Memory Clinic
Make a New Patient Appointment:
Call 202-741-2870
Services We Offer and Conditions We Treat:
- Memory loss
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Frontotemporal Disorders
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Vascular Dementia
- Evaluations for memory loss
- Developing care plans
- Provide resources and interventions that promote improvements in cognition and longevity through a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches
Quality Memory Loss and Dementia Care in Washington, DC
The Memory Clinic team comprehensively evaluates persons with concern for memory loss or established dementia to provide quality care around what matters. We recognize how memory conditions can affect many aspects of life. We work with you and your support system to identify what matters most and tailor a plan of care that best supports an improved quality of life and identifies areas where assistance can be beneficial. Some of these areas include:
- Optimizing opportunities to remain independent
- Identifying person specific strategies to slow cognitive loss and functional decline
- Creating safe home environments and optimizing safe mobility within your community
- Performing comprehensive review of medications that may increase risk of poor cognitive functioning or make you at risk for undesirable outcomes
- Developing care plans for behavioral changes associated with dementia
- Supporting patients and caregivers across the continuum of life with memory disorders
- Planning for future health care decisions through advance care planning.
Our aim is to provide resources and interventions that promote improvements in cognition and longevity through a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches.
- New Patients
- Who We Are
- Our Partners
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Our team works closely with other centers and community resources to provide comprehensive evaluation and care for those living with or concerned about memory loss.
Referrals are often made to:
Center for Integrative Medicine
(202) 833-5055
908 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington DC
Suite #200
Washington, D.C. 20037
Geriatric & Palliative Care
(202) 741-2222
22nd& I Street, NW
3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20037
House Call Program
(202) 741-3098
Memory Cafe Online Directory
Movement Disorders Program
(202) 741-2700
22nd & I Street, NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20037
Neuropsychological Evaluations
(202) 741-2888
2120 L St.
Suite 600
Washington, D.C 20037
Radiology
For MRI/CT/PET Scans:(202) 715-4907
2121 K Street, NW
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20037
PET Scans can also be completed at:(202) 715-4372
1145 19th Street, NW
Suite 205
Washington, DC 20037
Rehabilitation Services
(202) 715-5655
131 K. Street, NW, Suite 620
Washington, DC 20037
• Speech Language Pathology
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
Sleep Disorders Clinic
(202) 741-3430
2021 K Street, NW
Suite 104
Washington, DC 20006 - Living With Memory Disorders
- Caregiving & Support
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Behavioral and personality changes can be particularly challenging for friends, family, and caregivers as their loved one seems unlike their normal self, but it is important to meet these changes with patience and compassion.
- Community Resources and Helpful Links
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The following list represents some possible resources in your community but is by no means a comprehensive collection of resources and services available.
- DC Health Brain Health Initiative
- County Departments on Aging:
- National Site for Senior Villages
- Alzheimer's Association
24/7 hotline (800) 272-3900 - Washington DC Senior Villages Site
Phone: (202) 724-5626 - Eldercare Locator
Phone: 1-800-677-1116 - National Alliance for Caregiving
Phone: (301) 718-8444 - IONA Resource Guide
- Driving Resources for Seniors
- Medicare Hotline
Phone: (800) 633-4227 - The Community Resource Finder offers more information on services and resources in the Washington, DC area
Phone: (301) 718-8444 - File Complaints/Concerns about Long-term Care Programs
- Maryland Long-term Care Ombudsman Program
https://aging.maryland.gov/Pages/state-long-term-care-ombudsman.aspx - Virginia Long-term Care Ombudsman Office:
https://elderrightsva.org/ - National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
https://theconsumervoice.org/issues/recipients/assisted-living
- Maryland Long-term Care Ombudsman Program
- Support Our Future Plans
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Consider a gift to our program as we work to improve access to quality dementia care in the Washington Capital Region.