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Good morning, As we head toward next month's observances of National Family Caregivers Month and National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, our team thanks the countless individuals and organizations that have worked so hard to bring awareness, advocacy and needed solutions to these important areas of health and health care. Best Practice Caregiving (BPC) lives at the unique intersection of these two areas, having been created so that organizations can more effectively help the 16 million family caregivers in America who care for individuals living with Alzheimer's and other dementias. The 44 programs in the BPC database represent the top dementia caregiving programs in the U.S. Each is proven, vetted and ready for replication. We believe that one of the best ways to thank our peers who have put so much effort into developing these programs is to help expand the programs' reach so they can serve even more caregivers. To this end, every BPC program profile contains manuals, resources and training info to make replication and implementation easy and streamlined. In this issue, we highlight REACH Community, a BPC program that has been implemented at more than 57 delivery sites including area agencies on aging, senior centers and centers on aging, among others. We also spotlight an important, not-to-miss feature of the database: the Compare feature. Finally, we offer you the chance to directly help us improve the BPC site. Two minutes of your time will assist us in making a better site for you and your peers — and advance our mission to serve more dementia caregivers with high-quality, proven programs. Thank you for all you do! Sincerely, The Best Practice Caregiving Team    Best Practice Caregiving is a product of collaboration among: Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, Family Caregiver Alliance, and The Gerontological Society of America. Project funders are The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Archstone Foundation, and RRF Foundation for Aging.

New Program Profile: REACH Community Did you miss our profile of the popular and growing REACH Community dementia caregiving program? Check it out here. In a lively Q&A, we ask program developers Drs. Jennifer Martindale-Adams and Linda Nichols about the history of the program, its secret sauce, evidence-base and where it’s headed next. If your organization is looking to adopt a highly effective program that’s extremely easy to implement and can be delivered remotely, check out the Q&A to learn more. You can also view full info about the program at its profile page on Best Practice Caregiving. 

Have 2 Minutes? In less time than it takes to check your morning email, you can help us improve the site that expands critical support to dementia caregivers and their care recipients. Best Practice Caregiving was created to help you find, compare and select from the top dementia caregiving programs in the U.S. We're committed to providing a site that gives you the valuable info you need quickly, easily and intuitively – and your feedback is what will take BPC to that next level! Help us make the site a better experience for you and your peers — please click here to answer 5 simple questions!

Under the Hood: Best Practice Caregiving’s Compare Feature The Compare feature is one of the most deceptively simple (yet robust) functions of the Best Practice Caregiving site. In designing the database, the project developers — all experts in the caregiving and aging space — knew this feature was a must-have. The Compare feature lets you compare up to three programs of like purpose or similar outcome. As you go through the database, searching for a perfect-fit program, you can check the ones (up to 3) that look promising. Then, compare them side by side, using the at-a-glance view that helps you narrow your choices, highlight differences and prioritize program characteristics. Visit BPC today to find, compare and select programs.

Catch up on Best Practice Caregiving News If you missed any of our previous issues, check them out here: Issue #1 Issue #2 Issue #3 ... or download the PDFs here, here and here.

Quick Links & Tips Did you catch our Sept 30th presentation at ASA's Virtual AiA20 Conference? If not, watch the webinar here. Wondering if your organization is ready to implement a BPC program? Check out our Readiness Questionnaire. Have more questions about BPC? Read the FAQs. Want to contact us? Email us at BestPracticeCaregiving@caregiver.org.

ABOUT BEST PRACTICE CAREGIVING Best Practice Caregiving (bpc.caregiver.org), is a free online database of more than 40 vetted, proven dementia caregiving programs that allows organizations to identify, compare and adopt best-fit programs for their clientele and community. It is a product of the collaboration among three leading organizations in the field of aging and caregiving: Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, Center for Research & Education; Family Caregiver Alliance: National Center on Caregiving; and The Gerontological Society of America. Project funders are The John A. Hartford Foundation, Archstone Foundation and RRF Foundation for Aging.

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