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Dementia Care: Confronting Myths In Clinical Management, Shirley M. Neitch Md, Charles Meadows Md, Eva Patton-Tackett Md, Kevin W. Yingling Md

Internal Medicine

Enormous challenges of this pervasive life-changing condition. Seeking help, often grasping at straws, victims, and their care providers are confronted with misinformation and myths when they search the internet or other sources. When Persons with Dementia (PWD) and their caregivers believe and/or act on false information, proper treatment may be delayed, and ultimately damage can be done. In this paper, we review commonly misunderstood issues encountered in caring for PWD. Our goal is to equip Primary Care Practitioners (PCPs) with accurate information to share with patients and families, to improve the outcomes of PWD to the greatest extent possible.

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Standing In The Gap: The Primary Care Physician And Alzheimer’S Disease, Shirley M. Neitch

Internal Medicine

There is a huge volume of information recently published about Alzheimer’s disease, but most of it is not targeted to the average busy primary care physician, even though these PCPs are providing the bulk of care to patients with dementia. This paper is a succinct clinical review of the current state of diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, including citations of resources for physicians and caregivers.