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Two hundred and eighty-two caregivers graduated from a 12-hour caregiving program conducted at eight church sites. The graduates reported more efficiency with performing caregiving activities but, in comparison to a control group, did not expand to new caregiving activities nor to linkages with formal service agencies. At the termination of the training program, mutual help groups were fostered at three church sites, and sustained to the present time-one year later. The mutual help groups have instituted senior watch programs, newsletters, fund-raisers, seminars, resource directories and health screenings. At one church site three neighboring churches cooperated on both the training program and the mutual help group.
David Haber (Fri,) studied this question.