The Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Award: 2010 Award Recipients

Four exceptional programs from California, New York, North Carolina and Washington are this year's recipients of the Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards. The programs are presented with an award of $20,000 each and will will participate in a breakout session at Aging in America, the Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging in San Francisco on April 28, 2011.

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El Portal is an outreach program of the Alzheimer's Association aiming to build partnerships in the Latino community.

Organization:

Alzheimer's Association

The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.

Location:

Los Angeles, CA

How does it work?

The intervention assists caregivers in finding meaning, purpose and value during the end-of-life caregiving experience.

Organization:

Suncoast Hospice

Suncoast Hospice is the nation's largest not-for-profit, community-based provider of hospice and palliative care. The Hospice provides care for tens of thousands of people annually, and leads innovative service delivery, social change advocacy, technology development and other end-of-life initiatives.

Location:

Largo, FL

How does it work?

Caregiving Across the States: 50 State Profiles - 2014 Update

STAR-Caregivers (STAR-C) is a standardized intervention to help family caregivers identify, reduce, and manage difficult behavioral symptoms of their relative with Alzheimer's disease.

Organization:

University of Washington

Caregving PolicyDigest

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