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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 28, 2001 |
Contact: | Moya Benoit Thompson Chris Rhatigan (202) 401-4541 |
The Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) program, administered by the Administration on Aging (AoA), includes nine new and 16 continuing programs awarded in 2000. The program seeks to expand the availability of diagnostic and support services for persons with Alzheimer's disease, their families and their caregivers, as well as to improve the responsiveness of the home- and community-based care system to persons with dementia. The program focuses on serving hard-to-reach and underserved people with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.
AoA's new Alzheimer's Web site, www.aoa.gov/alz has detailed information about the program, including family education and outreach materials in several languages, as well as community- and facility-based Alzheimer's care training manuals.
"Alzheimer's is an insidious disease. It robs people of their memories, and it places an incredible emotional and financial burden on the family," Secretary Thompson said. "This is absolutely the type of program that puts people first - a successful partnership between the federal, state and local communities working with the private healthcare industry to find the best ways to improve the quality of life for those most in need."
Following is a list of AoA's new ADDGS programs and the amount of each award:
Alabama Department of Senior Services - $350,000 - to develop a system of care for persons with Alzheimer's disease including training for long-term care providers, public education and community-based care services. It also includes a new Leadership Institute for Long Term Care, and volunteer care teams to expand community-based supportive services.
Florida Department of Elder Affairs - $350,000 - to develop the Support Through Alzheimer's Relief Systems (STARS) program to coordinate and develop resources, target culturally underserved and rural Alzheimer's patients and caregivers, conduct a culturally appropriate awareness campaign through faith-based institutions, develop a multi-cultural Alzheimer's volunteer resource network, and establish a regional caregiver counseling hotline.
Illinois Department of Public Health - $325,231 - to develop programs targeting rural and limited English proficiency elderly populations and expand existing systems to coordinate and integrate services for persons with Alzheimer's disease and their families.
Indiana Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Bureau of Aging and In-Home Services - $300,000 - to enhance attendance, provide educational resources and training for staff and culturally sensitive educational materials for consumers at adult day services and develop a voluntary electronic respite service using in-home video-monitoring of persons with Alzheimer's disease. The project will also focus on rural and low-income populations.
Maryland Department of Aging - $266,943 - to expand the number of dementia-competent care rural providers by developing microenterprises, or small businesses owned by low-income entrepreneurs. Work with faith-based providers will also be included in these efforts. The project will implement a consumer-directed respite care model to improve the responsiveness, efficiency and quality of care for people with dementia and their families.
Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs - $350,000 - The Springfield Multicultural Alzheimer's Services program will provide access to appropriate information and services for Latinos and African-Americans with Alzheimer's disease and their families through multiple community and faith-based organizations.
Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Aging - $350,000 - The Missouri Coalition Demonstration Project will deliver direct services to persons challenged by Alzheimer's disease and related disorders by creating and refining communication routes to extend services to diverse families throughout all areas in the state.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging - $350,000 - The Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty (C.A.R.E.) project will implement a family consultant service to improve the access, choice, use and quality of respite services and identify gaps and barriers in the existing state home- and community-based care system. The project will target rural and minority communities.
Tennessee Commission on Aging - $350,000 - The Alzheimer's Respite Services Demonstration program will provide assistance to minority and low-income groups and their caregivers. The project will also explore use of the Internet to assist families and caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease. This project will be adapted and copied statewide to improve the responsiveness of the existing home- and community-based systems of care.
Following is a list of the 16 continuation ADDGS programs and the amount of each award: