Cooperative dementia care clinics: A new model for managing cognitively impaired patients.

Cooperative health care clinics (CHCCs), or shared medical appointments, are a healthcare innovation that can improve access and expand physicians' capacity to manage common geriatric conditions. This report describes a pilot program and working model for extending CHCCs to patients with dementia. Three cooperative dementia care clinics (CDCCs) met monthly for up to 1 year, drawing participants from a dementia clinic roster of patients and caregivers who had required continued specialty care for at least 3 months.