On this board, a recurrent theme seems to be that general practice MDs won't help caregivers getting elders "committed", and won't give a firm diagnosis of AD and 'dementia' and are loathe to sign papers that will hasten an interaction with Social Services. They're supposed to be patient advocates, as I understand it. I've run into this with a GP. Are they worried about liability, lawsuits, other time-consuming legal involvement, actual medical issues, or what? Because this is the interwebs, you don't need to be an MD to answer, and your speculation is welcome ;-)