Evaluation Assessment for Abbey Retreat Centre Programs

Title

Evaluation Assessment for Abbey Retreat Centre Programs

Author

Kudzayi Mushumbi & Wacera W. Muriuki

Host Organization

Abbey Retreat Centre

Supervising Faculty

Paul Shaffer

Reference Number

4938

Date

April 2023

Location of Document

Online

Area

Township of Algonquin Highlands

Subject

Diversified care programming

Abstract

The Abbey Retreat Centre (ARC) provides diverse programming designed for persons facing a cancer diagnosis alongside their key caregiver. It sought an evaluation tool capable of continually assessing performance and outcomes across its many retreats and online programs. This paper and project reflect the pursuit of said task. The key research question in formulating a tool of best fit then became ‘what is the most appropriate retreat-specific and cross-cutting performance measures to include in an evaluation tool for the Abbey Retreat Centre?’. Completing a literature review to understand best practice and performance measures of significance within similar retreat centers, a draft evaluation tool was created. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were organized, where respondents provided feedback on the draft tool which informed the final version.

Publisher

Trent University

Files

Reference

Kudzayi Mushumbi & Wacera W. Muriuki 2023, Evaluation Assessment for Abbey Retreat Centre Programs
, Trent University