Porter Hills Foundation will bring the Positive Approach to Care training program to LifeCircles PACE and care partners and family members in Holland and Muskegon to improve the quality of life for individuals living with dementia or similar cognitive impairments. The...
The Caregiver Resource Collaborative is an alliance of agencies working to improve access to resources, information, and assistance for family caregivers of older adults living with dementia or other chronic or disabling conditions. Through this planning grant, the...
The Manistee County Human Services Collaborative Body will develop a comprehensive, community-endorsed strategy to address direct care worker shortages and implement an in-home care family support program for seniors. This project will engage the community to create a...
This project will expand the successful To Ensure They Come Home (T.E.C.H.) program statewide. The program aims to increase the safe return of individuals who have wandered by providing personal I.D. bracelets to older adults with dementia, allowing first responders...
This project aims to enhance the quality of life of older adults who face memory loss or other aspects of cognitive impairment by developing and testing an eight-week intervention for residents who are the early state of dementia. This program will help reduce...
This program will incorporate Montessori principles into daily interactions with older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as those with dementia. The program uses stimulating sensory activities to reconnect to individuals who may seem...
This initiative will pilot an Alzheimer’s disease caregiver support intervention designed to be culturally responsive to the needs of the Arab American community in partnership with the Arab Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS). The program will target...
Using an integrated geriatric behavioral health term model, providers working with geriatric patients will integrate behavior health services in primary care settings and assisted living communities. The team will also provide referrals to community-based...
Michigan State University’s THRIVE program is a hybrid in-person and virtual training that allows caregivers to access information and support from a statewide network of organizations and programs in one place, and to provide real-time feedback about their needs and...
