Caregiving: Trends Burdens and Breakthroughs

AGENDA

3:00-3:10
Welcome and Overview of KC Quality & Value Innovation Consortium (KC QVIC)
 – John A. Spertus, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA | Professor, UMKC Daniel J. Lauer / Missouri Endowed Chair in Metabolic & Vascular Disease Research Clinical Advisor; Director, UMKC Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality (HI-IQ) | KC Quality & Value Innovation Consortium (KC QVIC)
 
 3:10-3:25
Researcher Perspective: Designing and Implementing Digital Interventions to Activate the Family Caregiver
 – Jonathan Davis, Founder & CEO, Trualta, Inc. 

3:25-3:40  
Hospital Provider Perspective: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of CuidaTEXT: A Text-message Intervention to Support Latino Dementia Family Caregivers
  – Mariana Ramírez, LCSW, Director, Director, JUNTOS Center for Advancing Latino Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Co-Director of Juntos for Brain Health             
– Jaime Perales Puchalt, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, KU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Co-Directors of Juntos for Brain Health  

3:40 – 3:55
Policy Perspective: Updates From The National Caregiver Strategy
  – Lacey Boven, Regional Administrator, Region VII, Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  

3:55 – 4:10
Nonprofit Organization Perspective: Elevate Service Excellence For Diverse Clients by Deepening Your Bench of Organizational Partners
  – Jauquan Herron, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Alzheimer’s Association, Heart of America Chapter  
 
 4:10-4:30
Questions & Discussion
  – Stacy L Farr, PhD, MPH | Research Assistant Professor, University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) and Co-Director, UMKC Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality  (HI-IQ) | KC Quality & Value Innovation Consortium (KC QVIC)