title: Management of Alzheimer's disease in a primary care setting.
abstract: This article covers a broad topic from the pragmatic point of view of a primary care physician. The perspective is that of a primary care physician who teaches resident physicians and students in a medical school and for almost 20 years has conducted clinical research in patient care settings, including a large Health Maintenance Organization in Seattle, Washington. This article addresses four general areas that are important for the management of dementia in primary care settings: recognition and diagnosis, treatment in the community (treatment before a person becomes permanently or semipermanently institutionalized), treatment as the disease progresses, and minimization of excess disability.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care