If you’re an unpaid caregiver of a person with memory loss, let us carry some of your burden.
Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model
UToledo Health Geriatrics is pleased to announce that we are a provider of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s new Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, a program that empowers the caregivers of patients with memory loss issues such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Through GUIDE, caregivers can access resources, training and support while collaborating with dementia-focused community programs to deliver coordinated plans of care.
What does GUIDE strive to do?
- Help improve quality of life for people living with dementia
- Enhance support for caregivers of people living with dementia
- Help people living with dementia live in their homes and communities longer
GUIDE services include:
Comprehensive services and care plan
Get an assessment to identify your patient’s individual health needs and build a care plan personalized to the services you need.
Caregiver support
Education and support for a relative or non-paid caregiver such as connecting with a care navigator when they need it
GUIDE respite services
Funding for respite services up to an annual cap can be provided when caregivers need a break. Support can come from adult day centers, nursing homes and in-home caregivers
Coordination and support
- Get connected to community-based services such as meals and transportation. Care teams will work together to coordinate clinical and support services.
24/7 access
- Care navigators help you get care and 24/7 access to a care team member or helpline to ask questions or get support.
Patients are free to see any doctor or hospital that accepts Medicare. UToledo Health collaborates with that serve patients who have dementia.
To be eligible, the caregiver’s patient(s):
- Only those enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B are eligible.
- Must have a dementia diagnosis confirmed by clinical attestation.
- Must be living at home, in an assisted-living facility without skilled nursing care, a group home or other community setting.
- Must not be enrolled in Medicare hospice benefit.
Get caregiver support and resources today. There is no cost to you for this program and your Medicare benefits will not change. For more information about accessing GUIDE, contact Brooke Pawlecki, LPN, lead care navigator, at CMSGUIDEProgram@utoledo.edu or 419.383.7327.