Art Walaszek, MD, is interviewed in news articles about the DICE toolkit, published in multiple media outlets on May 26–28, 2024. DICE stands for Describe, Investigate, Create, Evaluate; a process for caregivers to identify underlying reasons for behaviors in a person with dementia and methods to address them, often without medications.
There are more than 16 million unpaid caregivers in the United States — primarily family members and friends — helping people with dementia live at home. The DICE toolkit is a free resource for family members and other family caregivers to learn the DICE approach.
The articles stated:
“Although the DICE tool kit is new to family caregivers, the program has been available to health-care professionals for a while. Notably, all of Wisconsin’s dementia-care specialists have been trained in DICE (every county in that state has a specialist who helps families with dementia). ‘It’s a really pragmatic approach that’s put together in a very thoughtful fashion,” said Art Walaszek, a professor of psychiatry and medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health who has been involved in that effort.’ ”
As leader of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute public health team, Walaszek facilitated trainings in the DICE Approach to health care providers in Wisconsin. Read about the WAI public health team and their work in the DICE Approach here.
Read about the DICE Approach and download the DICE toolkit at diceapproach.com.
In the News
When dementia becomes too much, this toolkit offers guidance – The Washington Post, May 26, 2024
“New help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia” – Kaiser Health News and Biloxi News, May 28, 2024