Alzheimer's Disease Patient Caregiver Guide Center - Charlotte, NCCharlotte Geriatrician Doctors for Alzheimer's Disease Patient Caregiver GuideType of Physician: Geriatrician What is a Geriatrician? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine. Practitioners are trained in the care of elderly adults. Their specific goals are maximizing cognitive (thinking) function, independence, and mobility while minimizing side effects of medications. Specialty: Internal Medicine - Geriatrics Common Name: Geriatrician Doctors in Charlotte * Carolina Hospitalist Group  John E Lacouture MD PA  Presbyterian Senior Healthcare  Presbyterian Senior Healthcare  Mecklenburg Medical Group  Senior Health Connection  Mecklenburg Med Group Matthws  Davidson Clinic  Senior Care Northeast  Internal Medicine Associates  Internal Medicine Associates  Ardsley Internal Medicine  Ardsley Internal Medicine  Monroe Family Medical Center  Iredell Internal Medicine  Iredell Internal Medicine  Piedmont Family Medicine  Anson County Internal Med Clin  Blue Ridge Cardio & Int Medcn  Thomas K Mcmahan MD  Jonesville Family Medical Ctr  Riverside Medical Associates  Westpoint Medical Practice  Palliative Care Services  Palliative Care Services  Novant Inpatient Care Specs  Novant Inpatient Care Specs  Palliative Care Services  Novant Inpatient Care Specs  Novant Inpatient Care Specs  Physicians Home Visits  Physicians Home Visits  Physicians Home Visits  Physicians Home Visits  Physicians Home Visits  Physicians Home Visits  Physicians Home Visits  Physicians Home Visits  Wake Forest University Fam Phys  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest University Fam Phys  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Hlth Gen Sg  Wake Forest University Fam Phys  Wake Forest Baptist Univ CAR  Wake Forest Univ Bptst Hmt/Onc  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Schl Mdcn Grtrc  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Wake Forest Baptist Geriatric  Blue Ridge Medical Group  Physicians Eldercare  Physicians Eldercare  Physicians Eldercare  Physicians Eldercare  Randolph Primary Care  Randolph Pulmonary/Sleep Clinic  Kernersville Primary Care  Blowing Rock Medical Clinic  Blowing Rock Medical Clinic  Moses Cone Wound Care/Hyperbrc  Barry D Stringfield MD  Guilford Health Care Center  Paul D Fuchs MD  Eagle Physicians  Piedmont Senior Care/Adult Medc  Piedmont Senior Care/Adult Medc  Bland Clinic PA  Piedmont Senior Care/Adult Medc  Pioneer Family Medical  Laurellyn Medical Group  Blue Ridge Medical Center  Blue Ridge Medical Center Charlotte, North CarolinaNicknamed the Queen City, Charlotte and the county containing it are named in honor of the German Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg, who had become queen consort of British King George III the year before the city's founding. A second nickname derives from later in the 18th century. During the American Revolutionary War, British commander General Cornwallis occupied the city but was driven out afterwards by hostile residents, prompting him to write that Charlotte was "a hornet's nest of rebellion," leading to another city nickname: The Hornet's Nest. Upcoming Local Events2013-05-20
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