Links for Alzheimer's patients, care givers, practitioners, researchers, and more 9. My mother has been forgetting things, losing her keys and stuff like that. She's 78 in good health and busy. We're concerned that her memory problems are getting worse all the time. Patrick Mathiasen, M.D. is medical director of Northwest Hospital Geriatric Psychiatric Center.
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