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Guidelines for managing Alzheimer's disease: part I. Assessment.
Full Abstract
Family physicians play a key role in assessing and managing patients with Alzheimer's disease and in linking the families of these patients to supportive services within the community. As part of comprehensive management, the family physician may be responsible for coordinating assessments of patient function, cognition, comorbid medical conditions, disorders of mood and emotion, and caregiver status. Suggestions for easily administered and scored assessment tools are provided, and practical tips are given for supporting primary caregivers, thereby increasing efficiency and quality of care for patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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Author information
Author/s: Cummings, Jeffrey L (JL); Frank, Janet C (JC); Cherry, Debra (D); Kohatsu, Neal D (ND); Kemp, Bryan (B); Hewett, Linda (L); Mittman, Brian (B);
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, USA.
Grants: AG 16570 (Agency:United States NIA)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review
Journal: American family physician (Am Fam Physician), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 65 (issue 11) : pp 2263-72
Dates: Created 2002/06/20; Completed 2002/07/10; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12074525, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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