GPLI 2020- Health Literacy Heroes

ABOUT US:

Health Literacy Heroes is an interprofessional team made up of four organizations across North Texas: Alzheimer’s Association, MedStar Mobile Healthcare, HSC SaferCare Texas, University of Texas Arlington.

TEAM:

Coached by Lynn Jackson, PhD, LCSW, ACSW – Associate Professor & Dir. of Field Education, TCU

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Training or Transport: Improving Dementia Caregiver Understanding to Improve Outcomes, aims to:

1. Develop health literate tools, materials, and dissemination plans
2. Educate first responders about health literacy & dementia
3. Refer caregivers to resources
4. Connect patients with providers for further evaluation

Project goals:

• Provide and evaluate five in-person, one-hour training on the following topics: Alzheimer’s and dementia, AD8 Dementa Screening Interview, Health literacy and communication with dementia patients
• Create and evaluate one online training for 911 EMS First Responders
• Assess MedStar referrals made to caregivers for dementia resources

PRESENTATION:

Click here to view the final project presentation.

CONTACT:

For more information or questions, please contact Teresa Wagner, DrPH, MS, CPH, RD/LD, CPPS, CHWI, DipACLM, CHWC at Teresa.Wagner@unthsc.edu.

For more information about GPLI, visit unthsc.edu/GPLI.