Institutional placement for patients with Alzheimer's disease

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Families of patients with Alzheimer's disease often want guidance from the patient's physician on whether to put the patient in an institution. When is institutional placement indicated? What types of facilities are available? What should family members took for in a facility before and after placement? Dr Pfeiffer provides the answers to these and other questions raised by families facing this difficult decision.

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Eric Pfeiffer

Eric Pfeiffer, MD Dr Pfeiffer is professor of psychiatry and director of the Sun-coast Gerontology Center at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa. His primary research interests are Alzheimer's disease and depression, and he is widely experienced in continuing medical education for primary care physicians.