CDRI Grant Recipient Announcement
CONTACT: Jenny Langness, [email protected], 970.221.0406
Elderhaus Adult Day Program Receives Alzheimer’s Association Grant to Improve Respite Care for People Living with Dementia and their Caregivers in Northern Colorado
Fort Collins, CO June 25, 2025 — Elderhaus Adult Day Program has been awarded a $115,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association Center for Dementia Respite Innovation (CDRI) to enhance the quality and availability of dementia-specific respite care for people living with dementia and their caregivers in Northern Colorado.
Elderhaus Adult Day Program is one of 41 recipients chosen to receive grant funding from more than 200 applicants across the country. Funds will be used to fund Elderhaus’ ElderHands Workshop Pilot Project which will give our adults living with dementia a place for purpose, pride, and productivity. Hands-on activities—such as furniture assembly, light car detailing, and other skills-based tasks and services needed by our community—will enhance our existing care model by fostering participant engagement, cognitive stimulation, and a renewed sense of purpose as participants provide volunteer service using skills they may not have had the opportunity to use in a long while.
“Elderhaus Adult Day Program is excited to be included in this elite group of community-based service providers,” said Jenny Langness, Executive Director. “Caring for someone living with dementia can be overwhelming. This grant will help us provide much needed dementia-specific care and services for people living with dementia and much needed respite for their caregivers living in Northern Colorado.
In conjunction with the grant, Elderhaus Adult Day Program will also receive online training and ongoing technical aid from the CDRI to ensure respite services are dementia-capable and to support sustainability. The CDRI will also collect data and evaluate the impact of these innovative projects from all grant recipients to inform public policy.
“We congratulate Elderhaus Adult Day Program on its grant and look forward to working with its team to help enhance respite care services for local dementia caregivers,” said Sam Fazio, Ph.D., vice president care and support programs and research, Alzheimer’s Association. “We intend to gain insights from each respite program we fund, ultimately developing a catalog of programs, tools and resources that will be easily accessible to interested caregivers and care providers.”
The Alzheimer’s Association created the CDRI in 2024 after receiving a $25 million grant from the Administration for Community Living (ACL), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Over the next four years, the CDRI will provide $25 million in grant funding to local respite providers and organizations to enhance the quality and availability of respite care nationwide. Visit alz.org/cdri to see the full list of this year’s grant recipients.
Funding disclosure
This project is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $13,261,685 with 75 percent funded by ACL/HHS and $3,285,728 amount with 25 percent funded by non-government source(s). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
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