From: Norman Abeles <abeles@MSU.EDU>
To: WVUGER-L <WVUGER-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Sent: Sun, Dec 5, 2010 3:39 pm
Subject: Re: [SECT2] AMA dementia work group
I have followed Rebecca's suggestion for including gero and
neuropsychologists.However for them to even accept this suggestion one
must
first comment on their proposals.Norm Abeles.
-----Original Message-----
From: Clinical Gero Psychology Network
[mailto:WVUGER-L@listserv.wvu.edu] On
Behalf Of Rebecca Goodman
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 1:14 PM
To: WVUGER-L@listserv.wvu.edu
Subject: [SECT2] AMA dementia work group
Hi all -
The AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) is
formulating a set of guidelines for measuring and managing dementia.
This includes recommendations for behavior intervention. Their work
group does not include any psychologists; it does include physicians
from several specialties, an OT, social worker, and nurse. Some of
these
specialists have an additional MPH degree. In a search of the 73 page
document, I saw no mention of psychologists as a profession.
They are taking public comment until Dec 16. I plan to comment to
support including a neuropsychologist and geropsychologist in the work
group. If you would like to comment, the documents can be found here:
The document itself:
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/370/dementia-public-comments.pdf
Rebecca Goodman
Santa Barbara, CA
