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ArticleJournal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology2025

Dementia Specialty Care Clinicians' Perspectives on Their Role in the Dementia Diagnostic Process and Diagnostic Disclosure.

Alissa B Sideman, Krista L Harrison, Sarah B Garrett, Joanna Paladino, Georges Naasan, Christine S Ritchie

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Article in Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Alissa B SidemanPhilip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4433-5748
Krista L HarrisonPhilip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Sarah B GarrettPhilip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Joanna PaladinoCenter for Aging and Serious Illness and the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Georges NaasanThe Barbara and Maurice Deane Center for Wellness and Cognitive Health, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Christine S RitchieCenter for Aging and Serious Illness and the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

Palliative Care for People Living at Home with Advancing Dementia and Their CaregiversK01AG059831 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HARRISON, KRISTA LYN · 2019 to 2023
$720k
Mapping the Dynamics of Caregiver Burden in Alzheimer's DiseaseK01AG059840 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SIDEMAN, ALISSA BERNSTEIN · 2020 to 2024
$652k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG059831NIA NIH HHS K01 AG059840NIA NIH HHS L30 AG060590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDelivering a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) can be challenging not just for patients and families, but also for clinicians. Our objective was to understand dementia specialty care clinicians' perspectives on their role in diagnosis and diagnostic disclosure in dementia.

methodsQualitative interviews with clinicians from a specialty tertiary dementia care center focused on practices, challenges, and opportunities addressing patient and caregiver needs in dementia. Data was analyzed by an interdisciplinary team using thematic analysis.

resultsThe 16 participants included behavioral neurologists, social workers, neuropsychologists, and nurses. Themes included the value of providing an accurate diagnosis, the timing and challenges of delivering a diagnosis, the central focus on diagnosis alongside the need for more education on care management, and the role of the interdisciplinary team. DISCUSSION: We identified areas for improvement and strengths that can be built upon or adapted to other settings, including providing clinicians in specialty and primary care settings more guidance and support when diagnostic challenges arise, strengthening interdisciplinary teamwork, and making dementia diagnosis and care more accessible.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelDementiaQualitative ResearchAdultAlzheimer DiseaseDisclosureFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeurologistsPatient Care TeamSocial Workersdementiadementia specialty carediagnosisdisclosurequalitative research

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PMID39046920
PMCPMC13022011

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