Research Supporting PTC Evidence-Based Outcomes
In 2012, the Powerful Tools for Caregivers program was deemed to have met the highest-level criteria of evidence-based disease prevention and health promotion programs by the Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging. To access a listing on the NCOA web site go to the NCOA website’s AoA Title III D web page.
Below you will find a sample of the published research associated with Powerful Tools for Caregivers and our evidence-based outcomes.
2020-Present
Fox, A.L., Riggs, N.R., Yancura, L., Sharp, J.L., & Fruhauf, C.A. (2022). Translating discovery science. Improving self-efficacy in grandparents raising grandchildren: Results from a strengths-based education intervention. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, 72(3), 966-975.
Fruhauf, C.A., Mendoza, A.N., Fox, A.L., Greenwood-Junkiermeier, H, Riggs, N.R., & Yancura, L.A. (2022). Positive health behavior changes in custodial grandparents and grandchildren following an intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 4027.
Fruhauf, C.A., Yancura, L.A., Greenwood-Junkiermeier, H., Riggs, N.R., Fox, A.L., Mendoza, N., & Ooki, N. (2022). Community-based participatory research: The important role of university-community partnerships to support grandparents. Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Sciences, 71(4), 1470-1483.
Kim, D., Peterson, N., & Lee, J. E. (2022). Caregiving outcomes of sub/urban and rural caregivers: The Powerful Tools for Caregivers program. Clinical Gerontologist, 1-12.
Kim, E., Lee, G., & Lee, J.E. (2023). Racial differences in the association between sense of control and social support: A cross-lagged panel analysis. Innovation in Aging, 7(Suppl. 1), 368-369.
Lee, J.E., Meinertz, N., & Savla, T. (2023). Examining opportunities to align with the unifying goal of helping caregivers: A strength-based model. Innovation in Aging, 7(Suppl. 1), 369.
Meinertz, N. (2023). Powerful Tools for Caregivers: The established benefits of a person-centered care intervention. Innovation in Aging, 7(Suppl. 1), 369-370.
Montoro-Rodriguez, J., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2020). Stress and coping: Conceptual models for understanding dementia among Latinos. In H.Y. Adames & Y.N. Tazeau (Eds.), Caring for Latinxs with dementia in a globalized world, (pp. 231-246). Springer.
O’Brien, T. (2023). Supporting caregivers of the aging adult: A program evaluation. SOAR @ USA: Student Scholarly Projects Collection.
Serwe, K.M., & Walmsley, A.L.E. (2021). The effectiveness of telehealth for a caregiver wellness program. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29(7).
Terraccinao, A., Artese A., Yeh, J., Edgerton, L., Granville, L., Aschwanden, D., Luchetti, M., Glueckauf, R.L., Stephan, Y., Sutin, A.R., & Katz, P. (2020). Effectiveness of Powerful Tools for Caregivers on caregiver burden and on care recipient behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of American Medical Directors Association, 21(8), 1121-1127.
2014-2019 (Authors A-L)
Fruhauf, C., Yancura, L., Fox, A., Riggs, N., Greenwood-Junkiermeyer, H., & Mendoza, A.N. (2019). Improving health and well-being of grandparents raising grandchildren: A strengths-based intervention. Innovation in Aging, 3(Suppl. 1), S356.
LaRue, M.N., & Hagen, C.M. (2014). Confidence and awareness of personal health in caregivers of special needs children. Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference. [Research poster].
LaRue, M.N., & Hagen, C.M. (2015). The management of emotions in caregivers of special needs children. Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference. [Research poster].
LePiane, J., & Chyung, Y. (2018). Using quantitative methods to assess program effectiveness. Boise State University Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning program. [Research poster].
2014-2019 (Authors M-Z)
Rosney, D.M., Noe, M.F., & Horvath, P.J. (2017). Powerful Tools for Caregivers, a group psychoeducational skill-building intervention for family caregivers. Journal of Caring Sciences, 6(3), 187-198.
Serwe, K.M. (2018). The provider’s experience of delivering an education-based wellness program via telehealth. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 10(2).
Serwe, K.M., & Bowman, C. (2018). Telehealth experiential learning: A pilot study of the client’s experience. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2(2).
Serwe, K.M., Hersch, G.I., & Pancheri, K. (2017). Feasibility of using telehealth to delivery the Powerful Tools for Caregivers program. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 9(1).
Serwe, K. M., Hersch, G.I., Pickens, N.D., & Pancheri, K. (2017). Caregiver perceptions of a telehealth wellness program. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(4).
Serwe, K.M., Scloer, L., & Vigna, S. (2019). Increasing caregiver access to programming: A qualitative exploration of caregivers’ experience of a telehealth Powerful Tools for Caregivers program. Home Healthcare Now, 37(5), 273-280.
Serwe, K.M., & Walmsley, A.L.E. (2019). Pilot study of a telehealth delivery method for Powerful Tools for Caregivers. Activities, Adaptations, & Aging, 44(4), 292-308.
2013 and Earlier
Boise, L., Congleton, L., & Shannon, K. (2005). Empowering family caregivers: The Powerful Tools for Caregivers program. Educational Gerontology, 31, 573-586.
Kuhn, D., Fulton, B.R., & Edelman, P. (2003). Powerful Tools for Caregivers: Improving self-care and self-efficacy of family caregivers. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 4(3), 189-200.
LaRue, M.N., & Hagen, C.M. (2013). Improving the confidence level of caregivers of children with special needs. Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference. [Research poster].
Rosenberg, E., & Gouge, N. Powerful Tools for Caregivers: Teaching skills that reduce stress and increase self-confidence. Age in Action, 22(2), 1-5.
Savundranayagam, M.Y. (2013). Receiving while giving: The differential roles of receiving help and satisfaction with help on caregiver rewards among spouses and adult-children. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(1).
Savundranayagam, M.Y., & Brintnall-Peterson, M. (2010). Testing self-efficacy as a pathway that supports self-care among family caregivers in a psychoeducational intervention. Journal of Family Social Work, 13(2), 149-162.
Savundranayagam, M.Y, Montgomery, R.J.V., Kosloski, K., & Little, T.D. (2011). Impact of a psychoeducational program on three types of caregiver burden among spouses. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(4).
Won Won, C., Sizer Fitts, S., Favaro, S., Olsen, P., Phelan, E.A. (2008). Community-based “powerful tools” intervention enhances health of caregivers. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 46(1), 89-100.