Five million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and as the baby boom generation ages, many more will develop dementia. Not all confusion and forgetfulness is due to Alzheimer’s disease, however. Sometimes the cause is treatable.
How can a family get the correct diagnosis for a beloved elder? What treatments can be helpful? Learn how families cope with Alzheimer’s disease.
Guests: Murali Doraiswamy, MD, is Chief of Biological Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and is a senior fellow at Duke's center for the study of aging.
Lisa Gwyther, MSW, is Associate Professor in the Duke University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Education Director of the Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Duke and President of the Gerontological Society of America. Together they have written a new book, The Alzheimer’s Action Plan.
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