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80+ year old client with urgent home repair need. Worked with family to comply with Urgent Home Repair's requests and ended stalemate between family and agency, Educated family about Medicaid application process, Outcome: Home repair is scheduled; family has agreed to make Medicaid application, Administrative tasks: ^ 30 clients with contracted in-home services: All documentation, communication with clients and home care agencies, and billing as per AAA mandates, ^ 26 clients receive respite services under the NFCGSP: Coordinate services, track billing, and input data into computer program for NFCGSP. Export data to Triangle J CQG. ^ 14 clients attending adult day care: Track attendance and payment ^ Create and implement dementia screen in local physician offices to facilitate early diagnosis of dementia, ^ Create an easy system of referrals from physician's office to community resources. ^ Collaborate with Alzheimer's Association and Long-term Care Roundtable to plan 2 half-day interactive training workshops for family and professional caregivers. ^ Facilitate 2 support groups far caregivers of individuals with dementia. ^ Provide caregiver counseling and education to families. Examples of counseling topics include, but are not limited to: o Understanding community resources appropriate for different functional levels o Accessing community services, including specialized medical consultations, o Understanding dementia-induced behaviors. o Learning caregiver skills to enhance in-home care (managing wandering, responding to delusions, dealing with repetitive questioning), o Problem solving around stressful care giving situations. o Long-distance care giving problem solving. o Asking for help from children and/or siblings in caring for a loved one, o Dealing with anger, guilt, and sadness that can accompany care giving o Creating a caregiver's emergency plan, in case the sole caregiver becomes incapacitated, o Supporting the caregiver in finding respite and taking care of her/himself.