The United States and China - Sharing Research and Care Approaches for Those with Alzheimer's and Dementia

Mara Botonis is the author of our upcoming Clinical Trials Diary blog series. - Trish At the end of a long tree-lined cobblestone road past a fruit and vegetable stand, and next to the remnants of a near century old abode, in the hallways of a hospital built in the 1950's, Dr. Zhang Shouzi rounds on his dementia patients in a 60-bed dementia care wing at Beijing Geriatric Hospital (BGH). The BGH is located northwest of the Summer Palace in the Haidian District of Beijing and is the only hospital in a city with an estimated 21-22 million people that