NADRC Webinar:
Improving Healthcare for People Living with Dementia
September 12, 2018, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
People living with dementia are frequently under-recognized
and under-diagnosed by healthcare providers. Consequently, they do not
receive the medical care they need, nor are they connected to essential
home- and community-based supports. The federal duals demonstration offers opportunities
to better blend funding and oversight for Medicare-funded medical care with
Medicaid-funded long-term services and supports, so that people with
dementia and their families can get better integrated care. This webinar
offers tools and strategies to improve dementia healthcare based on
approaches that have been developed within this demonstration model but
that also have relevance to other healthcare systems.
California’s presentation focuses on how the state and
regional Alzheimer’s organizations partnered with participating health
plans serving dual eligible participants to improve detection, care
planning and community supports for individuals and family caregivers
dealing with diagnosed and-or undiagnosed dementia. The presentation also shares
resources developed and lessons learned in implementing this initiative.
Texas’ presentation focuses on the Texas Takes on Dementia initiative, and
how it builds on the California initiative’s principles and adapts these
for the State of Texas. Also included is a discussion of key adaptations,
challenges and lessons learned.
About the Presenters
- Debra Cherry, PhD, is
executive vice president of Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles. She has
served as co-director of the Dementia Cal MediConnect Project, and has
over two decades of experience leading healthcare quality improvement
projects focused on dementia care.
- Lora Connolly is director
of the California Department of Aging, which administers the Older
Americans Act services through the state’s 33 Area Agencies on Aging,
as well as the Medicaid HCBS Waiver (which annually serves
approximately 11,000 older adults), and certifies more than 240 Adult
Day Health Care Centers for Medicaid participation. For the past 16
years, Connolly has also co-managed a series of Administration on
Aging Dementia Grants, in partnership with the state’s regional
Alzheimer’s organizations.
- Katie Scott is senior
director of Dementia and Caregiver Support Services of BakerRipley,
managing a dementia-specific adult day center, caregiver support
services, dementia-specific case management and regional and state
initiatives to improve dementia care in Texas. Scott also serves as
project director for Texas Takes on Dementia, a statewide initiative
to improve care systems for people with dementia and their families
who are enrolled in the Texas Dual Eligibles Integrated Care
Demonstration project.
Closed
captioning is available for all NADRC webinars.
This webinar is part of the National Alzheimer's and Dementia
Resource Center webinar series sponsored by the Administration for
Community Living. It includes complimentary CEUs and is approved for AoTA
contact hours in addition to CEUs approved for all ASA web seminars.
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