Alzheimer’s assessment and management tools for primary care clinicians

Primary care clinicians are often the first to see older adults with memory loss or other signs of cognitive impairment. Three brief, online guides from NIA can help healthcare providers assess, manage, and support their patients with memory complaints or impairment:

• Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Older Patients: A Quick Guide for Primary Care Physicians—read about the benefits of early screening and learn how to screen quickly and accurately.
• Managing Older Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Quick Guide for Primary Care Physicians—get practical advice on planning and care strategies for patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s, or a related dementia.
• Now What? Next Steps After a Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease—give this checklist of resources and referrals to newly diagnosed patients. Available in English and Spanish.
  

Want more information and tools? See a list of practice tools, training curricula, publications, and other resources.

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