Brookdale National Group Respite Program FOR ALZHEIMERS FAMILIES
Alzheimers Disease (AD) has a devastating impact on both people with the disease and
their caregivers. Alzheimers can lead to premature institutionalization, along with emotional,
physical and financial hardship. We award seed grants to service providers that plan to offer
new, dementia-specific Group Respite or specialized Early Memory Loss (EML) programming
to participants, along with support to caregivers, in order to help individuals remain in their
communities.
For over twenty years, we have supported local community organizations through
small seed grants, along with training and technical assistance, to develop dementia-specific,
social model, day service programs. Our goal is to foster the development of high-quality,
cost-effective programs to complement existing community based services for people with
dementia, and to encourage and support our grantees to become self-sustaining.
