Table 2. Alignment of Primary Care Core Values With Dementia Care.

Primary care core value	Alignment with dementia care
First point of contact	Identifying a cognitive problem
	Role in parts of dementia evaluation and treatment (cognitive testing, laboratory testing, imaging referrals, medications, and ongoing care)
	Ambivalent about ability to diagnose
Trusting, longitudinal relationships with patients	Enables communication about dementia
	Safe space during challenging diagnosis
Holistic view of patient contexts	Awareness of patients’ social, structural, and community circumstances
Care coordination	Navigating scope of practice with specialty neurologists
	Most refer for diagnosis
Health promotion	Responsibility to educate patients and families
Prevention	Dementia-specific prevention not discussed in interviews.