Tuesday, November 10, 2020
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EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING (ACL)-FUNDED MODELS FOR INCREASING ACCESS TO HOME- AND COMMUNITY- BASED SERVICES (HCBS) FOR ETHNICALLY DIVERSE PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS (ADRD) AND CAREGIVERS
Administration for Community Living (ACL) Projects
ACL's Mission: Maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, and their families and caregivers.
ACL-FUNDED ADRD PROGRAMS SUPPORTING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION
(as of November 2020)
- Grantee Snapshot:
- Universities
- Healthcare systems
- AAAs
- States
- Counties
- Tribal entities
- Community-based orgs
- Hospice and palliative care providers
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ACL Funded Culturally Competent Home and Community-Based Services for Diverse Communities
(as of November 2020)
- African American
- BRI Care Consultations
- CalMediConnect
- Caregiver support services
- Expanded support services and consultation
- Friendly Visitor program
- Powerful Tools for Caregivers
- Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregivers Health (REACH)
- Asian Pacific Islander
- Cantonese Care Consultations
- Chinese HCBS provider training
- Chinese Helpline (Cantonese)
- Dementia Friends
- Expanded support services and consultation
- Memory Care Navigators,
- Paid and Unpaid caregiver education
- Patient-centered medical home memory clinic
- Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC)
- Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregivers Health (REACH)
- Savvy Caregiver (Cantonese)
- STAR-C
- Targeted Activities Program (TAP)
- Latinx
- Brain health community outreach
- CalMediConnect
- CAREPro for Latinx community
- Community education via Promotores network
- Cuidando con Respeto
- Dealing with Dementia in Spanish
- Dementia capable Promotores
- Dementia Care Specialist program
- HOPE Promotores
- Increase of dementia services using Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Health and Health Care Standards
- Living with Alzheimer's in Spanish
- Memory Cafes
- Mobile Memory Clinic (bi-lingual)
- RCI REACH
- SAVVY Caregiver
- SAVVY Caregiver Express
- Virtual Support Groups
- American Indian
- Dementia Care Specialist program
- Music and Memory
- Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC)
- REACH into Indian Country
- Savvy Caregiver Express
- Savvy Caregiver in Indian Country
- Tribal Summit Brain Health and Dementia
- Alaska Natives
- REACH in Indian Country
- TCARE
- Native Hawaiian
- Memory Care Navigators
- Memory Clinic Program at Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers
- Positive Approaches to Dementia Care (PAC)
- Project ECHO
- Savvy Caregiver
ACL PROJECT #1
Tete-a-Tete: A Faith-Based Memory Cafe
Madeline Michel, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, FNP-BC
Florida Atlantic University, Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Boca Raton, FL