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Strategies for community-based dementia education and creating sustainable change: Lessons learned from the Community Outreach Education Program

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: The Community Outreach Education Program (COEP) was established to disseminate information about the diagnosis, assessment, management, and treatment of dementia to health care professionals, service providers, staff of community organizations and voluntary agencies, and family caregivers in communities throughout Michigan. This paper will describe the activities implemented as part of outreach educational interventions in Bay City, Saginaw, Grand Rapids, and Kalamazoo, Michigan. Lessons learned about community-based dementia education and strategies for creating sustainable change are discussed.

Source: American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias®

DOI: 10.1177/153331759901400605

Authors: Cathleen M Connell, Benjamin Walter, Margaret La Pietra Kunz, Sara B. Holmes

Institution: University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze