General information about Alzheimers
The Alzheimer's Association
This is a must-visit site for anyone interested in Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer's Association is the nation's leading organization devoted to Alzheimer's disease, and its site is very rich with solid, supportive information. It includes:
- A point-and-click U.S. map directory to more than 200 local affiliates
- Online versions of many good informational brochures
- Medical information, including advances in research, and information about enrolling affected individuals in clinical trials of promising new drugs
- A public policy area for people interested in Alzheimer's political activism at the local, state, or federal level
- An extensive bibliography of materials on all aspects of Alzheimer's disease from the Association's Benjamin B. Green-Field Library, including such subjects as alternative therapies, aluminum and Alzheimer's disease, and spirituality in dementia care
- A listing of Alzheimer's Association conferences and other events
- Links to dozens of Alzheimer's-related Internet sites
The ALZHEIMER List and Alzheimer Digest
The ALZHEIMER list is an email discussion group for anyone interested in Alzheimer's disease: people with the disease, family and professional caregivers, researchers, public-policy makers, and students. More than 1,000 people participate. Discussion is very wide-ranging, frank, and often quite poignant. ALZHEIMER is a very active list. If you subscribe, which is free and easy to do online, expect to receive 10 to 40 emails a day. If that's a bit much for you, then you might consider subscribing to Alzheimer Digest, which sends you one message every other day containing all ALZHEIMER postings from the previous two days. This site also offers an archive of previous postings, organized by author, date, and subject.