Elizabeth Landsverk, MD, founder of Dr. Liz Geriatrics in Lake Tahoe and author of Living in the Moment: A Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Finding Moments of Joy in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. She previously served as assistant professor of medicine at University of California, San Francisco. DrLizGeriatrics.com
A dementia diagnosis can be received with a crushing finality. The frightening decline into late-stage dementia that lies ahead can…