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Community-based services help people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive impairments

Peggy Daley, RN, MA

Kelly French, MPH (cand.)

Family Respite Center, Falls Church, Virginia

The increasing number of people being diagnosed with early Alzheimer's disease (AD) is calling attention to the need for additional community-based services. Programs are needed specifically for this population to address the unmet needs of people with the diagnosis who still have insight into their situation. Using a community-based, holistic approach, Family Respite Center's Early Intervention Program provides an array of services to people in the early stages of an Alzheimer's type illness through the use of support programs, cognitive therapies and education. The benefits received from participating in such a program have been positive, as measured by group member feedback. Once overcoming the psychosocial, awareness and provider-support barriers often associated with participation in similar groups, the family and diagnosed person can both benefit.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 15, No. 5, 309-313 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/153331750001500510


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