Doty L, Caranasos G J
J Fla Med Assoc. 1989 Feb;76(2):259-60.
The expected increased incidence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the next century will impact heavily on the care of physicians to involved families. Physicians alone cannot provide the assistance required by these families and need to access other health professionals and resources to assist these families. Responding to the desperate need for information by families concerned with Alzheimer's disease, physicians and other health professionals in North Central Florida networked to develop, implement, and evaluate a responsive strategy, a community forum on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The two-hour daytime program with small discussion groups and a panel of experts for a question-answer session was highly successful and replicated.
预计下个世纪阿尔茨海默病及相关痴呆症的发病率上升，将给涉及这些病症患者家庭的医生护理工作带来沉重负担。仅靠医生无法提供这些家庭所需的援助，需要借助其他医疗专业人员和资源来帮助这些家庭。为了满足关注阿尔茨海默病的家庭对信息的迫切需求，佛罗里达州中北部的医生和其他医疗专业人员联合起来，制定、实施并评估了一项应对策略，即举办一场关于阿尔茨海默病及相关痴呆症的社区论坛。这个为期两小时的日间活动设有小型讨论小组，并由专家小组进行问答环节，取得了巨大成功并得以推广。
