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The following information is a compilation of free educational materials, tools, and local resources to support health care professionals that provide care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their caregivers.

Free Alzheimer's & Dementia Training

  • Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care ECHO ProgramOpen website icon
    Alzheimer’s Association

    Offers a 6-month tele-mentoring program for primary care teams to improve quality Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias care in the primary care setting.
    Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, and social workers. Continuing education credit available.

  • Alzheimer’s and Dementia Clinical CoursesOpen website icon
    Alzheimer’s Association

    Offers 7 courses on topics including early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and epidemiology of these conditions in diverse populations.
    Target Audience: Physicians, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementias professionals. Continuing education credit available.

  • Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Training CoursesOpen website icon
    University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

    This course offers training modules to support health care providers in improving care for their patients living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Some topics covered include diagnosing non-Alzheimer’s disease dementia, end-of-life care, and safety precautions.
    Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, and social workers. Continuing education credit available.

  • Brain Health AcademyOpen website icon
    UsAgainstAlzheimer's

    Provides free evidence-based courses on topics like obesity and dementia, diabetes and dementia, and hearing and dementia, to enhance the knowledge and support of professionals caring for people with dementia.
    Target Audience: Health care and wellness providers. Continuing education credit available.

  • Caring for Veterans with Dementia Course and ToolkitOpen website icon
    U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

    The VA Geriatrics Scholars Program offers learning opportunities to improve the care of older Veterans. This program offers a course on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and a toolkit with access to clinical tools and resources for patients and caregivers.
    Target Audience: Physicians.

  • Dementia Care AwareOpen website icon
    University of California, San Francisco

    This 90-minute online training program is for the Cognitive Health Assessment (CHA). Providers who take the training are eligible to bill for the CHA for patients 65 and older with Medi-Cal only using code 1494F.
    Target Audience: Primary care teams. Continuing education credit available.

  • Dementia Care Training CourseOpen website icon
    Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration

    This self-paced training includes 37 modules across four series: overview of dementia and health care provider roles, helping caregivers, addressing caregiver needs, and nursing home training.
    Target Audience: Primary care practitioners, health professions faculty, students, members of a geriatrics care team, direct service workers.

Cognitive Assessment & Care Planning Reimbursement

  • Care PlanningOpen website icon
    Alzheimer’s Association

    Find information on using the 99483 Medicare code for cognitive assessment and care planning tools.

  • Cognitive AssessmentOpen website icon
    Alzheimer’s Association

    Find an overview about the Medicare Annual Wellness visit, tools, and videos demonstrating a cognitive assessment.

  • Cognitive Assessment and Care Plan ServicesOpen website icon
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

    Find an overview of the cognitive assessment included in the Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visit and billing code information for cognitive assessments and care planning services.

Screening, Diagnosis & Management

Provider Toolkits

Specialty Centers in Los Angeles

Resources on Communicating with Patients


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