AK |
Department of Health and Social Services |
Department of Health and Social Services briefed public health and aging stakeholders about applying public health approaches to Alzheimer’s disease, including Road Map action items. |
AZ |
Arizona Department of Health Services |
Arizona Department of Health conducted a community needs assessments for caregivers. |
AZ |
Arizona Department of Health Services |
With partners, Arizona Department of Health Services conducted a comprehensive needs assessment of people living dementia and caregivers in the state, assessed providers to identify gaps in existing services and supports for people living with dementia and caregivers, and developed a three-pronged approach to address these issues |
CA |
California Department of Public Health |
Issued six competitive grants of $750,000 each to local health departments to implement actions of the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Maps - the local health departments funded are: Shasta, Placer, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Los Angeles and San Diego |
CA |
California Department of Public Health |
California Department of Public Health included Alzheimer’s data in its annual county health status profiles report |
CA |
City of San Diego |
County public health agency conducted needs assessments in 2015 and 2016 |
CA |
City of San Diego |
City of San Diego published a city-wide evaluation of their dementia-readiness |
CA |
City of San Francisco |
City of San Francisco developed and reported an evaluation aimed at improving dementia care |
CA |
City of San Francisco |
Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association convened a summit for emergency department physicians on detection and diagnosis. |
CA |
City of Santa Clara |
Assessed where more resources are needed to assist in the early detection and diagnosis of individuals with dementia by mapping where people with dementia were "entering" the system (e.g., hospitals, aging services). |
CA |
San Diego County |
San Diego County Health & Human Services Department released report on Alzheimer’s disease in San Diego County |
CO |
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment |
Raised awareness about the public health significance of Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey modules on cognition and caregiving and disseminating findings. |
DC |
District of Columbia Department of Health |
DC Department of Health conducted a comprehensive needs assessment of existing dementia services to identify service and workforce gaps |
FL |
Florida Department of Health |
Incorporated Alzheimer’s disease into the State Health Improvement Plan, which guides how FDOH and its partners will improve the health of Floridians. |
GA |
Department of Public Health |
Georgia Department of Public Health analyzed surveillance data to describe the prevalence of Alzheimer’s and related dementias among Georgia Medicare beneficiaries, including the overall burden, disparities, and impact on service utilization and related costs. |
GA |
Department of Public Health |
State government established a position to coordinate work on Alzheimer’s disease and the implementation of the state Alzheimer’s disease plan. |
ID |
Department of Health and Welfare |
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Health, published its analysis of dementia mortality data from 2014 |
IL |
Illinois Department of Public Health |
Developed and deployed dementia-specific training for all direct care workers in residential settings, and in home- and community-based settings. IL DPH hosts training and monitors compliance across the state. |
KS |
Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
Informed decision-makers about Alzheimer’s and other dementias by incorporating data on cognitive health into public health burden reports, including chronic disease and injury prevention. |
MA |
City of Boston |
City of Boston includes dementia specific-recommendations to improve care and support throughout the city. |
MD |
Maryland Department of Health |
Assured state’s council on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias has public health expertise and involvement by serving as council co-chair with the Maryland Department of Aging. |
MD |
Maryland Department of Health |
Facilitated the integration of cognition and cognitive health concerns into public health programming, including older driver safety and education of public health professionals. |
MD |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provides small grants to local health improvement coalitions to help them provide individuals with educational programs and resources on cognitive health, aging, and financial and legal planning. |
MN |
Minnesota Department of Health |
Developed a framework to identify high-risk communities with data analyses, help prioritize resources, and expand cognitive health partnerships throughout the health department. |
MN |
Minnesota Department of Health |
Informed efforts to make communities more supportive of people living with dementia and their caregivers by integrating cognitive and caregiver surveillance data and related resources into county fact sheets; MDH prioritized counties that have a high proportion of at-risk older adults. |
MN |
Chisago County Public Health Department |
Chisago County Public Health Department supported training of local law enforcement officers and first responders on how to effectively communicate with and serve people with dementia. |
MN |
City of Northfield |
Conducted a community-wide assessment of community organizations, nursing homes, and health systems to identify needs and gaps in services/supports and to determine what existing resources could be used to fill gaps. |
MN |
Department of Health |
Convened a public stakeholder meeting with state agency staff (including public health, human services, and aging services) and community organizations to examine what policies (and what Road Map action items) can positively affect families with Alzheimer's throughout the state. |
MN |
Department of Health |
Minnesota Department of Health will include dementia alongside other chronic conditions and obesity in its annual report regarding projected health and long-term care spending. Beginning in Nov. 2016, the health commissioner may apply any savings between projected versus actual outlays to state-administered health care programs. |
MN |
University of Minnesota School of Public Health |
University of Minnesota School of Public Health created a dedicated professorship focused on dementia education for public health students (anticipated to begin in 2016-2017 academic year). Curriculum development underway. |
MO |
Missouri Department of Health and Social Services |
Expand DHSS efforts on Alzheimer’s and other dementias as public health issues by incorporating cognition and caregiving into the State Health Improvement Plan, Coordinated Chronic Disease Plan, and Healthy Aging Plan. |
MS |
State Department of Health |
Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) incorporated cognitive health into the MSDH Coordinated Chronic Disease Plan and the Health Promotion State Plan |
NC |
Department of Health and Human Services |
North Carolina’s Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT), part of the state’s public health surveillance system, was used to analyze five years of data to obtain rates of emergency department visits with a dementia diagnosis |
NJ |
Department of Health |
New Jersey Department of Health arranged for the Alzheimer’s Association to brief its commissioner’s deputies on the Alzheimer’s Road Map and Alzheimer’s as a public health issue. |
NM |
Department of Health |
New Mexico Department of Health conducted a symposium on the public health aspects of Alzheimer’s at the New Mexico Public Health Association’s annual meeting. |
NY |
State Department of Health |
New York State Department of Health informed public health professionals and others about the burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in the state and its impact on Medicaid service utilization and costs in a Medicaid Update newsletter. |
OR |
Oregon Department of Human Services |
Adding Years to Life and Life to Years: A case study of public health's contribution to healthy aging in Oregon |
OR |
Department of Human Services |
Oregon Public Health Division hosted a symposium for state and local public health officials on intersection of public health and Alzheimer’s. |
PA |
State of Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania bill (RH 969) resolves the Secretary of Health to designate Alzheimer's disease and related disorders a public health issue. |
RI |
Rhode Island Department of Health |
Established a new program - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders - within the Rhode Island Department of Health to better assess and track state progress on risk reduction of cognitive decline and meeting the needs of people with dementia. |
TN |
Department of Health |
Tennessee Department of Health arranged for the Alzheimer’s Association to brief about 20 of its top leaders on the Alzheimer’s Road Map and Alzheimer’s as a public health issue. |
UT |
Utah Department of Health |
Utah Department of Health is developing comprehensive dementia training for health care providers including core competencies and certification standards of successful training completion |
UT |
Department of Health |
Utah Department of Health featured Alzheimer’s and related dementias and their impact on the state in its May 2016 Monthly Health Status Update for public health professionals and stakeholders. |
VA |
Virginia Department of Health |
Virginia Department of Health added weblinks to the department's website on Alzheimer's, dementia, and brain health |
VT |
University of Vermont College of Medicine |
University of Vermont College of Medicine engaged public health students to document the medical community’s views about assessing for dementia and preferences for training. Students subsequently developed an online course for the medical community. |
WA |
Washington State Depatment of Health |
Washington State Department of Health educated state employees about dementia and cognitive health |
WA |
Washington State Depatment of Health |
Washington State Department of Health participated on webinar about their whole agency approach to engage the entire agency on cognitive health, dementia, and caregiving |