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Mechanisms for Organizational Behavior Change to Address the Needs of People Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Proceedings of a Workshop (2022) / Chapter Skim
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7 Final Thoughts
Pages 73-78

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... " CONSIDERING SUSTAINABILITY AND SCALING Faith Mitchell began by stating that several presentations noted that while payment reform is necessary, it alone is not sufficient to bring about organizational behavioral change to improve quality of care and supports for people with ADRD and their caregivers. She highlighted the importance of sustainability, noting a need to determine how best to get individuals and systems to make long-term commitments to applying new models of care.
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From page 74...
... Inouye called the billions of dollars spent by family caregivers in outof-pocket expenses and lost work "just unconscionable in our country," and said she would like to see financial support for those caregivers. "We need more geriatricians and more home health care workers who are culturally sensitive and operating at the community level, but we are not realistically going to get those numbers, so we have to deputize our caregivers by providing them the training when they need it across the continuum of care," said Sarah Lenz Lock.
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From page 75...
... She encouraged research to develop best practices for developing and implementing quality measures that set high standards for quality of care for people with ADRD throughout all phases of disease progression. Lenz Lock highlighted the importance of changing expectations related to care for people with ADRD as a means of improving quality of care.
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From page 76...
... She also suggested research to determine how to effectively incorporate technology and develop algorithms that can support primary care providers to create care plans for people with ADRD as well provide education for families. Lenz Lock noted that artificial intelligence (AI)
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From page 77...
... She said research funding priorities should reflect the need to keep equity central to the work of improving quality of care and support for people with ADRD and their caregivers. She suggested research efforts should emphasize who is most at risk of developing ADRD and who is most at risk of not receiving quality care or support for caregivers.
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