Clinical Care

What to Expect on Your First Visit

The first visit is about an hour in length. During that time the Physician will use a group of assessment tools to help in reaching a diagnosis. Depending on the results of your initial visit you may be referred for additional assessment to one of the other members of the care team; neuropsychology, psychiatry, neurology, pharmacist or our clinical case manager. These care team members can help establish a diagnosis and can help manage problems that accompany memory difficulties such as depression, anxiety, agitation, stroke, balance problems, weight loss, and difficulty paying for medications or home services. Each new patient or their family member is given a package at the end of their first visit that includes information on common memory problems and available community resources.

If you would like to bring a family member/caregiver with you to your visits, please feel free to do so, as this can sometimes help us with the assessment process.

Before Your First Visit

After making an appointment our office will send you a packet containing a letter and some questionnaires that need to be filled out prior to your appointment. It is important that these are filled out as they provide the physician with information necessary to make a proper assessment. The forms can also be found here in PDF format.

• Forms A and B are to be completed by a caregiver or close family member/friend.
• Forms C and D are to be completed by you, the patient.*

* If the patient is unable to complete these forms, as the caregiver or friend/family member please complete them for the patient.

Download:

• Form A - Zarit Burden Interview (26K PDF)
• Form B - Physical Self Maintenance Scale (PSMS) - Caregiver (26K PDF)
• Form C - Physical Self Maintenance Scale (PSMS) - Self (23K PDF)
• Form D - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale (23K PDF)
• Patient Information Form (9K PDF)

Affiliated Sites

Many in our staff are also providers at many premiere facilities throughout central Connecticut. Our affiliated sites include retirement communities, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation hospitals and nursing homes.