Comment on the utility of the ADDGS evaluation for policy and practice

This article comments on the policy and practice implications of findings from research on the Administration on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States program. Evaluation of fifteen state grantees has produced extensive knowledge about diverse patterns of service use, factors related to service use a nd satisfaction, mechanisms for developing home- and community-based services appropriate for various cultural groups, and ways to adapt established programs and integrate new services into existing systems and networks. Utilizing the general lessons from the Alzheimer's Demonstration program evaluation in program and policy development in aging is discussed.