Author Archives: Geoffrey W. Lane, Ph.D., ABPP

About Geoffrey W. Lane, Ph.D., ABPP

Geoffrey W. Lane, Ph.D., ABPP is a psychologist dually licensed in California and Oregon and board certified in geropsychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology (e.g., ABGERO). Dr. Lane has a B.A. in Psychology from Reed College, and a Ph.D. from Palo Alto University. He completed his predoctoral internship in geropsychology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), and postdoctoral fellowship in geropychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York State. Dr. Lane has been the staff psychologist at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System's (VAPAHCS) 'Community Living Center' (CLC) in Livermore since 2007. Dr. Lane also has worked for many years providing consultation-based services to local organizations such as San Francisco's Institute on Aging and Mountain View's Avenidas' Rose Kleiner Adult Day Health program. Dr. Lane maintains a blog with other articles on aging-related issues at https://olderadults.wordpress.com. Additional information as to how to contact Dr. Lane directly can be found at https://geoffreylanephd.wordpress.com.

The Behavioral Challenges of Dementia and How to Manage Them

At the nursing home where I work, approximately 50{d0e74b8a3596e4326b45924d39792f257a1f9983beed4201831d386befd3d18e} of the residents have some form of diagnosable dementia (which is now referred to as ‘major neurocognitive disorder’ in the current version of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Typically, it’s one of the two most common forms of dementia, e.g., […]