Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Dementia Quality Living: Leadership Exchange
- Program Description?
(See attachment)
- Program name?
- Grant Amount Request?
- $150,000
- # Direct Beneficiaries
- 500?
- #Indirect Beneficiaries
- 1000?
- Need or problem that you are seeking to address through the program*
- Gap in leadership in aging services when the
number of people classified as elderly,
especially those living with Alzheimer's and
dementia, is quickly rising.
- Overall program goal and its specific objectives.
- Goal: Develop a leadership
and gerontological
education exchange
program for Mexican
American's.
- Program Objectives:
- 1. Immerse participants
in the current culture of
Mexico in Mexico City.
- 2. Engage persons in
leadership training
focusing on action
learning and
personal leadership.
- 3. Educate
persons in the
foundations and
non-medical
approaches of
Alzheimer's and
dementia.
- 4. Expand a
participant's
possibilities to work
in Mexico within
aging services.
- 5. Educate participants
in an intercultural
approach to innovative
dementia care.
- Measurable impact that the
program intends to have
- Short-Term
- 1. Increase education
opportunities for Mexican
Americans in the field of
gerontology.
- 2. Increase bi-national
awareness of aging
services in Mexico and the
United States.
- Long-Term
- 1. Increase the number
of people interested in
working with older
adults in Mexico.
- 2. Increase the quality of
dementia care in Mexico.
- 3. Strengthen the
relationship between
Mexico and the United
States from aging service
needs and practices.
- Organization's Relationships Please describe your organization’s relationships, both formal and
informal, with other organizations working to meet the same needs or providing similar services.
- NADSA
- Explain how do you differ and/or complement from these other organizations.
- Same
- Different
- LeadingAge
- LeadingAge Leadership Academy
- Merida
- Institute 50+
- Vive+
- Program
Team/Collaboration*
Please provide the
names and contact
information of other
organizations and
partners for your
program. Identify the
role each will play.
- Organizational Background* Provide a short paragraph that succinctly describes the organization´s (1)
history, (2) goals, and (3) key accomplishments.
- Specific cities, towns and communities* Please list the specific
cities, towns and /or communities were the program operates
- Mexico City
- Miami, FL
- Caifornia
- STATISTICS FOR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
- ELDERS IN USA
- OF THESE ELDERS, HOW MANY LIVE WITH DEMENTIA?
- ELDERS IN MEXICO
- OF THESE ELDERS, HOW MANY LIVE WITH DEMENTIA?
- HOW MANY adult day centers in USA/MEXICO?
- HOW MANY PEOPLE DO THEY SERVE?