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Building Relationships
Case Study: Collaborating in Support of Minority Elders
Caregiver Support Association is a collaboration of five organizations that provide caregiver coaching and counseling to family caregivers. They were approached by two agencies that serve minority elders who were interested in learning more about caregiver coaching and support services, specifically for their population of minority elders. As a result of this contact, these organizations decided to partner with one another in order to better serve minority elders in their communities.
The agencies that serve minority elders received mentoring and support from the members of the Caregiver Support Association, which resulted in better services for their clients. As a result of the partnership, all agencies were able to recruit additional respite care volunteers, allowing them to serve more people. This story illustrates that, although each agency felt it was meeting the needs of its constituency, in reality they needed one another in order to provide the best service.
