INCREASE EARLY DETECTION AND AWARENESS OF DEMENTIA
AS A MANAGEABLE CHRONIC CONDITION
Who we are
NYU Grossman School of Medicine has been awarded funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, establishing it as a Public Health Center of Excellence (PHCOE) dedicated to improving early detection of dementia (EDD). One of three such PHCOEs funded under CDC’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias initiative, the BOLD PHCOE on EDD is a national resource supporting implementation of evidence-based and evidence-informed public health strategies that increase capacity for early detection of dementia.
The Center is led by a team of experts from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Departments of Medicine and Population Health, Keck USC Department of Family Medicine, and the University of Washington. The NYU BOLD PHCOE on Early Detection of Dementia is focused on improving the lives of people affected by dementia.
We, together with the PHCOE on Dementia Risk Reduction at the Alzheimer’s Association, the PHCOE on Dementia Caregiving at University of Minnesota, and over three dozen state and local initiatives, make up the CDC’s Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act and National Healthy Brain Initiative.
Our mission
Our Center’s overall mission is to make early detection of dementia routine practice nationwide. Detecting dementia before a crisis occurs and then acting on effective principles of care promotes better health and wellbeing for older adults and their families.
Our work aims to build understanding of dementia as a manageable chronic condition through effective public health, clinical, and community initiatives. We strive to empower individuals and stakeholder groups to create systems that improve early detection and open the door to better, more comprehensive care.
We synthesize evidence-based and evidence-supported strategies to improve detection and strive to identify what is needed to co-create solutions and promote change in stakeholder organizations and communities nationwide.
We promote implementation of effective, sustainable, and collaborative public health, clinical, and community initiatives focused on improving early detection, reducing stigma, and advancing health equity. We strive to empower individuals and stakeholders to create pathways from increased detection evidence-based care by:
- Simplifying the process of detecting cognitive impairment and developing a comprehensive care pathway. Our early detection of dementia care pathway has 4 simple steps, with real-world examples of successful strategies implemented across the care ecosystem.
- Amplifying the importance of integrating early detection into primary and other health care and community settings. By shortening the delay between detection of cognitive impairment and implementing appropriate care and support people with dementia can live well. In Partner Spotlights, we highlight innovative early detection work by leaders in this field and showcase concrete, actionable efforts adaptable to diverse settings.
- Disseminating evidence-based practices and strategies to increase rates of early detection of dementia nationally. Our Center provides technical assistance to support capacity building, decision-making, and strategic planning. We also facilitate knowledge sharing across states and between organizations improving dementia detection, services, and supports.
WE FACILITATE:
Wider access to information
Adoption of comprehensive early detection strategies across settings
Collaboration across sectors
Sustainable change to advance dementia equity
We envision a world in which dementia is detected before a crisis occurs and in which early detection of dementia promotes better health and wellbeing of older adults, as well as their families and friends. We gather evidence about gaps and barriers to early detection and strategies for improvement that work. We seek to promote solutions through nationwide stakeholder collaboration.
GET IN TOUCH
Our Center is here to provide support to organizations seeking to learn more about early detection of dementia, or are seeking to develop or expand early detection efforts. Get in touch with our team via email: