The Utah Department of Health Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias program has rolled out its new Age Well campaign. This campaign focuses on getting your annual brain health check if you have concerns with your memory or thinking and especially during an Annual Wellness Visit provided by Medicare for those 65 years of age and older. The University of Utah Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research (CACIR) is playing a vital role in Utah’s healthy brain initiative by supporting the Age Well campaign and offering family-oriented, interdisciplinary cognitive specialty team care with a proactive prevention focus. CACIR also offers meetings with a Family Support Advisor that helps families plan for necessary lifestyle changes, reduce stress, optimize care, and improve quality of life conserving resources for families caring for someone with memory loss.
The goals of a visit with CACIR are:
1) determine the cause of symptoms and how they affect you as accurately as possible;
2) develop a care plan to avoid disease complications and crises, and
3) use the results of your evaluation to design care to meet your individual circumstances and wishes.
CACIR works with some insurance plans but is also funded by grants, foundations, and private donations. A referral is not necessary to meet with the Family Support Advisor team and grant funding may be available to cover these costs. For more information and resources on the Age Well campaign please visit agewell.health.utah.gov. Please call 801-585-7575 to set up an appointment with a Family Support Advisor.
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