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Tennessee advisory council backs navigator pilots and puts forward budget asks for statewide expansion
Summary
State health and aging officials described dementia navigator pilots serving rural counties and asked the governor for $3 million to expand navigators and $4 million for five memory assessment clinics; presenters said navigators will provide home visits, quarterly follow-ups and warm handoffs to services.
State health and aging officials told the Alzheimer's advisory council they are piloting dementia navigators in rural counties and are seeking state funds to scale the service across Tennessee.
Rochelle Roberts and Department of Health staff outlined plans to embed five local navigators in local health departments covering six counties; the navigators will provide home visits, quarterly follow-ups, memory screenings and provider outreach. "Our navigators will be doing quarterly follow ups with these families… They’ll also be doing home…
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