Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE)

The Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) is a client-directed, home-based intervention to increase mobility, function, and capacity to “age in place” or “age in community.”

How it works: CAPABLE consists of time-limited services, in a series of visits from an occupational therapist (OT), a registered nurse (RN), and a handy worker, who work in collaboration with the program participant. Generally, 10 visits occur over the course of 4 to 6 months and are conducted in the participant’s home. A key component of this approach is having the participant drive the goal setting. The participant brainstorms strategies with team members to arrive at preferred ways to reach goals. Each action builds on the previous visits and focuses on the participants’ capacity to function at home.

CAPABLE is an evidence-based program brought to you by Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. in partnership with the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance and The CAPABLE National Center on behalf of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

Participant Criteria:

To qualify for CAPABLE, you must:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Health First Colorado member (Medicaid)
• Live within the South Colorado Springs, Park, Teller or El Paso County
• Have difficulty performing at least one activity of daily living (for example, dressing, bathing, toileting) or difficulty with two or more activities of independent daily living (for example, housework, meal preparation, taking medicine as prescribed)

Meet our team:

Yvonne Duvall, Project Manager

Mikayla Saxton, Project Administrator

Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. Home Modification and Repair Department – Colorado Springs

Jason McCullough, Department Director

Kathy McMichael, Senior Administrator

Jonathan Sandberg, Home Rehabilitation Coordinator

Thrive! Therapy

Jenny Junker, Kylie Sleet, and Jodi Johnson, Occupational Therapists

Brenda Mazzuca and Lolo Lockie, Registered Nurses

Case Study 1

Case Study 2 

Partner organizations:

Funded by: 

The American Rescue Plan Act. The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing received approval to pilot the Community Aging in Place– Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program to support Health First Colorado members.

Contact information:

Brothers Redevelopment, Inc.

2860 S. Circle Drive, Suite #301

Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Phone: 719-666-7181

CAPABLE@BrothersRedevelopment.org