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Guideline title: Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia’s Report and Guidelines<\/h4>\n

Publication status:<\/strong> NEEDS REVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of publication: <\/strong>2017<\/p>\n

Date of last evidence search:<\/strong> 2017<\/p>\n

Scope: <\/strong>Diagnosis, ongoing care and support, advance care planning and palliative care, need for increased support and\/or higher levels of care, preparing for potential hospitalization, and screening for delirium risk.<\/p>\n

Methods<\/strong>: Current guidelines and literature review and expert consensus<\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>The goal of the guidelines are to support patients, their family members, and other caregivers across the disease process. The workgroup developed a roadmap for implementation outlining the patient perspective for optimal care alongside operational details for each of the six areas walking through the current state, intermediate steps toward implementation of the guidelines, and a description of optimal care.\u00a0 Specific steps for stakeholder groups including: patients and family members, primary care practices and systems (including primary care providers), health plans, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and Washington State agencies to improve quality of dementia care, health outcomes of people with dementia and their caregivers, and affordability.<\/p>\n

Supporting Materials<\/h4>\n

Letter from the Health Care Authority Accepting the Total Knee and Total Hip Replacement Bundle and Warranty and the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Other Dementias Report and Recommendations<\/a><\/span>
\nAlzheimer\u2019s Disease and Other Dementias Final Charter<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Read On-line” tab_id=”1705957271466-15bda552-3fae”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias Report and Guidelines<\/a><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Resources and Tools” tab_id=”1705957283088-0e702817-1e0e”][vc_toggle title=”Resources and Tools”]Washington State Plan to Address Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Other Dementias, 2023-2028<\/a><\/p>\n

Dementia Road Map: A Guide for Family and Care Partner<\/a><\/p>\n

Dementia Action Collaborative: Resources for Health Care Providers and Community Organizations\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Dementia Action Collaborative: Resources for Individuals and Families<\/a><\/p>\n

Dementia Action Collaborative: Tip sheets for Family & Care partners<\/a><\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s State Plan Resources<\/a>[\/vc_toggle][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y6jRtRzbKGU” title=”Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias”][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Metrics and Evaluation Tools” tab_id=”1705957304725-86db686b-51ab”][vc_column_text]To support health system improvement the Bree Collaborative has created score cards that are designed to help measure progress on the implementation of our guidelines. These were developed in collaboration with subject matter experts and are aligned across audience types (such as state agencies, health plans, providers, community organizations, employers, etc.)<\/p>\n

To use our score cards, find the audience type, or types, that is closest to your organization or area of improvement work and download the document. There may be more than one “audience” type that is relevant. For example, large health systems may want to track progress at both the organizational level and the individual practitioner level.<\/p>\n

Score cards are also aligned with the Bree Collaboratives’ self-report data collection efforts. Organizations are not required to report, however anyone can submit data to help track system wide progress, measure their progress against others, and to be eligible for implementation awards.[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”Delivery Site and Health Systems”]Health System Evaluation Score Card Health System Score Card – Alzheimers<\/a>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Health Plans”]Health Plan Evaluation Score Card Health Plan Score Card _ Alzheimers<\/a>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Guideline Metrics”][\/vc_toggle][vc_column_text]For more generic tools for planing, data collection and data management, please visit our Tool Depot[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Jump to Evaluation Tool Depot” color=”blue” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.qualityhealth.org%2Fbree%2Fevaluation%2Fevaluation-tool-depot%2F|||”][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Examples of Implementation – IN DEVELOPMENT” tab_id=”1705957339938-b646002e-c385″][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Workgroup Members” tab_id=”1739467715900-85c9431b-34bb”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Member<\/strong><\/th>\nTitle<\/strong><\/th>\nOrganization<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristoffer Rhoads, PhD (Chair)<\/td>\nPrimary Neuropsychologist, Memory and Brain Wellness Center<\/td>\nUniversity of Washington\u00a0Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kimiko Domoto-Reilly, MD<\/td>\nAlzheimer\u2019s Research Center<\/td>\nUniversity of Washington\u00a0Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Furlong, MD<\/td>\nPrimary Care<\/td>\nVirginia Mason Medical Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barak Gaster, MD<\/td>\nProfessor of Medicine<\/td>\nUniversity of Washington\u00a0Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelly Green, LICSW<\/td>\nSocial Worker<\/td>\nEvergreen Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debbie Hunter<\/td>\nFamily Caregiver<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nancy Isenberg, MD, MPH, FAAN<\/td>\nNeurologist, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, Center for Healthy Aging & Memory<\/td>\nVirginia Mason Medical Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arlene Johnson<\/td>\nFamily Caregiver<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kerry Jurges, MD<\/td>\nPrimary Care<\/td>\nConfluence Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eric Larson, MD, MPH<\/td>\nVice President for Research and Health Care Innovation<\/td>\nKaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Todd Larson<\/td>\nFamily Caregiver<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Myriam Marquez<\/td>\nPatient Advocate<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shirley Newell, MD<\/td>\nChief Medical Officer<\/td>\nAegis Living<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Darrell Owens, DNP, ARNP<\/td>\nClinic Chief, Director<\/td>\nUniversity of Washington Outpatient Primary, Palliative and Supportive Care Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tatiana Sadak, PhD, ARNP<\/td>\nPsychiatric Nurse Practitioner<\/td>\nAssociate Professor of Geriatric Mental Health, University of Washington School of Nursing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Smith, MD<\/td>\nMedical Director<\/td>\nRegence Blue Shield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Award Winners” tab_id=”1739467716936-6428aa64-e28e”][vc_column_text css=””]Award Winners for Best Practices in Alzheimer\u2019s and other Dementias Care:<\/p>\n

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