Medical Advice — Not Policy — Should Drive Care for Patients with Alzheimer’s and NPS
Alzheimer’s Disease and related Dementias not only rob people of their memories, but it can change their personalities and…
more.Published April 26, 2021
Diseases and injuries that damage the brain can impact how we interact with the world and lead to significant and disabling behavioral and psychological symptoms—also referred to as neuropsychiatric symptoms. Those neuropsychiatric symptoms that lead to mood and emotional changes are the symptoms that almost no one talks about, but they are common in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis; and brain tumors, infections, and injuries. The reality is that these symptoms require medical attention. This short film addresses why we need to shake the stigma and recognize neuropsychiatric symptoms as a medical condition that can be treated to lessen the burden of already devastating diseases.
Alzheimer’s Disease and related Dementias not only rob people of their memories, but it can change their personalities and…
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Carolyn Clevenger is a geriatric nurse practitioner at Emory University, where she leads the Integrative Memory Care Clinic. Carolyn cares…
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Carolyn Clevenger is a geriatric nurse practitioner at Emory University, where she leads the Integrative Memory Care Clinic. Carolyn cares…
more.The Alzheimer’s Disease Policy Task Force is an ad hoc coalition of patient, family caregiver, and professional organizations, working collectively to organize and educate the Alzheimer’s disease community and decisionmakers on the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) Accelerated Approval pathway, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) coverage determination processes for amyloid-targeted monoclonal antibody therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.