1. Effectiveness of Collaborative Care for Older Adults With Alzheimer Disease in Primary Care.
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Callahan, Christopher M., Boustani, Malaz A., Unverzagt, Frederick W., Austrom, Mary G., Damush, Teresa M., Perkins, Anthony J., Fultz, Bridget A., Hui, Sui L., Hendrie, Hugh C., and Counsell, Steven R.
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ALZHEIMER'S patients , *DEMENTIA patients , *PRIMARY care , *MEDICAL research , *MEDICAL care , *MEDICAL needs assessment , *HEALTH planning , *HOSPITAL case management services , *GERIATRICS - Abstract
The article presents a medical study conducted to test the efficacy of collaborative care versus augmented usual care to improve the quality of care in a primary care setting for geriatric patients with Alzheimer disease. The study stresses nonpharmacological management of behavioral and psychological aspects of dementia and focuses on team-centered intervention and group-caregiver case management. The article includes the study's design, methods, outcome measures, results, and conclusions as well as its limitations.
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- 2006
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