Alabama CMP-Funded Projects

CMP Balance as of October 31, 2025: $6,182,159.27

Table of Contents:

• Project Title: Bingozie
• Project Title: Cares Dementia Program
• Project Title: Fewer Drugs and Bugs
• Project Title: Virtual Dementia Tour Comprehensive Experiential Education Program

Project Title: Bingozie

Project Start Date: January 1, 2021

Project End Date: June 30, 2024

Awarded Amount: $948,718.00

Entity Funded: Auburn University at Montgomery

Project Summary: Bingocize is an evidence-based health promotion program that combines exercise and the game of bingo. Improving the quality of life for residents and improving functional performance leading to improvements in activities of daily living and reduced fall risk. Residents participating in Bingocize will have the opportunity to socially engage and communicate with other residents as well as staff and university faculty and students. This program will educate university students, who are the future workforce, in the best practices for working with older adults in long-term care.

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Project Title: Cares Dementia Program

Project Start Date: March 1, 2023

Project End Date: December 31, 2024

Awarded Amount: $765,953.00

Entity Funded: Alabama Nursing Home Association

Project Summary: The Alabama Nursing Home Association will offer training to multiple nursing homes statewide to enhance the quality of care provided. The training, including CARES Dementia Basics and CARES Dementia-Related Behavior, aims to improve caregivers' knowledge of best practices for residents with dementia. Participating staff members can earn CARES certifications, which may be required for essential certification. The project involves in-person sessions to train and support champions at each participating home, fostering a culture change and facilitating program completion.

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Project Title: Fewer Drugs and Bugs

Project Start Date: June 21, 2021

Project End Date: May 31, 2025

Awarded Amount: $1,660,812.00

Entity Funded: The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Project Summary: The project will decrease antipsychotic drug use and preventable infections in nursing home residents by leveraging the Head-to-Toe Infection Prevention Program with Care-Resistant Behavior Dementia Training.

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Project Title: Virtual Dementia Tour Comprehensive Experiential Education Program

Project Start Date: November 1, 2021

Project End Date: December 31, 2024

Awarded Amount: $1,120,044.16

Entity Funded: Second Wind Dreams

Project Summary This evidence-based, patented program is an educational tool to assist people in identifying with and better understanding the needs of those living with dementia which results in a relationship between caregiver and resident based on increased understanding.

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