I am trying to locate a physician, psychiatrist, facility, etc that offers memory assessments for adults with dementia. My father has short-term memory loss but has not been assessed in about 10 years. We are located in Nashville.

Hi and welcome to our online community Carol!

What a very important question to ask, and I strongly encourage you to call your local Alzheimer's Association chapter at 800.272.3900 and ask for a listing of the local doctors in your community who specialist in memory and dementia testing.

Your local chapter is the Mid South Chapter serving areas in Nashville. Their website is http://www.alz.org/altn/ at thier webpage you can learn all about the programs and services they offer.

There are many components when looking to receive and accurate diagnosis or evaluation. Please learn more at http://alz.org/alzheimers_disease_diagnosis.asp . This part of our website explains the steps to diagnosis, the pieces to the evaluations, and other helpful information.

Please call us anytime and we can help you locate a place for an evaluation near you!
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Bests,