MedCity News November 20, 2023
David J. Sand

GUIDE — Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience — is the new dementia care model from the CMS and the CMMI (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation) for beneficiaries covered by traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and their caregivers. It represents an incremental step forward in managing neurodegenerative diseases effectively.

Providing care for loved ones with cognitive decline and dementia is a challenging and heart wrenching undertaking. As conditions advance, the decision of transitioning loved ones to long-term care facilities exerts an emotional burden on both people living with the disease and their caregivers tasked with the decision.

Given the option, 90% of individuals want to stay in their own home through end of life – a concept defined as aging in...

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