly aging population in the Inland Empire of California. The center’s objectives encompass forging strong ties with local entities, preparing the next generation of gerontology experts, and conducting and sharing influential gerontology research. Visit Website
As more of us live longer, we have a powerful opportunity to reimagine healthcare in ways that help us remain active and vital in our homes and communities. At Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP), we believe that we need to re-engineer our current programs and policies to better serve the growing numbers of people aging with chronic conditions and overcome the preparatory limitations of today’s healthcare workforce. The Adult Day Service Plus Program (ADS Plus) and The WeCareAdvisor Study are examples of the efforts of Dr. Laura N. Gitlin and her teams to test the effectiveness of evidence-based nonpharmacological interventions for caregivers of people living with dementia. ADS Plus addresses the need for increased access to caregiver support by embedding these resources into existing community-based services, such as ADS centers. Likewise, The WeCareAdvisor Study is testing an online platform and app that provides family caregivers access to tailored strategies to their specific care challenges when and where they need them most. These efforts, among others, demonstrate CNHP’s AgeWell Collaboratory’s determination to serve as a center without walls to bring together researchers, community-based organizations and educators to disrupt the traditional healthcare system’s approach towards caring for older adults and to pave the way for new, proven strategies that improve healthy aging across the lifespan. Visit Website
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
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
The Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is committed to promoting the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and society through research and scholarship. Dr. Areum Han and her collaborators have developed and tested programs for care partners of older adults and explored their lived experiences. Most recently, the team has developed a coach-guided videoconferencing program based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Now, we are testing the effects of the program to see how it can improve the mental health of family caregivers of persons living with dementia. We are preparing to expand the program for delivery through a user-friendly app and by staff in centers where family caregivers of persons living with dementia utilize adult day services. Visit Website