GUIDE Model Components
The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model is a voluntary nationwide model test led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that aims to support people with dementia and their unpaid caregivers. CMS launched the GUIDE Model. On July 8, 2024, CMS announced the 390 organizations participating in the model, which will run for eight years.
GUIDE programs have already been selected. Information provided on this site is for participating GUIDE Model organizations to Dementia Care Aware Resources.
If you need more information or have questions about the GUIDE Model, visit the following.
Dementia Care Aware Resources
Whether you’re a new or existing GUIDE participant, Dementia Care Aware has resources to support your organization!
The CMS GUIDE Model creates a team-based and standardized approach to dementia care that includes education and support for care partners and a dementia-specific care plan. But detection of dementia is a challenge—roughly half of people with dementia have not been diagnosed or are not aware of their diagnosis!
Dementia Care Aware offers the following training and support resources to help your organization detect dementia, improve referrals to GUIDE, and address dementia-specific care needs.
Cognitive Health Assessment: The Basics
The cognitive health assessment is a standard approach to identifying cognitive impairment that includes the use of validated dementia screening tools needed to diagnose dementia.
Our Cognitive Health Assessment: The Basics trains any member of an interdisciplinary team on a standard approach to cognitive screening that includes identifying and involving a caregiver from the very beginning.
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Cognitive Health Assessment: Implementation Guide
This resource offers guided support to integrate routine interdisciplinary dementia screening into practice to promote care coordination and management.
- Check Out the Guide Here
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