{"id":22906,"date":"2024-06-04T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22906"},"modified":"2024-06-04T08:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:08:32","slug":"outdated-medicare-rules-prevent-some-dementia-patients-from-getting-the-medications-they-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22906","title":{"rendered":"Outdated Medicare rules prevent some dementia patients from getting the medications they need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Carolyn Clevenger for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memory loss is the most obvious symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s disease. But for the more than 6.5 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u2014 and the people who support them \u2014 memory lapses are often the least of their problems. Many people with Alzheimer\u2019s or other forms of dementia also experience mood and behavior symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to violent outbursts and psychosis.   Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/06\/04\/dementia-alzheimers-patients-neuropsychiatric-symptoms-antipsychotic-drugs\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/06\/04\/dementia-alzheimers-patients-neuropsychiatric-symptoms-antipsychotic-drugs\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"24\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Carolyn Clevenger for STAT) Memory loss is the most obvious symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s disease. But for the more than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,32,6,15],"tags":[116,80,118,61,1344,94],"class_list":["post-22906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-cms","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-cms","tag-dementia","tag-medicare","tag-medication","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22907,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22906\/revisions\/22907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}