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Our Care Model

This website was designed to help you and your loved ones tackle some of the common but difficult challenges seen in Dementia. A diagnosis can be made by an Adult or Family Medicine doctor (primary physician) after hearing your story, performing a bedside cognitive examination, and ordering simple blood work along with an imaging study like a CT scan.

A referral to the Memory Care clinic may be necessary to help confirm a diagnosis, help with challenging situations, and treatment optimization.

Here is what to expect:
Please note that not every patient will see all providers listed below

  • Adult Family Medicine
    - Performs physical exam and medication
    evaluation
    - Orders labs and imaging studies

    Primary Physician/Geriatrician

    Your primary care physician is your health care co-pilot. They deliver your overall care for non-dementia-related conditions, and partner with our Memory clinic. You generally start with an initial evaluation with your primary physician for a brief cognitive assessment, review reversible conditions that may affect cognitive functions, review high-risk medications that affect cognitive functions, & order initial labs and possibly brain imaging.
    • Referral to Memory Care
      • Memory Care Nurse
        Practitioner (NP)
        Takes history from patients and
        caregiver(s)

        Memory Clinic Nurse Practitioner (NP)

        The Nurse Practitioner, working under the supervision of a Memory Care physician specialist, will aid in making a diagnosis, provide valuable information on stages of the disease, provide treatment recommendations, and coordinate with other Memory clinic staff to serve the needs of patients and their caregivers.

        • Diagnostic Clarification
          • Memory Care Nurse
            Practitioner (NP)
            Intake process

            Memory Clinic Nurse Practitioner (NP)

            The Nurse Practitioner, working under the supervision of a Memory Care physician specialist, will aid in making a diagnosis, provide valuable information on stages of the disease, provide treatment recommendations, and coordinate with other Memory clinic staff to serve the needs of patients and their caregivers.

          • Neurologist
            In-person or video cognitive
            evaluation

            Neurologist

            Works closely with the Memory Clinic Team and acts as a consultant to aid in the diagnosis of neurocognitive dysfunction such as dementia, and other neurological conditions that may affect memory. Your neurologist will make recommendations on additional diagnostic testing and treatments.

          • Neuropsychiatrist
            Cognitive evaluation &
            behavioral management

            Neuropsychiatrist

            Physician consultant for diagnostic clarification (for example, in distinguishing psychiatric conditions from early-onset dementia syndromes) and consultant for medication management of more challenging behavioral symptoms seen in dementia.

          • Neuropsychologist
            In-person or video cognitive
            evaluation

            Neuropsychologist

            A Neuropsychologist is not a physician but a specialist who performs neuropsychological and neurocognitive testing to help understand one’s cognitive profile. This in-depth cognitive evaluation can help clarify a dementia diagnosis, especially in difficult cases.

        • Education & Caregiver
          Support
          • Memory Clinic Medical
            Social Worker
            Care planning, additional
            education resources, respite,
            and placement information

            Memory Clinic Medical Social Worker

            Works closely with the Memory Clinic Team and acts as a consultant to aid in the diagnosis of neurocognitive dysfunction such as dementia, and other neurological conditions that may affect memory. Your neurologist will make recommendations on additional diagnostic testing and treatments.