Sui-Hing Yan
Section of Neurology
Shu-Li Chia
Community Health Center Cardinal Tien Hospital
Chih-Hsien Yang
Section of Psychiatric
The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore an ideal memory clinic model including intervention and diagnosis. Memory clinic can provide an effective service for patients with dementia and their families. This study showed the clinical service process, after service improvement and family satisfactory rate. A total of 51 members participated from May 1999 to October 1999.The analyses of the study are as follows: (1)to analyze patient primary data、classification and stage of the dementia, (2)to understand the rate of clinical improvement and satisfaction of families and patients with dementia by phone two months later. The results showed: 70.97% families referred to meliorate their clinical problem, 72% families had good satisfactory result from clinical pattern of memory clinic especially for family help, clinical arrangement and care instruction.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, memory clinic