The Alzheimer’s Association Launches Cognitive Impairment Care Planning Toolkit

The Alzheimer's Association has launched the Cognitive Impairment Care Planning Toolkit to help clinical professionals with care planning for those with cognitive impairment. Care planning for cognitive impairment is a newly covered Medicare code (G0505). The toolkit is a resource for clinicians to understand what the G0505 code covers, and to provide resources to use in care planning sessions.

Materials in the toolkit include:

Overview of the G0505 code;
Easy access to validated tools to assist with diagnosis, such as the Mini-Cog™ and the Dementia Severity Rating Scale;
Safety assessment guide;
Caregiver profile checklist;
End of life checklist . . .