RIC Event: Applying Promising Practices to Advance Care of Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees with Dementia

Event Start Date: February 01, 2017 - 5:00 PM EDT
Event End Date: February 01, 2017 - 6:30 PM EDT

https://youtu.be/o3NkaZk95Ao?si=-ACVLMToF2Sye0_S

Podcast:

This webinar is also available as podcasts on SoundCloud and iTunes.

Description:

The care of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias presents unique challenges to all settings of the health care delivery system. This webinar emphasizes:

  1. Presentation of the business case for a dementia capable delivery model of care
  2. Review of key components of an effective care model (e.g., identification and screening for a high-risk population of beneficiaries and caregivers, workforce preparation, and collaboration with community-based organizations for caregiver assessment and support); and
  3. Interventions implemented within two state capitated financial alignment model demonstrations.

Webinar Presenters: 

  • Debra Cherry, Executive Vice President, Alzheimer’s’ Greater Los Angeles
  • Teeshla Curtis, Program Manager, Healthy Connections Prime, South Carolina Department of Human Services
  • Linda Wade-Bickel, Director of Care Management, Health Net
  • Tracey Brown-Lindsey, Family Caregiver

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