A Medicare Trial Program Is Helping Oklahoma Dementia Caregivers, but Only 128 Patients Are Enrolled
A Medicare trial program called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience is providing respite care and education to dementia patients and caregivers in Oklahoma. Currently, 128 patients are enrolled in the eight-year voluntary model.
Sandi Hegeman was able to attend her son’s wedding because a Medicare trial program funded her mother-in-law’s respite care. Hegeman’s mother-in-law, Gertrude De Cambra, has dementia and qualifies for the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience program, an eight-year voluntary model for Medicare enrollees that provides dementia patients and caregivers with respite care, caregiver education, 24/7 […]
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