Confused Minds, Burdened Families: Finding Help for People with Alzheimer's and Other Dementias

摘要

The OTA report analyzes the problem of locating and arranging services for people with dementia, presents a framework for an effective system to connect them to appropriate services, and discusses congressional policy options for establishing such a system. One of the main policy issues is whether the system should serve people with dementia exclusively or serve people with other diseases and conditions as well. The report covers the following topics: Summary and Overview; Need for Public Education and Information and Referral; Need for Outreach and Case Management; Questions That Arise in Making Decisions About Services; Concerns About the Quality and Appropriateness of Services; Linking Veterans With Dementia to VA and Non-VA Services; State Programs and State and Community Service Systems That Link People to Services; and Agencies That Might Constitute a Uniform National Linking System.