{"id":14774,"date":"2019-12-17T09:56:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T14:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14774"},"modified":"2019-12-18T07:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T12:29:29","slug":"alzheimers-association-seeks-to-help-health-system-to-improve-health-outcomes-for-people-living-with-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14774","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimer&#8217;s Association seeks to help health systems to improve health outcomes for people living with dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alzheimer\u2019s is the most expensive disease in the United States with total payments for caring for Americans age 65 and older with Alzheimer\u2019s or other dementias will surpass a quarter of a trillion dollars ($290 billion) in 2019. The Alzheimer\u2019s Association has launched a new initiative aimed at facilitating and enhancing dementia care in the clinical setting. The Association has hired 21 regional health systems directors to help increase awareness and utilization of existing Alzheimer\u2019s Association resources. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/alzheimers-association-launches-new-health-systems-initiative-300975442.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alzheimer\u2019s is the most expensive disease in the United States with total payments for caring for Americans age 65 and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-health-care-redesign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14777,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14774\/revisions\/14777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}