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2013 Winner, Diverse/Multicultural Communities:

Alzheimer’s Community Care - West Palm Beach, FL

Alzheimer’s Community Care serves families in the Everglades agricultural region of Palm Beach County,

reaching the underserved communities of Belle Glade, Pahokee and South Bay. The program provides Al-

zheimer’s caregivers with education, support and access to community-based services to continue home-
based care and experience quality of life for themselves and their loved ones. The minority population

of predominantly farm workers faces many challenges including poverty, low education levels, and high

unemployment. Website: www.alzcare.org

Program: Community-

based Alzheimer’s Specific

Services for Everglades Agri-

cultural Area; Family Nurse

Consultant (FNC) program

The Family Nurse Consultant program

serves as a lifeline for families living with
Alzheimer’s disease in this region’s large-

ly underserved farming communities. The

program’s goal is to provide caregivers

with support, tools and resources needed

to continue providing home-based care
for their loved ones with Alzheimer’s

disease. The FNC provides interventions,

home visits, needs assessments, and

care plans designed to meet the needs

of the family caregiver and care recipi-

ent throughout all stages of the disease.
The interventions reduce caregiver stress

and minimize the need for nursing home

placement, resulting in improved quality

of life and safety for caregivers and their

loved ones.

“I felt as if I had been part of a miracle, and that Alzheimer’s Community Care was meant to

intervene and assist this family.”

– Jo Ellen Smith, RN, retired Sr. Family Nurse Consultant

[quote from alzcare.org website]

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