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Alzheimer's Disease Links

• Ageless Design Research Foundation Each day Ageless Design Research Foundation reviews the news wires, looking for press releases and current articles relating to dementia. We write a brief description of each article along with a link to the originally written story before including it in the Alzheimer's Daily News. For more information we strongly recommend that you read the full article and draw your own conclusions. http://www.agelessdesign.com/
• Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) The umbrella organization of Alzheimer associations around the world. They aim to help establish and strengthen Alzheimer associations throughout the world, and to raise global awareness about Alzheimer's disease and all other causes of dementia. http://www.alz.co.uk/
• Alzheimer's Disease.com Alzheimer's disease resources and tools presented by Novartis© www.alzheimersdisease.com/
• The Alzheimer's Foundation of America The Alzheimer's Foundation of America provides optimal care and services to individuals confronting dementia, and to their caregivers and families-through member organizations dedicated to improving quality of life. www.alzfdn.org
• Alzheimer Research Forum (ARF) Founded in 1996, ARF is a dynamic scientific community dedicated to understanding Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Access to the web site is free to all. The web site reports on the latest scientific findings, from basic research to clinical trials; creates and maintains public databases of essential research data and reagents, and produces discussion forums to promote debate, speed the dissemination of new ideas, and break down barriers across the numerous disciplines that can contribute to the global effort to cure Alzheimer's disease. www.alzforum.org/
• The Alzheimer's Society The Society has over 25,000 members and operates through a partnership between over 250 branches and support groups and the national organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1979 as the Alzheimer's Disease Society. It seeks to define and develop quality in its care and core services, to reach out to and include all people with dementia, their families and the professionals who work with them and to work in partnership with other organisations that share its aims. www.alzheimers.org.uk/
• The Alzheimer’s Association The world leader in Alzheimer research and support, is the first and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to finding prevention methods, treatments and an eventual cure for Alzheimer’s. www.alz.org/
• The Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center The U.S. Congress created the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center in 1990 to "compile, archive, and disseminate information concerning Alzheimer's disease" for health professionals, people with AD and their families, and the public. The ADEAR Center is operated as a service of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the Federal Government's National Institutes of Health and part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIA conducts and supports research about health issues for older people, and is the primary Federal agency for Alzheimer's disease research. www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/
• Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) TFCA is a public voice for caregivers. Our pioneering programs, information, education, services, research and advocacy support and sustain the important work of families nationwide caring for loved ones with chronic, disabling health conditions www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/home.jsp
• The Johns Hopkins Alzheimer´s Disease Research Center (ADRC) The Johns Hopkins Alzheimer´s Disease Research Center (ADRC) was established in 1984, with funding from the National Institute on Aging. It is directed by Dr. Donald Price, MD and is located at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. www.alzresearch.org/resources.cfm
• The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) The National Alliance for Caregiving is dedicated to providing support to family caregivers and the professionals who help them and to increase public awareness of issues facing family caregivers. www.caregiving.org
• The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) supports, empowers, educates, and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for a chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved one. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of different diagnoses, different relationships and different life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers. www.thefamilycaregiver.org
• The National Insitute on Aging (NIA) NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. Subsequent amendments to this legislation designated the NIA as the primary Federal agency on Alzheimer´s disease research. health.nih.gov/result.asp?disease_id=28&terms=alzheimer's
• Practical Dementia Care The companion website for Practical Dementia Care, Second Edition, by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH; Constantine Lyketsos, MD, MHS; and Cynthia D. Steele, RN, MPH. New to this edition in a downloadable format are supplementary materials for use in everyday clinical practice. A "Basic Psychosocial Intervention in Dementia", which standardizes non-pharmacologic efforts to help patients an caregivers, is available along with two sets of forms which facilitate its use: the "Supportive Care Checklists and Calenders" and the Johns Hopkins "Dementia Care Guidelines for Families." A selected chapter from the book is also available for download. www.oup.com/us/pdc
• Roskamp Institute An independent basic science research institute devoted to understanding causes and finding cures for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders and addictions. www.rfdn.org

Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's

Part of the Caregiver Educational Series (CES), this webcast and DVD provide valuable strategies on getting support, developing realistic expectations, and especially important, taking care of yourself and your loved one. The webcast and DVD are available in English and in Spanish (with subtitles).

Give Your Memory a Hand

Everyday Tips To Improve Your Memory.
by Jason Brandt, Ph.D.