Duet: Partners In Health & Aging, Inc.
Partners In Health & Aging
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Duet helps older adults and their families cope with challenges related to aging. From getting groceries and rides to the doctor, to health promotion activities and support groups, you can trust us to provide the compassionate help you need. Duet supports grandparents raising grandchildren, caregivers who care for a family member, homebound seniors, and nurses wishing to serve their faith community. We are a non-profit, interfaith organization that has been serving older adults in greater Phoenix since 1981. We're your partner in health and aging.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Caregiver Services
If you are a “caregiver” – someone who provides unpaid care for a loved one – you may not realize the responsibility can take a physical, mental, and emotional toll. You can take better care of your loved one if you take better care of yourself. Duet helps you do just that.
Kinship Care Services
Grandparents who are raising grandchildren often face complex situations. By giving grandparents tools and information on how to handle the challenge of raising a second family, we help keep children out of foster care.
Volunteer Services for Homebound Adults
If you are homebound because you can no longer drive due to age, disability, or disease, we can help you with basic needs such as getting groceries, rides to medical appointments and much more.
Faith Community Nursing Programs
If you’ve ever wondered how to combine your faith with your nursing skills, we have the answer. We promote health and well-being by training nurses how to create faith-based health programs.
Where we work
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Our results
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Number of donors retained
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Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Duet's goal is to have a donor retention rate of 45%.
Goals & Strategy
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
If you are homebound because you can no longer drive due to age, disability, or disease, we can help you with basic needs such as getting groceries, rides to medical appointments and much more.
Grandparents who are raising grandchildren often face complex situations. By giving grandparents tools and information on how to handle the challenge of raising a second family, we help keep children out of foster care.
If you are caring for someone you love, whether in town or across the country, you may not realize the toll it's taking on your health. We help family caregivers cope with their situations.
If you've ever wondered how to combine your faith with your nursing skills, we have the answer. We promote health and well-being by training nurses how to create faith-based health programs.
Overall, Duet aims to create a community where each person can age with compassion, dignity and hope.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
All services listed above are provided free-of-charge to the person receiving the service.
Homebound seniors are served through our large volunteer network. Volunteers (who have fingerprint cards and have completed a background check) take a senior (known as a "neighbor") to the grocery store, to medical appointments, and provide other care such as minor home repairs.
Grandparents need support when parenting their grandchildren. Whether it is negotiating the child welfare system, getting lay-legal assistance, Duet is here to help. Grandparents also attend educational and support groups. Funds are available to help grandchildren participate in extra-curricular activities and summer programs.
Caregiver services provide support groups for a variety of topics, such as dementia, LGBTQ+ support groups, addressing loss, etc. Duet also has mentors to answer questions for those new to caregiving.
Duet has the only faith community nursing program offered in Arizona. Many congregations have aging members, and pastors may not be able to provide the medical support needed. Duet is a resource for faith communities and nurses who want to create and sustain health programs that help the whole person in mind, body, and spirit.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Duet’s services are based on one person helping another. We partner with individuals, businesses, non-profits, municipalities, government organizations, and faith communities to make that happen. Our trademark is a butterfly created from two equal halves. This represents the many successful partnerships that are needed in order for Duet to provide crucial services to older adults throughout the Valley. The white space around the butterfly contains two faces looking toward each other and a more hopeful future.
We respond to pressing needs that are not being met through other organizations. Duet was the first in the Valley to offer free-of-charge volunteer services for homebound adults, as well as comprehensive services for family caregivers and grandparents raising grandchildren.
Duet also introduced the concept to the Phoenix area of congregational health programs led by faith community nurses.
Duet exists because caring partners dedicate time and funding to change lives. Hundreds of compassionate volunteers help fulfill Duet’s mission. Join us as we strive forward in expanding services and providing compassionate help to keep pace with the needs of our growing community.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2018 Duet provided:
5,835 rides to medical appintments to homebound adults;
38,522 hours of personalized help to homebound adults;
A total of 6,854 volunteers have been trained by Duet since its inception;
529 family caregivers attended more than 200 support groups each month;
4,294 hours of supervised activities were provided to grandchildren;
617 grandparents received vital education and support;
81 congregations have faith community nurses;
Duet has implemented a Legacy Society for our supporters to leave a bequest to Duet;
Our Vision Society is made up of generous donors who make 5-year commitments of more than $1,000 a year to Duet;
100% of Duet's board members are donors.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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Duet: Partners In Health & Aging, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 08/23/2023
Ms. Janice Brandt
APS (Arizona Public Service)
Term: 2022 - 2024
Carol Heimann
Faith Community Nurse
Stuart Turgel
Community Volunteer
Nancy Zikias
Treasurer; Sales and Marketing Specialist; Altria Sales & Distribution, Retired
Janice Brandt
President; Energy Innovation Analyst, Sr.; Arizona Public Service
Shruti Gurudanti
Co-Founder; Televeda
Brenda Holt
Associate State Director, Community Outreach & Advocacy; AARP Arizona
Lisa Nothum
Vice President and Senior Trust Advisor; Northern Trust
Cheryl Plewa
Executive Director, Business Banking Sales & Strategy Support
Donna Rossi
Public Information Officer; Buckeye Police Department
Ellen Dean
Past President; Certified Financial Planner, Raymond James Financial Services
Stephanie Bivens
Attorney, Bivens & Associates, PLLC
Michael Cyrino
Principle, MEdicare Mike, LLC
Jan Dougherty
President, TravALZ
Dawn Katek
Vice President, Instructional Design, Global Learning & Development
Maria Maskell
Community Initiatives Coordinator, APS, Retired
Cherry Perez
Market Manager, JP Morgan Chase
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.