House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #346 Alzheimer's Community Care Association of Palm Beach & Martin Counties, Inc.
Requester:	Mary Barnes		Organization:		Alzheimer's Community Care Association of Palm Beach & Martin Counties, Inc.
Project Title:	Alzheimer's Community Care Association of Palm Beach & Martin Counties, Inc.		Date Submitted:		01/12/2000 1:17:30 PM
District Member:	Suzanne Jacobs		Service Area:		Regional
Counties Affected:	Martin, Palm Beach
Recipient:	Alzheimer's Community Care Association		Contact:		Mary Barnes
	800 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 101-B		Contact Phone:		(561) 683-2700
	West Palm Beach 33410
Project Description:
Alzheimer's Community Care Association (ACCA) is seeking $800,000 in state funding for maintaining eight (8) dementia specific day service programs in Palm Beach and Martin Counties. These dollars would fund daycares that are specifically designed to care for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders patients that qualify under the guidelines set by the Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (ADI) program administered by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. The funds will be used for those patients who cannot afford daycare expenses and for care management duties in accordance with the ADI guidelines. The current day service sites, which are all community based, and in which the requested state appropriations will fund, are located in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, West Palm Beach, Pahokee, Palm Beach Gardens, Stuart and North Stuart. The $800,000 will directly support expenses, including salaries for direct care staff. Volunteers will be used to uplift and enhance the quality of care and to keep cost at an affordable and accessible level for participants. The cost for maintenance of the daycare space will be shared with the donors. State funds will not be used for rent, construction or administrative costs. PLEASE NOTE: $600,000 of this funding is presently in the base. At this time we would like to request that proviso language be added to insure that the $600,000 plus the additional $200,000 which we are requesting this year (and which was funded in FY 1998-1999), be included.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
The program is cost effective. According to national statistics, a minimum of $26,000,000 (650 patients x $40,000 = $26,000,000) in Medicaid and other State money would be needed to institutionalize the 650 patients served by ACCA's programs. In addition, the program's reliance on State funding is minimal. The program keeps patients close to their community. The patients attend programs within churches and other community based locations. The patients are kept from being institutionalized or confined to nursing homes and are cared for in safe and family oriented surroundings. The program is unique to the State. This program is developing standards and defining dementia specific care through this partnership with community clergy and other local providers. The program can best address the growing needs of the Alzheimer's patients and those with related disorders in Palm Beach and Martin Counties. ACCA estimates there are 623,000 people having dementia-related disorders in Palm Beach and Martin Counties, the largest concentration of this fragile population in the country.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
650 unduplicated patients will be served and receive dementia specific care through the eight daycare programs. All participants will be registered with the National Alzheimer's Association Safe Return Bracelet Program, receive daily personal care (showers and hand bathing), medically monitored daily by nurses who specialize in dementia specific behavior and health care, and will be involved with therapeutic activities provided by professionally trained staff and volunteers. As a result, daycare delays premature institutionalization by two to four years. In addition, 700 unduplicated family members will receive education on the disease process, a quarterly Alzheimer's educational magazine, care management services through ACCA's Alzheimer's Family Consultant Program, have access to weekly support group meetings located at each daycare's site, and have information on appropriate and adequate resources through ACCA's information and referral services. Because of these daycare sites, patients and the community will have access to options that are humane and dignified, which is a hallmark service for Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$800,000
Total cost of the project:		$1,876,351

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
	Cash Amount:	$844,190		In-Kind Amount:		$232,161
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1999-2000		Amount:		$800,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$800,000
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						Yes
	Agency:	Elder Affairs, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	Within the last Department of Elder Affairs report FYI 2000/2001
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Yes
	Hearing Body:	Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:	12/14/1999