Importance of Function for Alzheimer Diagnosis and Management—More Than Memory

This Viewpoint offers a reminder, amid new laboratory testing for Alzheimer disease, of the primary care practitioner’s important role in functional assessment of activities of daily living.

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JAMA Internal Medicine
Published
2026-02-09
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https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.7621
Primary Topic
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
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Importance of Function for Alzheimer Diagnosis and Management—More Than Memory

Nathaniel Chin, Claire M Erickson, Eric Widera
JAMA Internal Medicine
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
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Importance of Function for Alzheimer Diagnosis and Management—More Than Memory

Nathaniel Chin, Claire M Erickson, Eric Widera
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Abstract

This Viewpoint offers a reminder, amid new laboratory testing for Alzheimer disease, of the primary care practitioner’s important role in functional assessment of activities of daily living.

JAMA Internal Medicine
Alzheimer's Association (US), University of Wisconsin–Madison (US), University of California, San Francisco (US), Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, University of San Francisco (US)
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Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
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