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2015 NADRC
State Entities: Dementia Capability Quality Assurance Assessment Tool

This tool provides questions related to the dementia capability of your state entity’s long-term services and supports system. The questions are designed to provide state entities with a baseline self-assessment of dementia capability. The information resulting from this assessment will provide data that will assist in measuring, over time, progress in improvements in dementia capability

2015 NADRC:
Training Family Caregivers on Skills for Behavioral Symptoms
This paper describes a variety of approaches designed to support caregivers of people with dementia to effectively address BPSD. Effective psychosocial interventions that improve self-efficacy and empower the caregiver to address BPSD are essential to maximize the quality of life for both people with dementia and their caregivers. Psychosocial interventions may be designed for use by formal care staff or by informal or family caregivers in the home environment. It cannot be assumed that interventions used by professional staff in institutional settings will work similarly when used by family caregivers at home.

2017 NADRC produced product:
Advance Planning Guides for Persons with Dementia and Caregivers on FOUR topics:

1. Health Care Planning: This guide will help you plan for your future health care needs
2. Planning for Care: This guide will help you plan for the care and services you may need
3. Financial Planning: This guide will help you plan how to manage your money and property
4. Making Decisions for Someone with Dementia

The purpose of this guide is to provide practical strategies that can be used to address certain prominent challenges that service providers face when working with individuals with dementia who live alone. The guide is organized by the following six major sections that address different practical challenges of working with individuals with dementia who live alone: Identifying individuals with dementia who live alone, Building trust, Supporting safety and autonomy, Involving family and friends, Coordinating paid providers and formal support services, Assisting with transition to a new setting. The content comes from a literature review to determine the state of the science and current practices implemented with individuals who have dementia and live alone and interviews with subject matter experts who have experience with community programs or services for people with dementia who live alone. These expert interviews informed the strategies addressed in this guide.