Allison McElhone
Dementia and Early Treatments for It: Presentation at Darien Senior Center
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Dr. Allison McElhone, a geriatric specialist with Stamford Health Systems, will be presenting a program on dementia and its early treatments. A geriatric specialist is a physician who treats the elderly population and the conditions that most commonly affect them. These doctors have special training in the effects of aging on the body and mind of a patient. Geriatric specialists treat common ailments faced by senior citizens, such as frailty, incontinence, memory problems, arthritis, senility, decreased functioning and more. In addition, geriatric specialists keep abreast of the different medications that an elderly person is prescribed to treat their more complex health issues in order to decrease adverse side effects and avoid dangerous drug interactions.