Jason Karlawish is a physician and writer.
He researches and writes about issues at the intersections of bioethics, aging, and the neurosciences. He is the author of The Problem of Alzheimer’s: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It and the novel Open Wound: The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont. His essays have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, The Hill, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, STAT, and The Washington Post. His STAT column Neurotransmissions examines the vast problem of dementia. A Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, he is co-Director of the Penn Memory Center, where he cares for patients, and executive producer of the Age of Aging, a podcast that examines how to live well with an aging brain. He lives in Philadelphia.
Dementia Care’s Radical New Era
The promise and challenges of advances in diagnostics, treatments, and care
A special report from STAT, Dementia Care’s Radical New Era, explores how decades of scientific investment are reshaping dementia diagnosis, treatment, and care.
The report brings together in-depth STAT journalism and essays to examine how decades of scientific investments are transforming what it means to live well — and creatively — with this disease of autonomy. Topics include the biomarker revolution reshaping diagnosis and treatment, and how technology offers vast promise but also real perils for care. Several of my Neurotransmissions columns are included alongside reporting from my STAT colleagues.
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The ACED tool
Why have thousands of psychologists, physicians, caregivers and social workers from all over the world requested a copy of the ACED? Because they know that to promote the well-being and dignity of a person with marginal capacity, the person needs an assessment of the capacity for everyday decisionmaking.