Creating Dementia-Capable Health Systems
View the Dementia Care Specialist training course description, resources on healthcare systems change, and dementia care management toolkits that support healthcare organizations build dementia-capable systems of care. For more information, additional materials, and permission to use materials, please contact permission@alzla.org.
Advocacy & Technical Assistance
Advocacy and technical assistance documents provide a framework for working with healthcare organizations
Dementia Care Specialist
Evidence-derived training program for Dementia Care Specialists in health plans and healthcare organizations. For additional information about the training program, please email professionaltraining@alzla.org.
Dementia Care Specialist Toolkit
The Dementia Care Specialist Toolkit provides healthcare professionals with tools to support dementia care management. It includes assessment instruments to help identify people with dementia and their families, and to assess their needs. The contents of this toolkit are not all-inclusive and are meant to complement and enhance existing care management tools and practices. Clinical judgement should be used when working with individuals and families, and procedures, policies, regulations, laws, and mandates should always be followed.
Or view individual components of the Toolkit:
ALZ Direct Connect® Referral Program
Allows healthcare providers to directly link patients and families to Alzheimer’s Los Angeles
- Access to care coordination and psychosocial support
- Referrals to supportive services (often at no cost)
- Help understanding the disease and navigating its progression
- 360° approach to care through feedback to the referring provider
California Dementia Healthcare Summit
The California Dementia Healthcare Summit, held on May 3, 2018, focused on putting dementia detection, diagnosis, and clinical care tools into practice. Watch the talks given by leaders in the field and download related materials on the Summit page.
Project Replication
Materials are available for use with permission from Alzheimer’s Los Angeles by sending a request to permission@alzla.org
This project is supported, in part by grant numbers 90DS2002-01-00 and 90DS2017-01-00, from the Administration on Aging, U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201; the California Department of Aging; the Change AGEnts Initiative Dementia Caregiving Network, funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation through a multi-year grant to The Gerontological Society of America; The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation; The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation; and The Allergan Foundation. Grantees undertaking projects under government or foundation sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living, California Department of Aging, or other funders’ policy.