Innovations in Caring for Persons with Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias

New efforts have begun to transform healthcare to focus on patient-centered care. Such efforts will be facilitated by eliciting, operationalizing, and measuring the attainment of patient-identified goals of healthcare.
 
The PCPCC’s October webinar, Innovations in Caring for Persons with Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias, where attendees will hear from three organizations and their efforts to provide comprehensive, coordinated, patient-centered care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. 

Carolyn Clevenger, RN, DNP

Clinical Director and Nurse Practitioner, Integrated Memory Care Clinic, Emory University
Carolyn Clevenger, RN, DNP, is a gerontological nurse practitioner and is the Associate Dean for Clinical and Community Partnerships at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She is responsible for the Office of Clinical Placements and the Emory Nursing Professional Development Center including the Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Center. Her nurse-led patient centered medical home for people living with dementia, the Integrated Memory Care Clinic, represents a one-of-a-kind clinical model that provides integrated memory, palliative, and primary care. read more

David B. Reuben, MD

Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Reuben is Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and Chief, Division of Geriatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Health Sciences. He is the Archstone Foundation Chair and Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Director of the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program. Dr. Reuben is a past President of the American Geriatrics Society and former Board Chair, American Board of Internal Medicine.   read more

Morgan Daven, MA

Senior Director for Health Systems, Alzheimer's Association
Morgan Daven is the national Senior Director for Health Systems for the Alzheimer’s Association. He joined the Alzheimer’s Association in 2017 to lead the development of new ways to engage health systems and health care professionals for increased access to timely diagnosis and quality care. Morgan established the Alzheimer’s Association’s Project ECHO Hub, which provides case-based learning programs to improve person-centered care in primary care and long-term settings. He has spent most of his 24-year career in public health, leading clinical and community partnerships to increase access, improve quality, and achieve health equity. read more
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