Riepe, M., Fellgiebel, A.

Background: Guidelines of Medical Societies aim at supporting the quality of medical care in general, and particularly in private practice. Usually, physicians in private practice are not part of the expert committees of medical societies that author guidelines. Guidelines represent a consensus appraising evidence from clinical studies on efficacy and side effects but also evaluating […]

Morgan, Debra G., Crossley, Margaret, Kirk, Andrew, D’Arcy, Carl, Stewart, Norma, Biem, Jay, Forbes, Dorothy, Harder, Sheri, Basran, Jenny, Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina, McBain, Lesley

The availability, accessibility and acceptability of services are critical factors in rural health service delivery. In Canada, the aging population and the consequent increase in prevalence of dementia challenge the ability of many rural communities to provide specialized dementia care. This paper describes the development, operation and evaluation of an interdisciplinary memory clinic designed to […]

Jessen, Frank, Wiese, Birgitt, Bickel, Horst, Eiffländer-Gorfer, Sandra, Fuchs, Angela, Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna, Köhler, Mirjam, Luck, Tobias, Mösch, Edelgard, Pentzek, Michael, Riedel-Heller, Steffi G., Wagner, Michael, Weyerer, Siegfried, Maier, Wolfgang, van den Bussche, Hendrik

Background: Current approaches for AD prediction are based on biomarkers, which are however of restricted availability in primary care. AD prediction tools for primary care are therefore needed. We present a prediction score based on information that can be obtained in the primary care setting.; Methodology/principal Findings: We performed a longitudinal cohort study in 3.055 […]