Distinguishing and Managing Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease (AD): Leveraging Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Prompt Identification and Optimal Patient Management

Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of healthcare providers involved in the diagnosis and continued care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, including neurologists, geriatricians, psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurses, and other multidisciplinary team members.

Program Overview
This educational activity is designed to provide clinicians who manage patients with Alzheimer’s disease with current information on diagnosis and management, including the impact of the disease on caregivers.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

Implement shared decision-making (SDM) approaches to facilitate diagnosis and optimize management
Implement strategies to overcome barriers to timely diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, addressing stigma, applying quantitative assessments, and integrating neuroimaging as well as specialty referral in clinical assessment