Alzheimer's Supportive Services Program

HADSSP - Hawaii Alzheimer’s Disease Supportive Services Program

2019 Alzheimer’s Association Fact & Figures report estimates Hawai‘i has 29,000 people aged 65 years and older with Azheimer’s dementia. This figure will grow by 20.7% to 35,000 people by 2025. With age being the greatest risk factor for dementia, and Hawai‘i having the fastest growing older population in the nation – it is of critical importance that the state becomes more dementia capable.

In 2017, the Executive Office on Aging (EOA) received a grant from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to develop the Hawai‘i Alzheimer’s Disease and Supportive Services Program (HADSSP). The goal of the grant is to build and sustain dementia-capability within the state’s No Wrong Door (NWD) Network and provide better access to services for persons with dementia and their caregivers.

Major products from this grant will include a comprehensive dementia-capable training curricula tailored to Hawaii’s NWD agencies, a Memory Care Services & Supports Inventory and translations of dementia materials distributed in print and online, a project evaluation, and final report.

Training

Dr. Terry and Michelle Barclay Dementia Capable training, March 7, 2018

Dementia Basics, May 16, 2020 with Dr. Ritabelle Fernandes

Dementia Capability Training, Part II, Normal Aging vs. Dementia, May 21, 2020 with Dr. Ritabelle Fernandes

Dementia Capability Training, Part III, Strategies for Families, May 28, 2020 with Dr. Ritabelle Fernandes

Dementia Capability Training for Community Health Workers- Part I

Dementia Capability Training for Community Health Workers- Part I (with closed captioning)

Dementia Capability Training for Community Health Workers- Part II

Dementia Capability Training for Community Health Workers- Part II (with closed captioning)

LINKS

Native Hawaiian Road Map: Impacts of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias

Memory Care Roadmap for Family Caregivers