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The institute’s program and policy evaluation unit, led by Heather M. Young and Janice Bell, bring decades of research expertise to the table. Through qualitative and quantitative methods, they assist agencies in understanding what in their organization works, what does not work and what the implications are for practice and policy.</p></div><a class="btn btn-link btn-sm" role="button" id="link-hyperlink-3-1-contentlistfamilycaregivingresearchlanding" href="/family-caregiving/research/evaluation-projects" title="Explore more about evaluation work">Explore more about evaluation work<span aria-hidden="true" class="material-symbols-rounded">arrow_forward</span></a></div> </li> <li class="media row clearfix"> <div class="media-img col-sm-4"><a class="video-modal link-wrapper" href="#" data-bs-toggle="modal" role="button" title="Heather M. 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But a unique online tool can better tailor assistance and gather important data to help.</span></p></div><a class="btn btn-link btn-sm" role="button" id="link-hyperlink-4-1-contentlistfamilycaregivingresearchlanding" href="/family-caregiving/research/California-caregivers-report" title="Read about the new tool">Read about the new tool<span aria-hidden="true" class="material-symbols-rounded">arrow_forward</span></a></div> </li> <li class="media row clearfix"> <div class="media-img col-sm-4"><a class="link-wrapper" id="image-hyperlink-5-contentlistfamilycaregivingresearchlanding" href="/family-caregiving/research/research-features" title="Julie Bidwell"> <div class="img-wrapper"><img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/media-resources/family-caregiving/images/Content-List/Julie-Bidwell-list.jpg" alt="Julie Bidwell" width="544" height="364"></div></a></div> <div class="media-body col-sm-8"> <h2 class="media-title">Meet our research team</h2> <div class="media-text article-body basic-content"><p>Family Caregiving Institute faculty represent diversity across various fields of expertise, research and personal experience. Together, they work to include the family caregiver as an essential member of a person’s care team, training them to perform tasks traditionally performed by clinicians and providing tools to support the basic needs of caring for someone in the home.</p></div><a class="btn btn-link btn-sm" role="button" id="link-hyperlink-5-1-contentlistfamilycaregivingresearchlanding" href="research-features.page" title="Learn more about faculty research">Learn more about faculty research<span aria-hidden="true" class="material-symbols-rounded">arrow_forward</span></a></div> </li> <li class="media row clearfix"> <div class="media-img col-sm-4"><a class="link-wrapper" id="image-hyperlink-6-contentlistfamilycaregivingresearchlanding" href="/family-caregiving/research/oanh-meyer" title="Dementia caregiving Vietnamese"> <div class="img-wrapper"><img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/media-resources/family-caregiving/images/Content-List/Viet_outreach.jpg" alt="Dementia caregiving Vietnamese" width="544" height="364"></div></a></div> <div class="media-body col-sm-8"> <h2 class="media-title">Dementia caregiving Vietnamese personal experiences shed insight on caregiving </h2> <div class="media-text article-body basic-content"><p>Shortly after the Family Caregiving Institute launched, leaders convened more than 50 caregiving experts at a research summit to identify, define and map out the institute’s research priorities. 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