Panel Discussion – Innovations in ADRD Caregiver Support Programs

Resources For Integrated Care

In this podcast, Katie Palmisano, a Senior Consultant at The Lewin Group, facilitates a panel discussion with Dr. David B. Reuben, MD, the Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Director of the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care, or ADC, Program, Dr. Debra Cherry, PhD, a Clinical Psychologist and the Executive Vice President of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles, Linda Wade-Bickel, the Senior Director of Population Health & Clinical Operations at Health Net, Ed Mariscal, the Director of Public Programs and Long-Term Services & Supports at Health Net, and Anita Chacon Terry, a Manager of Care Management at Health Net. During this discussion, panelists offer strategies and promising practices regarding innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, or ADRD, caregiver support programs regarding building and leveraging support systems. These podcasts, excerpted from a 2022 webinar, explore innovative ways that health equity and caregiver support are addressed across Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) programs supporting dually eligible people living with ADRD. The event speakers review various strategies and lessons learned from existing programs for ensuring caregivers have the supports they need to care for a person living with ADRD, and speakers also describe strategies for health plans to consider supporting providers in their work with caregivers. For more information about this webinar, click here: https://www.resourcesforintegratedcare.com/2022_ric_webinar_innovations_alzheimers_disease_related_dementias_adrd_caregiver_support_programs_building_leveraging_support_systems/.