Advancing Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment, and care: Recommendations from the Ware Invitational Summit

Mary D. Naylor, Jason H. Karlawish, Steven E. Arnold, Ara S. Khachaturian, Zaven S. Khachaturian, Virginia M.Y. Lee, Matthew Baumgart, Sube Banerjee, Cornelia Beck, Kaj Blennow, Ron Brookmeyer, Kurt R. Brunden, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, Meryl Comer, Kenneth Covinsky, Lynn Friss Feinberg, Giovanni Frisoni, Colin Green, Renato Maia Guimaraes, Lisa P. GwytherFranz F. Hefti, Michael Hutton, Claudia Kawas, David M. Kent, Lewis Kuller, Kenneth M. Langa, Robert W. Mahley, Katie Maslow, Colin L. Masters, Diane E. Meier, Peter J. Neumann, Steven M. Paul, Ronald C. Petersen, Mark A. Sager, Mary Sano, Dale Schenk, Holly Soares, Reisa A. Sperling, Sidney M. Stahl, Vivianna Van Deerlin, Yaakov Stern, David Weir, David A. Wolk, John Q. Trojanowski

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Abstract

To address the pending public health crisis due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative disorders, the Marian S. Ware Alzheimer Program at the University of Pennsylvania held a meeting entitled "State of the Science Conference on the Advancement of Alzheimer's Diagnosis, Treatment and Care," on June 21-22, 2012. The meeting comprised four workgroups focusing on Biomarkers; Clinical Care and Health Services Research; Drug Development; and Health Economics, Policy, and Ethics. The workgroups shared, discussed, and compiled an integrated set of priorities, recommendations, and action plans, which are presented in this article.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)445-452
Number of pages8
JournalAlzheimer's and Dementia
Volume8
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Dementia
  • Health policy recommendations
  • Neurodegenerative disorders
  • Policy priorities
  • Research priorities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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