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Advisory Council November 2020 Meeting Presentation: HCBS for Ethnically Diverse People

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
State Map with different colored triangles showing ACL-funded ADRD programs directed towards the populations African American, Asian Paific Islander, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian.

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