Welcome to the National Dementia Care Collaborative
The National Dementia Care Collaborative (NDCC) aims to improve access to evidence-based comprehensive dementia care. Learn more about our goal by exploring our About Us page.
GUIDE Affinity Group
Hosted by the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care (ADC) Program, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, we invite you to be part of the GUIDE Affinity Group. This group is designed to support those implementing CMS's GUIDE model (both New and Established), regardless of the specific dementia care approach, by tackling real-world challenges in a collaborative setting.
Resources to Improve Comprehensive Dementia Care
Dementia Care Improvement Instrument (DCII)
Whether or not you are participating in the CMS GUIDE Model, the NDCC has developed the Dementia Care Improvement Instrument (DCII) to help health systems, clinicians, and community-based organizations in their efforts to improve dementia care. ​
Best Programs for Caregiving (BPC)
The NDCC invites you to help spread the word about Best Programs for Caregiving, the free online directory of proven programs that support family caregivers of people living with dementia.
Feel free to use these materials as they are or modify them to fit your needs. The Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging thanks you for your support.
Join us in our efforts to implement comprehensive dementia care.
With generous support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Education Development Center (EDC) is coordinating with the developers of six evidence-based comprehensive dementia care programs to rapidly respond to increasing demands for dementia services and a new payment model launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center.
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The collaborating evidence-based programs include: the Benjamin Rose Institute Care Consultation (BRI-CC), Care Ecosystem, Aging Brain Center (HABC 3.0), Integrated Memory Care (IMC), Maximizing Independence (MIND) at Home and the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care (ADC) Program. Visit our Dementia Care Models page to learn more.
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The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model was announced by CMS in 2023 to test alternative ways for Medicare to pay for comprehensive dementia care that includes support for family caregivers. The NDCC brings together the developers of established comprehensive dementia care programs to define dissemination strategies, establish standards and tools, and conduct training to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based programs under the new GUIDE payment model.
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​The NDCC is supported under grants from The John A. Hartford Foundation to EDC entitled, “Rapid Dissemination of Evidence-Based Comprehensive Dementia Care Models” and "Expanding Evidence-Based Comprehensive Dementia Care".