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We provide the most advanced diagnostic and treatment services available for Alzheimer’s disease, other types of dementias and diseases related to aging
Telehealth appointments are available.
Our USC Memory and Aging Center team provides the most advanced diagnostic and treatment services available for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia and diseases related to aging. Our center includes a memory clinic, the National Institutes of Health Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) and two California Alzheimer’s Disease Centers.
For more than 30 years, our physicians and researchers have made major contributions to understanding Alzheimer’s disease, vascular brain injury and memory problems. Our team includes neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, physician assistants, nurses and social workers, all collaborating on diagnosis, treatment and research.
The USC Memory and Aging Center integrates advanced diagnostic techniques, modern treatments and the latest research to provide the most comprehensive care for memory disorders. With a diverse staff, ranging from social workers and psychologists to physicians and researchers, the center is able to decipher the very complex symptoms and causes of memory problems and dementias. Through the Alzheimer Disease Research Center, participants have access to leading studies of new medications and treatments that advance our knowledge of memory problems and aging. While Alzheimer’s disease currently has no cure, our program’s research and breadth of staff leads to comprehensive counseling and symptomatic treatments that can improve the quality of life.
Members of the public are also invited to register for the Brain Health Registry and take online brain tests to help our researchers find cures for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain disorders.
The USC Memory and Aging Center provides diagnostic and treatment services through a memory clinic and two State of California Alzheimer’s Disease Centers. The center primarily treats dementia, the progressive loss of memory and thinking skills.
Conditions that include memory loss:
Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal lobe diseases are currently incurable, while vascular dementias can be managed by treating the underlying stroke or vascular disorder. The Memory and Aging Center conducts clinical trials and research studies for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease via the USC Alzheimer Disease Research Center.
The diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal lobe diseases are complex. No blood tests yet exist to test for the disease and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans usually do not show lesions. Our Memory and Aging Center physicians and staff apply research methods in advanced imaging or lumbar punctures to attempt to reach a more conclusive diagnosis.
Treatments of dementias usually consist of drug treatments, including cholinesterase inhibitors that seem to have a limited effect. The center physicians treat the symptoms of dementia as they arise and work with social workers as they counsel the patient and family members.
The USC Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC) conducts clinical trials for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. These clinical trials and research projects represent a crucial step in advancing care and developing potentially memory and life-saving drugs and treatments.
For more information about ongoing treatment studies, click here.
We integrate advanced diagnostic techniques, modern treatments and the latest research to provide the most comprehensive care for memory disorders.
We lead research studies to give you access to advanced treatments. Our research includes neurology clinical trials.
With a diverse staff, ranging from social workers and psychologists to physicians and researchers, the center is able to decipher the very complex symptoms and causes of memory problems and dementias.
Through the Alzheimer Disease Research Center, participants have access to leading studies of new medications and treatments that advance our knowledge of memory problems and aging.
We are consistently ranked as a top geriatric care hospital by U.S. News & World Report.
We are consistently recognized among the top three hospitals in metro Los Angeles and the top 10 hospitals in California, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings.
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