A Care Paradigm for Persons with Frontotemporal Degeneration Alvin C. Holm, MD, FACP
Manifestations of Dementia Cognitive Functional Non-cognitive (behavioral/neuropsychiatric) Interface (medicine/psychiatry/neurology) interface
Care Paradigm TREATMENT Disease Specific Therapies Wellness Environmental Management Support Effective treatment programs are developed and adjusted longitudinally depending on the needs of the patient and caregiver/family
Treatment Disease specific preventative (primary, secondary) symptomatic (pathobiologically targeted) Physiological targeted therapies based on our understanding of the pathobiology of FTD
Treatment Wellness thoughtful treatment of existing illnesses identification and treatment of new illnesses diet physical activity daily routine caregiver wellness
Treatment Environmental Support physical environment caregiver environment expectational environment Environmental support is to a patient with FTD what a prosthetic limb is to an amputee