SCAN Memory Program Evaluation Study
SCAN Memory Program Evaluation Study
The SCAN Memory Program Evaluation study is an evaluation of a randomized controlled trial
 intervention consisting of a care management program for cognitively-impaired health plan
 members and for their informal/family caregivers. The program includes collaboration between
 the health plan, partnering medical groups, and community organizations.

 Program activities include: 1) telephonic-structured assessments with informal caregivers
 conducted by SCAN Memory Program care managers; 2) problem identification as a result of
 these assessments; and 3) pre-established protocols and procedures for problem resolution.
 ACCESS, the prototype for the SCAN Memory Program, was developed and tested in San Diego
 County and was very successful in helping affected patients and their caregivers.
Inclusion Criteria: Health plan member eligibility includes having a visit-based ICD-9
 diagnostic code for dementia or a dementia-specific medication (including donepezil,
 rivastigmine, galantamine, and memantine) within administrative data any time prior to data
 inquiry for potential subjects. The health plan member must have a caregiver who can
 communicate by telephone and though that person might also be a health plan member, health
 plan membership for caregivers is not required. All subjects must be living in the
 community and if in a nursing facility, this must be for rehabilitation or respite care but
 not for long term care. Caregivers must be able to communicate in English or Spanish.

 Exclusion Criteria: Person with dementia whose potential participation is declined by their
 physician. Those who do not have a family or informal caregiver cannot participate and
 caregivers who do no have telephone access or the capacity to consent to research
 evaluation are excluded. Patients who reside in nursing facilities as permanent residents
 are not eligible.

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