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Title: Medicareapproved Prescription Drug Discount Card Grant


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Idaho Best Practices
  • Medicare-approved Prescription Drug Discount Card
    Grant

Nancy Wanamaker Marilyn Bischoff Barbara
Petty Marsha Lockard Becky Dahl
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  • Nancy Wanamaker, PhD, Director
  • School of Family Consumer Sciences

College of Agricultural Life Sciences
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Key Factors in Idahos Response
  • Attitude
  • Leadership
  • Risk Takers
  • Partnerships
  • Commitment
  • Creative Financing

4
Grant Implementation
  • Marilyn C. Bischoff, MS
  • Project Director
  • Extension Family Economics Specialist

School of Family Consumer Sciences College of
Agricultural Life Sciences
5
Extension Educator Participants
  • Carol Hampton
  • Beverly Healy
  • Audrey Liddil
  • Marsha Lockard
  • Barbara Petty
  • Kathee Tifft
  • Julia Welch
  • Sharlene Woffinden

6
Hired Program Coordinator
  • Becky Dahl,Retired ExtensionEducator
  • Part-time,
  • irregular help

7
Extension Educator Grant In-Service
  • November 5, 2004 in Boise
  • Agenda
  • Overview of Medicare-approved Prescription Drug
    Discount Card and Idaho Grant
  • SHIBA representativesdescribe their
    existingoutreach
  • Funding
  • Marketing
  • Computer LabMedicare website exploration
  • Finalize regional/local plans

8
County Grant Implementation
  • Educator Given Autonomy and Budget
  • Travel
  • Operating Expenses
  • Capital Outlay

9
Advertising
  • Barbara Petty, MS
  • Bonneville County Extension Educator

College of Agricultural Life Sciences
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Paid Advertising
  • Television180
  • Radio44
  • Newspaper27

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In-Kind Contributions for Advertising
  • Television148
  • Radio34
  • Newspaper6 Ads or News Releases

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Traditional Advertising Methods
  • Flyers
  • Extension Newsletters - 2 Counties
  • Circulation of 1,567
  • Home Bound - 1 County
  • Circulation of 56
  • Articles
  • Extension Newsletters - 3 Counties
  • Circulation of 3,437
  • Senior Citizens Newsletter - 1 County
  • Circulation of 2,985
  • Posters
  • Senior Centers and Libraries 5 Counties
  • Church Bulletins and Letters 1 County
  • Community Internet Bulletin Board 1 County

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Lessons Learned from Advertising
  • Comfort Level Varies Among Educators
  • Greater Level of Interest when Dollars Accompany
    Our Request
  • Do Not Be Afraid to Ask for In-kind Contributions
  • Advertising Works!

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Outreach
  • Marsha Lockard, MS
  • Owyhee County Extension Educator

College of Agricultural Life Sciences
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Cooperators
  • Idaho Department of Insurance
  • SHIBA (Senior Health Insurance Benefits Advisors)
  • Idaho Commission on Aging
  • Area Offices onAging

16
Networking
  • Senior Centers
  • Community Hospitals
  • Local Libraries
  • Church Groups
  • Pharmacies
  • Community Centers

17
Trainings and Outreach
  • Volunteer Training
  • Enrollment Training
  • Community Outreach

18
Successes
  • Dorothy and Gladys
  • Senior CitizensCenters

19
Reporting and Results
  • Becky Dahl, MS
  • Program Coordinator

College of Agricultural Life Sciences
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Working with Clientele
  • Personal Information Sheet for Data Entry
  • Gather Medicare Recipients
  • Personal information
  • List of prescriptions, dosage, cost
  • Participant Evaluation
  • Pre and post evaluations
  • Age and ethnicity

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Gathering the Data Extension
  • Report of Extension Educators Educational
    Efforts
  • Media Work
  • Television, radio, and newspaper ads
  • Trainings
  • Volunteers trained
  • Hands-on computer enrollment workshops
  • Community outreach enrollment efforts
  • Other methodsflyers, newsletters, posters
  • Success Stories

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Gathering the DataNon-Extension Cooperators
  • Report of Partnerships
  • Cooperating Agency
  • Type of cooperative activity
  • Contact person
  • Results from Paid Advertising
  • Number of recipients assisted
  • Number of recipients enrolled (y/n 600)
  • Results from Computer Workshops
  • Number of recipients assisted
  • Number of recipients enrolled (y/n 600)

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Telling the Story
  • Reports
  • Extension
  • Non-Extension Cooperators
  • Evaluating Cost for Ads to Numbers Educated
    and/or Enrolled
  • New Partnerships for Extension
  • CSREES Website
  • Information to Legislature
  • Notebook of Idahos Work

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