• Scientifically-grounded assessment tools to measure and track health and wellness in independence for improved continuity and planning;
  • Captures health and social information of an older population in aggregate housing to evaluate the effects of "aging in place";
  • Provides individual residents with customized information and a wellness roadmap to manage their own health;
  • Identifies needed services to maximize abilities and functions in older adults as determined by outcomes;
  • An empirical, data-driven approach to assess and influence the systems of services/care;
  • A data repository on diverse styles of independent aggregate housing with diverse levels of support and service that is utilized in research initiatives;
  • Helps an organization emphasize health promotion and adaptation;
  • Facilitates informed data-based choices about risk and level of care/service decision;
  • Improved individualized service plans and organizational performance through outcome data;
  • Fosters the development of interventions, preventive programs and services targeted to specific campus-wide or system-wide needs and interests;
  • Enables community-to-community health and wellness benchmarking and informed program development through a repository of data.

COLLAGE benefits the individual resident by providing detailed health and wellness reports to identify risks and promote healthy lifestyles. It helps individuals age in place more gracefully through personalized plans specific to each person’s needs and preferences.

COLLAGE benefits the organization by providing reports with information on individuals and the community, as well as comparison data with a national database of COLLAGE consortium members. The COLLAGE assessment tools are scientifically grounded, with valid and reliable questions, to evaluate program and service effectiveness and to help organizations emphasize health promotion and adaptation throughout the aging process.

COLLAGE benefits the field of aging by advancing knowledge about healthy aging and improved quality of life of older adults. Consortium members have opportunities to collaborate with other service providers as well as researchers and clinicians dedicated to creating innovative programs and practices.

The combined expertise of Kendal Outreach, LLC, the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, interRAI, and member organizations has the potential to significantly expand knowledge on quality of life for older people and help aging services providers better allocate resources and support the independence of residents. The program has the potential to enhance the lives of millions of older adults living in a variety of settings. The national membership consortium will be expanded to include at least 200 members and serve more than 30,000 individual older adults.



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