What is a typical visit to the Penn Memory Center like?
There are two major types of visits to the Penn Memory Center (PMC), a new visit and a follow-up visit. During a new visit to the PMC, the patient and the patient’s caregivers will be seen by a number of different health care professionals. A typical new visit might begin with an intake interview by a social worker or other professional. Following that a nurse might interview the caregiver and patient followed by psychometric testing of the patient. Once the psychometric tests are completed, a physician will usually also interview the caregiver and patient and then perform a physical examination of the patient. Depending on the results of the psychometric tests and the health care professionals other findings, the health care team might recommend further tests, the involvement of other health care professionals and follow-up visits. Follow-up visits typically take less time and are used to assess changes in the patient and caregiver since the last visit or to perform tests that were no
