Funding and Educational Opportunities

Idaho Code 56-2101 (S1247) was developed to address an existing gap in Idaho's laws. This law was established to provide a "safe, prompt, and dignified response to assess and treat people with a neurocognitive disorder (66-317) who are in crisis and get them pack to their homes after medical treatment." 

This law (effective Oct 1, 2024), although similar to the involuntary hold, is not the same in a few ways. It does not rely upon a designated examiner; it can be released by the healthcare provider within the hospital if the patient no longer meets criteria; and, there is more administrative burden on the hospitals and county prosecutors to work together throughout. 

There are some materials on the process, which includes sample forms created by partners like Ada Country Prosecutors and a few hospitals, located in this folder: ADRD Hospital Reporting Materials. These forms serve as samples; it is ultimately up to you and your county prosecutor to determine the processes and forms necessary to facilitate an effective and efficient process. 

The Idaho ADRD Program is honored to contribute $50,000 of state funds towards a second year of Project ECHO brain health, Alzheimer's, dementia, and family caregiver sessions. ECHO Idaho’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias series provides an opportunity to learn best practices to identify, treat and manage brain health and other dementia-related concerns. Each session is free and is designed to be collaborative, engaging and immediately applicable to your practice. Get free CME for healthcare professionals! Register here: https://www.uidaho.edu/academics/wwami/echo/register 

What is ECHO Idaho? Learn more by watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/@echoidaho1371 

The ECHO Idaho Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias series will relaunch March 25 (12:30-1:30 p.m. MT).

To join, please make sure set up an account and enroll in the ADRD sessions (link here). 
•    For additional help setting up an account and enrolling in sessions, reference THESE INSTRUCTIONS. 
•    For each enrolled session, you will receive an email that includes a calendar invite and then a day-of reminder notification.

ALSO: Patient cases needed! Consider presenting a patient case for this series (or encouraging a colleague to do this!). The case could be current or past, unusual or typical. ECHO Idaho provides $100 per case.

Below is a quick summary of the process for submitting and presenting cases: 
•    Email Lynsey Winters Juel (lwintersjuel@uidaho.edu) to indicate interest and secure a date. 
•    Submit your case online using this form. 
•    The ECHO team will pull together the info from the online form into a PDF that is shared with the panelists prior the session.
•    During the session, the case presenter will share the highlights of the case (~5-10 min), then participants & panelists ask clarifying questions and make recommendations.

Thanks! If you have any questions, please reach out to Lynsey Winters Juel.

LYNSEY WINTERS JUEL, MPA
Program Manager, Project ECHO Idaho
lwintersjuel@uidaho.edu
322 E. Front Street | Boise, ID 83702 | Office: 450
Phone: 208-364-4640 | Fax: 208-364-3178

Indian Country ECHO is growing a welcoming professional community that enhances providers’ ability to offer American Indian and Alaska Native patients high-quality, specialized care. Indian Country ECHO fosters collaboration through offering teleECHO programs – friendly, interactive online learning environments where clinicians and staff serving American Indian and Alaska Native patients can connect with peers, engage in didactic presentations, collaborate on case consultations, and receive mentorship from clinical experts from across Indian Country.

The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care ECHO Program connects dementia care experts with professional care providers in a free continuing education series of interactive, case-based video conferencing sessions. The program enables professional care providers in long-term care settings to better understand Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and emphasizes high-quality, person-centered care in community-based settings.