Dementia and Alzheimer's: Solving the Practical and Policy Challenges

The ceasing of a member’s ability to reason, function and respond is a family tragedy. With major increases in dementia predicted for the coming decade, a book like Dementia and Alzheimer’s is needed more than ever to cut through clutter. It explains governmental and private entities’ benefit programs for dementia patients, and how government and insurers do and should respond, while integrating sophisticated medical tactics with vital family cooperative responses to their loved one’s mental health crisis.

James O’Reilly is volunteer professor and director of Concentration in Health Services Management, Division of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, in the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, USA.

Rhonna Shatz, DO, is a behavioral neurologist and holds the Bob and Sandy Heimann Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Research at the University of Cincinnati, USA. Her clinical and research interests are in brain health, dementia prevention and the language of dementia.