Key Personnel:
David A. Chiriboga, Ph.D.
Lisa M. Brown, Ph.D.
Soyeon Cho, Ph.D.
Mary Ann Watson, M.S.N, A.R.N.P.
Donna Cohen, Ph.D.
Larry Dupree, Ph.D.
Amber Gum, Ph.D.
Jing Guo, M.S.
Yuri Jang, Ph.D.
William Kearns, Ph.D.
Glenn Mitchell II, Ph.D.
Victor Molinari, Ph.D.
Kristen Turner, M.S.
Medicaid Alzheimer's Home and Community-Based Waiver Program: An Evaluation
Publication Date: 6/1/2008
Description:
This report documents services and other activities related to a 1915(b)(4) and a 1915(c) waiver entitled the Medicaid Alzheimer's Home and Community-Based Waiver Program, herewith referred to as the Medicaid Alzheimer's Program (MAP). The MAP utilizes the services of three vendors selected through a competitive bidding process. Each successful vendor was expected to develop a network of service providers to deliver direct services to community-living Medicaid recipients in Miami-Dade/Broward, Palm Beach, and Pinellas counties with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, and who have a live-in caregiver, and are age 60 and over. The authorized services include:
- Case management
- Adult day care
- Respite care
- Wanderer alarm systems
- Wanderer identification and location programs
- Caregiver training
- Behavioral assessment and intervention
- Incontinence supplies
- Personal care assistance
- Environmental modifications
- Pharmacy review
The report is based on administrative data that covers the period from the waiver's inception through the end of December 2007. Additional information from site visits and surveys completed by caregivers to the participating Medicaid recipients was collected through June 2008.
