Has the Time Come for Dementia Screening in Primary Care?
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Having primary care doctors routinely screen patients for dementia at annual check up visits--just like they do for high blood pressure or cholesterol--could identify people in need of dementia care and reassure those who are healthy. That's what dementia experts argued at a meeting held last month, as reported on Alzforum (www.alzforum.org).