Andrew S. Rosenzweig, MD, MPH, is a board certified and fellowship trained geriatric psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of the elderly in long-term care facilities.

• Series Foreword by Julie K. Silver, MDAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Hidden Needs in Dementia Care Today1. The Syndrome of Dementia: Myths, Misunderstandings, Progress, and Setbacks2. My Experience with Alzheimer's Disease3. Caregivers, Costs, and Concerns4. The Nursing Home: Unrealistic Expectations5. The Assisted Living Facility: Pristine Living with a Catch6. Respite Care: More Than Just a Break7. The Inpatient Psychiatric Unit: All Those Resources but So Little Time8. Memory Clinics and Clinical Research Trials: Treatment vs. Recruitment9. Mental Capacity and Decision Making in Dementia: The Changing of the Will10. The Shrinking Workforce: Why Isn't There an Old Age Doctor in the House?11. Reasons for Hope: Strategies for Improving Quality of Life for Those Affected by DementiaAppendix: Select Sections of Current Nursing Home Federal RegulationsWorks CitedSuggested ResourcesIndex

Andrew S. Rosenzweig, MD, MPH, is a board certified and fellowship trained geriatric psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of the elderly in long-term care facilities.

• Series Foreword by Julie K. Silver, MDAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Hidden Needs in Dementia Care Today1. The Syndrome of Dementia: Myths, Misunderstandings, Progress, and Setbacks2. My Experience with Alzheimer's Disease3. Caregivers, Costs, and Concerns4. The Nursing Home: Unrealistic Expectations5. The Assisted Living Facility: Pristine Living with a Catch6. Respite Care: More Than Just a Break7. The Inpatient Psychiatric Unit: All Those Resources but So Little Time8. Memory Clinics and Clinical Research Trials: Treatment vs. Recruitment9. Mental Capacity and Decision Making in Dementia: The Changing of the Will10. The Shrinking Workforce: Why Isn't There an Old Age Doctor in the House?11. Reasons for Hope: Strategies for Improving Quality of Life for Those Affected by DementiaAppendix: Select Sections of Current Nursing Home Federal RegulationsWorks CitedSuggested ResourcesIndex

Andrew S. Rosenzweig, MD, MPH, is a board certified and fellowship trained geriatric psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of the elderly in long-term care facilities.

• Series Foreword by Julie K. Silver, MDAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Hidden Needs in Dementia Care Today1. The Syndrome of Dementia: Myths, Misunderstandings, Progress, and Setbacks2. My Experience with Alzheimer's Disease3. Caregivers, Costs, and Concerns4. The Nursing Home: Unrealistic Expectations5. The Assisted Living Facility: Pristine Living with a Catch6. Respite Care: More Than Just a Break7. The Inpatient Psychiatric Unit: All Those Resources but So Little Time8. Memory Clinics and Clinical Research Trials: Treatment vs. Recruitment9. Mental Capacity and Decision Making in Dementia: The Changing of the Will10. The Shrinking Workforce: Why Isn't There an Old Age Doctor in the House?11. Reasons for Hope: Strategies for Improving Quality of Life for Those Affected by DementiaAppendix: Select Sections of Current Nursing Home Federal RegulationsWorks CitedSuggested ResourcesIndex