How research is helping health professionals find solutions Unless a new treatment for dementia is discovered soon, an estimated 7.1 million Americans will be living with Alzheimer’s disease by 2025. By 2050, that number will explode to 13.8 million, which could be disastrous for the U.S. healthcare system and devastating for communities across the … [Read more...] about The Challenges of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
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Dream Catchers at the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding Center
Christopher A. Dawson, MDTidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group Horses can change lives. Walking beside riders with physical or emotional challenges, Christopher Dawson, MD, sees it in their smiles and hears it in their joy-filled laughter. Volunteering for Dream Catchers, a nonprofit in James City County, has turned Dr. Dawson, a Pain Medicine … [Read more...] about Dream Catchers at the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding Center
Gilbert M. Snider, MD
Neurological Associates of Hampton Roads, P.C.; Chesapeake Regional Medical Group Neuroscience Institute At the beginning of his long career, people often asked Dr. Gilbert Snider why he would want to be a neurologist. Back in the 1970s and 80s, neurologists could diagnose patients with complex diseases but frequently couldn’t do much to help them. No one … [Read more...] about Gilbert M. Snider, MD
Medical Update Spring 2019
Support for Seniors at Home How PACE programs are helping families care for loved ones As the population continues to age and millions more Americans suffer from dementia each year, the health care system is feeling the strain of caring for older adults. One solution is a 40-year-old federally- and state-regulated program called Program of All-Inclusive Care for … [Read more...] about Medical Update Spring 2019
HAMID R. OKHRAVI, MD
Director, Memory Consultation Clinic, Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology at Eastern Virginia Medical School; Associate Professor, EVMS To Dr. Hamid Okhravi, the Alzheimer’s Association is a critical partner in research, education and support for patients and caregivers facing a diagnosis of dementia. Volunteering for the organization’s Southeastern … [Read more...] about HAMID R. OKHRAVI, MD
