(HealthDay)—Although Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating diagnosis that is better delivered earlier rather than later, new research suggests poor patients living in rural areas may not have access to the specialists who could spot the first signs of memory declines.
The team from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., led by Sayeh Nikpay, now an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, sought to determine whether Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s and related dementias were receiving care from specialized geriatric providers, as well as whether there were socioeconomic differences in access to care.
“Folks with Alzheimer’s disease and related…
