Statewide Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative

Statewide Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative

The Dementia Care Aware Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative is a new statewide initiative that aims to improve care for underserved Californians with cognitive impairment. This Collaborative is embedded within a broader effort known as Dementia Care Aware (dementiacareaware.org), led by UCSF Professor Anna Chodos and funded by the CA Department of Health Care Services through a 2-year $23 million dollar grant.

The Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative is spearheaded by Professor Sarah Hooper at UC Law and brings together health care providers from five UC Health systems and lawyers from five legal aid providers from around the state: UCSF, UCLA Health, UCLA/LA DHS, UCI Health, UCSD Health, the UCSF/UC Hastings Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors Clinic, Legal Services of Northern California, Legal Aid at Work, Neighborhood Legal Services, Public Law Center, and Elder Law and Advocacy.

The partnership is developing and implementing a statewide curriculum that trains primary care teams in the common legal needs of underserved patients with cognitive impairment, including advance care planning and conservatorship prevention strategies, Medi-Cal access, caregiver leave laws, housing and long term care, and elder abuse, among others. The partnership provides primary care providers around the state with training, tools, and resources through webinars, training modules, podcasts, and region-specific events over the next two years. 

Free webinars and resources will be available on the website at

The Dementia Care Aware Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative is a new statewide initiative that aims to improve care for underserved Californians with cognitive impairment. This Collaborative is embedded within a broader effort known as Dementia Care Aware (dementiacareaware.org), led by UCSF Professor Anna Chodos and funded by the CA Department of Health Care Services through a 2-year $23 million dollar grant.

The Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative is spearheaded by Professor Sarah Hooper at UC Law and brings together health care providers from five UC Health systems and lawyers from five legal aid providers from around the state: UCSF, UCLA Health, UCLA/LA DHS, UCI Health, UCSD Health, the UCSF/UC Hastings Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors Clinic, Legal Services of Northern California, Legal Aid at Work, Neighborhood Legal Services, Public Law Center, and Elder Law and Advocacy.

The partnership is developing and implementing a statewide curriculum that trains primary care teams in the common legal needs of underserved patients with cognitive impairment, including advance care planning and conservatorship prevention strategies, Medi-Cal access, caregiver leave laws, housing and long term care, and elder abuse, among others. The partnership provides primary care providers around the state with training, tools, and resources through webinars, training modules, podcasts, and region-specific events over the next two years. 

Free webinars and resources will be available on the website at dementiacareaware.org. If you are a primary care provider interested in receiving or co-hosting a training from the network, please contact Mahnoor Yunus at yunusmahnoor@uclawsf.edu.