What is a Navigation Program?: A Q+A With Our Director of Navigation
Many of you have been asking… “So, what is a comprehensive navigation program?” Here are a few details to help answer that central question.
- Q: What is navigation?
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A: I AM ALS Navigation empowers patients, caregivers and their loved ones with relevant medical and research information, supports them emotionally, connects them with practical resources and helps them build a community around them.
- Q: What will the program help with?
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A: Our program will empower patients and their families with relevant medical and research information, support them emotionally, connect them with practical resources, and help them build a community around them.
- Q: Who will staff the navigation program?
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A: Our program will be staffed by social workers and registered nurses who can be called or emailed if you are a patient, caregiver, loved one or surviving loved one affected by ALS.
- Q: Who will the program service?
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A: When launched it will be a national program servicing ALS patients and the loved ones who are caring or cared for ALS patients in the U.S.
- Q: When is the program expected to launch?
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A: The program is launched! Find out how to access its services here.
This program will be a helping hand in connecting those it serves to the programs and services that best fit their needs and be a partner every step of the way in their ALS journey. Find out how to access its services here.