| AARP | American Association of Retired Persons |
| ACL | Administration for Community Living |
| ACO | accountable care organization |
| ACOVE-3 | Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders 3 |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADC | Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program |
| ADRD | Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| APM | alternative payment mechanism |
| ASPE | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
| BOLD | Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act |
| BRICC | Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging Care Consultation |
| BSR | National Institute on Aging Division of Behavioral and Social Research |
| CBO | community-based organization |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CMMI | Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| COPE | Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environments |
| COVE | Care of Vulnerable Elders |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus Disease 2019 |
| CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
| ED | emergency department |
| EHR | electronic health record |
| EMS | emergency medical services |
| EMT | emergency medical technician |
| GCBH | Global Council on Brain Health |
| GED | geriatric emergency department |
| GME | graduate medical education |
| HABC | University of Indiana Healthy Aging Brain Center |
| HCBS | home- and community-based services |
| HEDIS | Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
| HELP | Hospital Elder Life Program |
| HIE | health information exchange |
| HIT | health information technology |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| ICOPE | Integrated Care for Older People |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| IHI | Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| IMCC | Integrated Memory Care Clinic |
| JAHF | John A. Hartford Foundation |
| LTC | long-term care |
| LTCI | long-term care insurance |
| LTSS | long-term services and supports |
| MCI | mild cognitive impairment |
| MedPAC | Medicare Payment Advisory Commission |
| MFP | Money Follows the Person |
| MIND | Maximizing Independence (Johns Hopkins) |
| MOST | medical orders for scope of treatment |
| NACA | National Advisory Council on Aging |
| NAPA | National Alzheimer’s Project Act |
| NCQA | National Center for Quality Assurance |
| NIA | National Institute on Aging |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| OAA | Older Americans Act |
| OT | occupational therapy/occupational therapist |
| PACE | Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly |
| PCP | primary care provider |
| PCPI | Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement |
| PT | physical therapy/physical therapist |
| PTAC | Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee |
| REACH II | Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health II |
| RN | registered nurse |
| UN | United Nations |
| VA | Veterans Administration |
| VBID | Value-Based Insurance Design |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
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