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Patients with dementia require specific attention, social workers from the Center's healthcare area
consisting of an accurate and early diagnosis, an as- make up this part of the Unit. The evaluations carried
sessment of the affected cognitive areas and its se- out in these areas composed the clinical and socio-
verity, as well as applying and monitoring the logical database that, in addition to its intrinsic inte-
treatment. It is essential that various medical discipli- rest for research purposes, supports the biological
nes be involved, due to the need to follow the pro- samples and neuroimaging data obtained systema-
gression, the specific treatment, the overseeing of tically in the Center.
complications, the application of measures to neu-
tralize them, and the corresponding practice of so- From the basic research side, UIPA's original project
cial health resources. Hence, UIPA responds to a contemplated the creation of departments of Mo-
translational vocation to investigate the progression lecular Genetics, Neuropathology, and Neuroima-
of clinical knowledge in dementias. It is established ging. These three areas bring together the most
as an intermediary between basic sciences and the promising fields of research on the biological pro-
fields of clinical and social sciences related to he- cesses underlying dementia.
alth, to promote knowledge about neurodegenera-
tive dementias and its application. A team of The UIPA is characterized by its marked multidiscipli-
specialists in Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurops- nary approach, so that both clinical and basic as-
ychology, together with the participation of geriatri- pects are in continuous contact, through those five
cians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and departmental areas, elaborating and contrasting
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