Memory and Alzheimer's Treatment Center

Johns Hopkins Medicine - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

MEMORY AND ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT CENTER

Director: Constantine Lyketsos, M.D., M.P.H.

The Memory and Alzheimer's Treatment Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of neuropsychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and occupational therapists dedicated to care, research, and education focused on patients with memory disorders, including Alzheimer’s, frontotemporal degeneration and other dementias. Using diagnostic and treatment advances, the Center provides patients with a thorough assessment, diagnosis, and comprehensive treatment, as well as counseling, education and guidance for family caregivers.

Operating on three campuses — The Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in East Baltimore, and The Copper Ridge Institute in Sykesville, Maryland — the Center is one of the largest programs of its kind, treating thousands of patients annually in outpatient, inpatient, long-term care, and outreach settings. The Center uses an innovative, nationally recognized model of care developed here at Hopkins. Center physicians work closely with physicians in the Hopkins Department of Neurology and the Hopkins Division of Geriatric Medicine. Clinical care is integrated with clinical research to develop new treatments for Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and with training programs for the lay public, physicians, specialists, other clinicians and researchers in the field.

CLINICAL SERVICES

Johns Hopkins Hospital

• Inpatient - Memory and Neuropsychiatry Unit
• Outpatient - Memory Clinic

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

• Outpatient - Memory Clinic

Copper Ridge Institute

• Memory Clinic
• Intermediate and Long-term Care

OUTREACH

Memory Center treatment and research programs form the basis of the Copper Ridge Institute, located at the Copper Ridge long-term care facility in Sykesville, Maryland. The Institute works to develop evidence-based care methods, advance research in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and teach this new knowledge as widely as possible. It provides referring physicians, assisted living professionals, other clinicians, and patient family members with the latest recommendations regarding best care practices.

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RESEARCH

The Memory Center research program is actively exploring epidemiologic questions in Cache County, Utah, biomarker research, clinical care outcomes, clincal trials interventions and community-targeted interventions.

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EDUCATIONAL  RESOURCES

Alzcast.org is the newest educational portal for families and professionals at the Copper Ridge Institute. Memory Center faculty produce ‘pod-casts’, downloadable audio files that contain mini-lectures, pertaining to the care for those with Alzheimer’s disease.
Click here to go to the Alzcast.org website.

Each year Memory Center faculty produce the Johns Hopkins Memory White Paper on Memory and the quarterly Johns Hopkins Memory Bulletin, summaries and commentary on the latest research findings and best care practices.
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The second edition of Practical Dementia Care, a widely read and well-respected manual written by Center faculty members, teaches physicians, nurses, psychologists, and therapists caring for Alzheimer’s patients details of the Johns Hopkins model or dementia care.
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The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Persons Caring for Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, first published in 1981, is the groundwork for Center’s commitment to public education.  Co-authored by Memory Center faculty member, Dr. Peter V. Rabins, the book was the first of its kind. Now in its fourth edition, the book remains a definitive resource for families.
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CONTACT US

If you do not find what your need on these Memory Center pages, please call 410-955-6158.