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The Wisconsin Dementia
Care Specialist Program serves individuals, families, and
their communities as part of county-based aging and
disability resource centers. The program assists agencies
in becoming dementia capable, acts as a catalyst for dementia-friendly
communities, and supports individuals living with dementia
and their families to live at home in the community.
Presenters will discuss how the program started and how it
evolved to become a statewide effort.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe community-based memory
screening as a part of the program.
- Explain the three pillars of
the program.
- Propose planning and action items
to state and local decision makers based upon the
program’s framework, in part or as a whole.
Presenters:
- Kristen Felten, MSW,
APSW, is the dementia specialist for the Office on
Aging at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services,
where she created the Dementia Care Specialist
Program.
- Carrie Molke, MS, is
director of the Bureau of Aging and Disability
Resources in the Wisconsin Department of Health
Services.
If you have questions, please contact Sari Shuman.
Funded by ACL, NADRC
provides support to ACL and its grantees to implement
evidence-based interventions and innovative practices that
empower and assist caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s
disease and related disorders.
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