National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI MLN Connects® Call

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During this call, learn about appropriate assessment and evaluation for the accurate diagnosis of schizophrenia and other mental disorders. Also, find out about the DICE Approach™-Describe, Investigate, Create, and Evaluate, a simple but comprehensive method to understand and support individuals living with dementia.  Additionally, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) experts share updates on the progress of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes and Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI). A question and answer session follows the presentations.

Speakers:

• Dr. Susan Levy, Medical Director/Consultant
• Dr. Helen Kales, University of Michigan
• Michele Laughman and Debbie Lyons, CMS

Target Audience: Consumer and advocacy groups, nursing home providers, surveyor community, prescribers, professional associations, and other interested stakeholders.