Rabiner D J
Experience Corps for Independent Living Initiative, Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Home Health Care Serv Q. 2001;20(2):17-45. doi: 10.1300/J027v20n02_02.
This article presents findings of the evaluation of the Experience Corps for Independent Living (ECIL) initiative. The ECIL initiative was a two-year demonstration program designed to test innovative ways to use the experience, time, and resources of volunteers over 55 to significantly expand the size and scope of volunteer efforts on behalf of independent living services for frail elders and their caregivers in specific communities. Six demonstration sites were selected to participate in this initiative. The intensive volunteers, the critical component of the program, were more highly skilled than typical volunteers from existing senior volunteer programs. ECIL volunteers collaborated with agency partners to develop new programs, supervise direct service activities, and enhance the performance of the agencies being served. The ECIL initiative was particularly successful in meeting its goals of expanding the supply of independent living services to frail elders and their families in the communities served.
本文介绍了独立生活体验团（ECIL）倡议的评估结果。ECIL倡议是一个为期两年的示范项目，旨在测试创新方法，利用55岁以上志愿者的经验、时间和资源，显著扩大代表特定社区体弱老年人及其照顾者的独立生活服务的志愿者工作规模和范围。选择了六个示范地点参与该倡议。密集型志愿者是该项目的关键组成部分，他们比现有老年志愿者项目中的典型志愿者技能更高。ECIL志愿者与机构合作伙伴合作开发新项目、监督直接服务活动，并提高被服务机构的绩效。ECIL倡议在实现其为所服务社区中的体弱老年人及其家庭扩大独立生活服务供应的目标方面特别成功。
