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Early Detection. Better Care.

Better care for people living with dementia starts with earlier detection and care. Incorporate dementia screening into practice by exploring our site for trainings, educational materials, and ways to get help from practice transformation experts. Sign up for our core training below and get started today.

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About Us

Dementia Care Aware is a state-wide initiative led by the California Department of Health Care Services and University of California San Francisco for primary care providers. It provides the information and tools needed to successfully administer cognitive health assessments and take appropriate next steps.

How Can Dementia Care Aware Improve Your Practice?

Dementia Care Aware provides a variety of education and implementation support resources for dementia screening and care planning in the context of a busy primary care practice. We offer online courses, webinars, podcasts, interactive case conferences and a warmline consultation service. Meet our team and browse the variety of opportunities available by exploring our home page below!

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Why Take the Cognitive Health Assessment (CHA) Training?

Californians who live to be 65 or older have a one in five chance of developing dementia. When someone has dementia, it impacts their whole life: their health, their financial security, their quality of life, and the wellbeing of their care partners.

If we detect earlier, we can also intervene to slow progression of dementia and help people have a higher quality of life. By taking the Cognitive Health Assessment training, you will learn how to screen for dementia and make earlier detection possible.

Services & Offerings

Upcoming Webinars

27

March

12 to 1 p.m

Cultural and Language Considerations for Cognitive Assessments: Special Focus on Filipino Americans

Upcoming CHA Trainings

Learners only need to attend one live-virtual CHA training. Eligible learners can only claim one CE credit for the CHA training. No additional CE and CME/MOC is awarded should a learner attend more than one training.

11

April

12 to 1 p.m

Cognitive Health Assessment Training with Dr. Hamade

19

April

12 to 1 p.m

Cognitive Health Assessment Training with Dr. Sehgal

23

April

12 to 1 p.m

Cognitive Health Assessment Training with Dr. David Franklin, Psy.D., MHA

24

April

12 to 1 p.m

Cognitive Health Assessment Training with Dr. Tam

25

April

12:15 to 1:15 p.m

Cognitive Health Assessment Training with Dr. Gibbs

Case Conferences

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UCI's Dementia Care Aware (DCA) ECHO Virtual Education Series

Every Friday, 12 to 1 p.m.

The ECHO Series provides training and support that empowers primary care teams to assess and address dementia through a variety of topics. Office hours featuring clinical experts are held on the 3rd Friday of every month from 12 to 1 p.m. Free CEs are available.

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care ECHO® Program

UCSF Spring 2024 Cohort - REGISTRATION OPEN

The Alzheimer’s Association, in collaboration with UCSF’s Memory and Aging Center (MAC), is offering a Project ECHO® series targeting primary care clinicians and care teams throughout California. Partnering with faculty experts from the MAC, this program focuses on improving access to an accurate and timely diagnosis and receiving quality dementia care in the primary care setting. During this six-month program, primary care teams participate for one hour every other week to discuss real-life cases with guidance from specialty teams, providing the opportunity to enhance your skills and expertise in delivering evidence-based, high-quality dementia care to patients in local communities. For additional information, please contact the Alzheimer’s Association California Health Systems Team at  HSDCA@alz.org.

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Take the Initiative to Screen for Dementia

Dementia Care Aware offers flexible and free online training, Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits, personalized support, and more to operationalize dementia care.

Have questions about dementia care? Call our warmline for clinicians today at 1-800-933-1789!

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