Alzheimer’s OC introducing Memory Support Team in LW
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Alzheimer’s Orange County (AlzOC), with the support of numerous community partners, is pleased to introduce the Leisure World Seal Beach Memory Support Team (MST).
The MST will provide a variety of memory support programs and services to LWSB shareholders and families concerned about memory loss and/or cognitive decline.
The MST is comprised of dementia care specialists and care team navigators who will team with residents to support their efforts to live productively and independently.
The development of the MST was greatly influenced by the thoughtful and persistent advocacy of the Golden Age Foundation.
MST programs and services, many of which are planned to begin this June, will include:
• Brain health classes
• Memory and cognitive screenings
• Memory training programs
• Early memory loss workshops
• Individual and family dementia care consultation and care options counseling
• Medication reviews and reconciliations • Home safety evaluations and dementia-related safety screenings MEMORY SUPPORT
• Dementia education, interventions and resource linkages
• Advance care planning
• Caregiver well being
• Behavioral management support
• Respite care programming
• Personalized dementia care management services
• Memory support outreach and engagement Many of the above services will be accessed via phone or virtually (Zoom), at the LWSB Social Services Office, events, LW clubhouses and in the homes of individuals and families living with memory loss. Enrollment for in-home services will require a no-fee clinical assessment provided by the clinicians of the MST.
All the above services with the exception of respite care programming will be provided at no cost. Respite care programming is expected to begin in January 2024, and more information about that service will be forthcoming.
The LWSB MST is funded in part by a federal grant from the Administration for Community Living, including additional financial support from the Golden Age Foundation and AlzOC. MST services are based on a model of personal care management designed to address the unmet needs of persons living with dementia and provide support for their care partners. Services will be offered in English as well as Korean.
Support for this program has also come from the Golden Rain Foundation, SoMang Society, Pathways Volunteer Hospice, CSULB Center for Successful Aging, LWSB Community Church, Meals on Wheels Long Beach and Orange County, LWSB OPTUM Care Health Center and AlzOC.
Individuals interested in participating in the Memory Support Team can call the AlzOC Helpline at 844-373-4400, weekdays from 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. or send an email to info@alzoc.org.
