The Asheville Project®
The Asheville Project began in 1996 as an effort by the City of Asheville, North Carolina, a self-insured employer, to provide education and personal oversight for employees with chronic health problems such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension and high cholesterol.  Through the Asheville Project, employees with these conditions were provided with intensive education through the Mission-St. Joseph’s Diabetes and Health Education Center.  Patients were then teamed with c...

This project will establish an Alzheimer’s Disease screening model in ambulatory care practice settings that improves the identification of patient patients who are at risk and treatment referral.  The project will include screening, wellness and support services in an effort to address the spectrum of patient and provider needs. Results will be published in 2010.