January Clinical Strategy Meeting on Approaches to Dementia Care

The January Clinical Strategy Committee meeting focused on approaches to dementia care in RI. Victoria Parker, MS, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Program Manager, RIDOH, set the stage and moderated the conversation. Tom Bayer, MD, Brown Medicine Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, highlighted the importance of comprehensive, collaborative care for patients with dementia. Dr. Bayer discussed how Brown Medicine is using team-based care to connect patients with dementia to care specialists and social workers to develop a service plan for patients and leverage evidence-based approaches to dementia care. Ana Tuya Fulton, MD, MBA, FACP, AGSF, Chief Population Health Officer, Care New England & Executive Chief of Geriatrics, and Chief Medical Officer, Integra Community Care Network spoke to the patient care model for geriatric patients at Integra. Dr. Fulton also discussed integration with the Kent Hospital at Home (HaH) program. Victoria Parker spoke about the Quality Improvement Collaborative, which convenes subject matter experts, state agencies, community-based organizations, and health system partners to understand and identify opportunities to support the care and management of patients with dementia in RI. Reactants were Matthew Collins, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, BCBSRI; Kelley Hurley, BS, PTA-ADPI, Grant Program Coordinator, CareLink; and Robyn Early, MA, Chief Growth Officer, CareLink. Participants also learned about services through CareLink and their mission to provide post-acute and community-based services for RI older adults.

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