Dr. Robert S. Porter, editor-in-chief of The Merck Manuals, and Christene Gordon, Director of Client Services and Programs, Canada’s Alzheimer Society, discuss family caregivers’ information needs about Alzheimer’s disease. They describe the One-Page Merck Manual of Health and highlight the questions that family caregivers ask the Alzheimer’s Society. They say what information is needed by family caregivers about the first signs and worrisome trends of the disease. They explain the information needed by family caregivers about various aspects of Alzheimer’s disease including substance use and
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