The developingtrendof the futuremedicinewillrealize a perfect iatrical hiberarchy based on iatricalcenter, community service, the family and individual health care.
In contrast, research by Joanne Lynn, director of the Washington Home Center for Palliative Care Studies, has indicated that patient preferences, disease and family situation have a relatively small effect on the conditions in which patients die.
If dementia is confirmed, the center's nurse practitioners, social workers and care managers work closely with family caregivers and primary-care physicians to customize care plans, reviewing medications to reduce the use of drugs that can be harmful to older brains.