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Council hears briefing on Medicare-covered GUIDE dementia program offering respite and care navigation
Summary
Members heard a presentation on GUIDE (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience), a Medicare-covered program that can provide roughly $2,500 per year in respite (about nineteen four-hour visits) plus monthly remote care navigation; Best of Care and local care managers can perform live eligibility checks and provide in-home assessments.
A board member introduced the GUIDE (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience) program as a new service covered under Medicare designed to help caregivers of people with memory changes. The presenter explained the program's structure: an initial eligibility check using Medicare Parts A and B and verification of memory changes, an in-home assessment performed by a nurse or care manager, and then access to respite and care-navigation services.
The meeting summarized benefits: roughly $2,500 a…
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