Dementia Resources & Tools

WELL AHEAD LOUISIANA

Online Educational Information

Louisiana Alzheimer’s Coalition

CDC TRAIN Provider Network Trainings

Louisiana Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia State Plan

Healthy Aging & ADRD ECHO

• Additional flyer available

• Intro to ECHO and Disease Causing Dementia

• Healthy Aging and ADRD ECHO

• Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

Dementia Partnership Coalition

Dementai Partnership Work Group Partners - 6-16-15
Action Plan 2014/2015
Action Plan 2015/2016
Action Plan 2016/2017

CMS Information

CMS New Proposed Quality Measure
CMS Bi-annual State Coalition Call - January 2015
CMS Dementia Press Release Reduction in Use 8-27-2013 
CMS S_C 13-35 NH Dementia Survey Guidelines 5-24-2013
CMS - AMDA Letter of Support for Antipsychotic Reduction 6-18-2012

LDH Information

LDH Memo Hand in Hand Use for Training
LDH Surveyor Checklist for F309
LDH Signed Letter to Providers Dementia Update 2015

Training

NCI Program Objectives - CPI - 6-26-15

Non-violent Crisis Intervention Training
Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI
10850 W. Park Place Suite 600
Milwaukee, WI 53224
1-800-558-8976
info@crisisprevention.com

Consumer Information

Consumer Fact Sheet on Antipsychotic Use
Calming Dementia Patients without Powerful Drugs

Tools

• Tool for Antipsychotic Medication Reference

• 10 Steps to Eliminating Off-Label Use of Antipsychotics - May 2015

• Appendix B Staff Training for 10 Steps

• Appendix C QI Closest to the Resident Tip Sheet

• Appendix E Consistent Assisgnment Tip Sheet

• Activity Director Checklist

• Activity Director Resources

• Living Well with Memory Loss

Useful Websites

• Advancing Excellence

• DHH Health Standards

• National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes

• Pioneer Network

• Alliant Quality

• University of Iowa

• Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing

• Dementia Alliance International