Early-Stage Routine Health Care for Someone With Alzheimer's Disease
By Maria M. Meyer, Mary S. Mittelman, Cynthia Epstein, and Paula Derr, Contributing writers
In the early stage of dementia, you will --
- need to remind a person to take his medication
- check to see that he is taking the right medication at the right time
- reorder medications when necessary
- make appointments with doctors for him
- accompany the person with AD to the doctor
- bring lists of medications he is taking
- be prepared to give a medical health history if the doctor does not already know the person
- describe his symptoms
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