Senate Committee Publications
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #690 | |||||||||
| Alzheimer's Caregiver Program | |||||||||
| Requester: | Steven D. Sonenreich | Organization: | Mount Sinai Medical Center | ||||||
| Project Title: | Alzheimer's Caregiver Program | Date Submitted | 1/9/2004 5:47:31 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Margolis, Wilson | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Provides home/community-based services; and allows for better informed caregivers and families to take responsibility for their own. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Mount Sinai Medical Center | Contact: | Elise Lipoff Mayer | ||||||
| 4300 Alton Road | Contact Phone: | (305) 674-2700 | |||||||
| Miami Beach 33140 | Contact email: | ||||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Seeks to coordinate care & provide training to caregivers to enable Alzheimer's patients to stay in their homes. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Reduction in placement in long-term care facilities | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $200,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $250,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | In-kind Amount | $50,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2003-2004 | Amount: | $180,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $200,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | There are approx. 46,000 Alzheimer's patients in Miami-Dade Cty; most are cared for by spouses & chi | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||