What GUIDE’s 2026 updates mean for dementia care partnerships
The July 2026 residential care rules, the difference between participants and partners, and the practical questions a care team should resolve.
Research & Insights
What helps people stay connected, involved, and supported in care.
Care happens across health systems, homes, families, and communities. We explore the research behind meaningful engagement, shared caregiving, and coordinated support—and how it informs the genusConnect ecosystem. Find clear explanations of established models, evidence from different care settings, and perspectives on emerging developments, including what remains uncertain and what needs to be measured in practice.
The questions behind the work
Start with what matters.
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Engagement & behavior
How participation, motivation, and practical barriers shape the support people can use.
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Family caregivers & shared care
Research on the people supporting care, the work they carry, and ways organizations can share responsibility.
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Community connection & belonging
What social connection means, how community programs contribute, and what attendance cannot tell us.
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Care coordination & transitions
Shared plans, clear handoffs, and connections between clinical care, home, and community support.
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Accessible technology & responsible AI
Designing usable care experiences and assessing AI assistance with clear human responsibility.
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Outcomes & measurement
Choosing measures that help people and organizations learn without overstating what the evidence proves.
Explore this themeResearch in context
Find your starting point.
The same evidence can inform different work. Explore the connections relevant to your setting or role.
New reading
Articles & perspectives
Beyond attendance: understanding connection and belonging in community programs
A practical reading of social connection research for programs that want to understand the experience behind a full room.
A family update is more than a notification: what should we measure?
A proposed local evaluation of family updates, from reliable delivery to understanding, useful replies, and staff workload.
Go deeper
Featured studies & reports
genusConnect report · 2026
Day Centers Inspire: research and claim ladder (preview resource)
genusConnect’s community white paper, research report, and graded claims for the Day Center Companion.
How to read it: genusConnect-authored synthesis and design interpretation. External adult day evidence does not establish outcomes of genusConnect software.
genusConnect report
GUIDE Companion: CMS context and research (preview resource)
genusConnect’s explanation of the research and program context behind GUIDE Companion.
How to read it: genusConnect product interpretation, not CMS endorsement, participation approval, reimbursement assurance, or independent validation. Current CMS rules control eligibility.
How we use evidence
A clear line from source to claim.
What research finds
External studies and guidance are identified by source, population, and date. We explain the limits alongside the findings.
How we interpret it
genusConnect reports and perspectives explain how evidence informs our design. A promising idea still needs to be tested in its setting.
What we can demonstrate
genusConnect results require documented local evaluation. Evidence for a care service does not establish the effect of an app or feature.