Request to Convey Information: Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes

S&C: 12-42-NH:  Revised 08.31.12

Memorandum Summary

  • Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes – In 2012, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes to promote comprehensive dementia care and therapeutic interventions for nursing home residents with dementia-related behaviors.
  • Stakeholder Letters – Stakeholders are sending letters to support the Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes.
  • Please Share – Please share information about these documents as you communicate with facilities in your State and in other appropriate communication media (such as State website).

Download the CMS memo here:  http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Policy-and-Memos-to-States-and-Regions-Items/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-12-42.html