Dr. Al Power, www.alpower.net, is an internist and geriatrician, clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians / American Society for Internal Medicine. He talks about his career, experience with family caregiving, and his book, ‘Dementia Beyond Disease’. He discusses the challenges dementia creates in the lives of individuals, the effectiveness of medical care, medications, and holistic approaches, and the burdens created for family caregivers. He explains the new approaches he advocates for meeting the challenges,
|