Recently, Bluegrass Care Navigators began and expanded the organization s Alzheimer s and dementia program as a result of a three year grant. The program, said representatives of Bluegrass Care Navigators, will assist patients and their families with managing Alzheimer s, dementia and intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Bluegrass Care Navigators, under our transitional care service line, was awarded a three-year grant from the Administration for Community Living for an Alzheimer s and dementia program, said Amy Gabbard, provider liaison for Bluegrass Care Navigators. Gabbard said the program is a six month program that will teach interventions for Alzheimer or dementia patients living alone, Alzheimer or dementia patients living with a caregiver and helping patients with intellectual or developmental disabilities.