The Memory Diagnostic Clinic staff includes board-certified physicians with expertise in geriatric psychiatry, neurology, and psychopharmacology. This medical staff has extensive experience in diagnosing and treating the more than 60 causes of dementia in the elderly. In addition, clinic staff includes neuropsychologists, who perform detailed clinical testing on all patients, and geriatric social workers with expert knowledge of community-based resources available to patients and their families. The Memory Diagnostic Clinic accepts Blue Cross, Medicare, Medicaid and a wide array of other insurance plans. The specific details for each plan vary.
Clinical staff can help referrers and patients with questions about insurance coverage.
The McLean Geriatric Psychiatry Program is the oldest and largest psychiatry service in New England dedicated exclusively to meeting the mental health needs of the elderly. Multidisciplinary treatment teams provide comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care to men and women suffering from a wide range of psychiatric disorders. The Geriatric Psychiatry Program is a service of McLean Hospital , a nonprofit center for psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment, teaching, and research, located 10 miles west of Boston. Consistently ranked as one of the nation's best hospitals for metal health care, McLean is a teaching facility of Harvard Medical School, and an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital and the Partners HealthCare Systems.