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PEARLS |
Healthy IDEAS |
Target Population
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Older adults with depression
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Older adults with depressive symptoms (all severity levels)
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Outcomes
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Depression, quality of life, physical activity, social activity, pleasant events, self-rated health, health services utilization.
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Lessening of depressive symptom severity, improved quality of life, level of physical and social activity, knowledge of depression self-management, self-reported pain, use of medical and mental health services.
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Settings
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Home, community settings
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Home or other community setting
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Materials
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PEARLS Toolkit (available for online download)
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Agency Manual; Intervention Manual and Participant worksheets.
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Interventionists
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Case managers, social workers, nurses.
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Paid personnel of differing backgrounds who are already helping clients with other problems (case managers, social service coordinators with social work, nursing or other backgrounds.)
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Group or Individual
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Individual
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Individual
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Mode
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In-person, Phone Follow-up
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In-person, Telephone Delivery
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Duration
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6-8 one-hour sessions over a 4-5 month period
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Delivered over 3–6 months Minimum of 3 in-person and 5 telephone contacts
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Requirements
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Standardized reporting forms
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Standardized reporting forms
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Languages
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English. Spanish, Russian, Chinese forms available. Has been implemented with both native-speaking counselors and through interpreters with Asian, Hispanic, and African-American elders.
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English and fully translated materials in Spanish, Chinese
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Costs
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$430 - $1,350/person
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$4,000 training package
Travel expenses for onsite training. Estimated $1,200 for every 25 people trained.
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Costs Include
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Free program manual. Training is @$400/person. Implementation includes staff time for outreach and screening, PEARLS sessions, clinical supervision (supervisor and counselor), data entry, program management.
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Training Package (all manuals, DVD etc.). Additional expenses for coaching, reproduction of client materials, staff time.
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