{"id":13045,"date":"2022-07-13T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?page_id=13045"},"modified":"2022-09-21T12:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T16:57:58","slug":"abc-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/divisions\/memory-and-cognitive-disorders-1\/abc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aging Brain Clinic (ABC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Aging Brain Clinic is an interdisciplinary clinic (neurology, geriatrics, geropsychiatry, neuropsychology) focused on optimizing cognition to minimize decline in older adults with cognitive impairment\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Older adults experience cognitive changes as part of the\u202fnormal aging process.<\/span>\u202f\u202fSome cognitive changes may reflect a cognitive disorder.\u202f\u202fThere are many benefits to early evaluation and\u202f diagnosis. <\/a><\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our patients are exhibiting some impairment in cognition based on historical report from a patient or caregiver.\u202f Most of our patients are over 50 years old and have had cognitive impairment for less than three years.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhat We Do<\/span>

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Evaluate and treat cognitive disorders:<\/span><\/h3>\n