CAPABLE Implementation & Fidelity Check-In Survey 2025 Results
Purpose
The CAPABLE Implementation & Fidelity Survey is an annual survey of all CAPABLE implementation sites. The survey is a self-report on organizational characteristics and implementation experience. It provides a structured way to consistently:
Dr. Deborah Paone, Director of CAPABLE Implementation & Evaluation, prepared and distributed the survey via email to all current CAPABLE program sites in December 2025 providing the URL to an electronic survey. The email was sent to the program administrative contact from each site—the person charged with operationally overseeing CAPABLE on behalf of the organization. Response was requested by the end of January 2026. Dr. Paone followed up several times with additional individual emails and a phone call after the due date to non-respondents. The survey was closed on March 30, 2026.
Respondents
There were 25 survey respondents (program administrators from organizations with a license), out of 33 organizations that had a license to operate a CAPABLE program in 2025. This is 76% response rate.
Organizational Type - Respondents selected among choices given to indicate organizational type. We grouped the responses into five unique categories by selecting the primary orientation of each organization: (1) healthcare, (2) housing, (3) community service, (4) area agency on aging, and (5) university/research.
Thirty-six percent identified as a healthcare organization (including 20% home healthcare agency, 8% healthcare delivery system, 8% hospice/rehabilitation agency), 24% as a housing service or housing repair organization (including 20% housing repair and 4% supportive housing unit), 20% as a community service organization, and 12% as an area agency on aging; two organizations identified as university or research organizations.
Read the full report here.
Go Back The CAPABLE Implementation & Fidelity Survey is an annual survey of all CAPABLE implementation sites. The survey is a self-report on organizational characteristics and implementation experience. It provides a structured way to consistently:
- Capture program data (e.g., number of participants completed to date, cost per participant);
- Identify implementation barriers to and facilitators of CAPABLE;
- Document adaptations, staffing turnover, plans for continuity, funding sources;
- Confirm that the organizations are maintaining fidelity to the CAPABLE evidence-based protocol and terms of the license, through attestation by the program administrator.
Dr. Deborah Paone, Director of CAPABLE Implementation & Evaluation, prepared and distributed the survey via email to all current CAPABLE program sites in December 2025 providing the URL to an electronic survey. The email was sent to the program administrative contact from each site—the person charged with operationally overseeing CAPABLE on behalf of the organization. Response was requested by the end of January 2026. Dr. Paone followed up several times with additional individual emails and a phone call after the due date to non-respondents. The survey was closed on March 30, 2026.
Respondents
There were 25 survey respondents (program administrators from organizations with a license), out of 33 organizations that had a license to operate a CAPABLE program in 2025. This is 76% response rate.
Organizational Type - Respondents selected among choices given to indicate organizational type. We grouped the responses into five unique categories by selecting the primary orientation of each organization: (1) healthcare, (2) housing, (3) community service, (4) area agency on aging, and (5) university/research.
Thirty-six percent identified as a healthcare organization (including 20% home healthcare agency, 8% healthcare delivery system, 8% hospice/rehabilitation agency), 24% as a housing service or housing repair organization (including 20% housing repair and 4% supportive housing unit), 20% as a community service organization, and 12% as an area agency on aging; two organizations identified as university or research organizations.
Read the full report here.