Treatment and Prevention
Prevention Top
- Maintain Your Brain, Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/maintainyourbrain/overview.asp
Treatment Options Top
- Alzheimer's Disease Medications Fact Sheet, National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/medicationsfs.htm
- Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment Overview, WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/71/81399.htm
- Standard Prescriptions for Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/Treatment/Standard.asp
- Alternative Treatments for Alzheimer's
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/Treatment/Alternative.asp
Learning About Alzheimer's
Disease Overview Top
- A Quick Look At Alzheimer's Disease: Five Pocket Films
http://aboutalz.org
- NIH —What is Alzheimer's Disease?
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/alzheimersdisease/toc.html
- The Forgetting, by David Shenk
http://www.amazon.com/The-Forgetting-Alzheimers-Portrait-Epidemic/dp/0385498381
- Alzheimer's Association — What is Alzheimer's Disease?
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/WhatIsAD.asp
- Understanding Alzheimer's: A guide for families, friends, and health care providers
http://depts.washington.edu/adrcweb/UnderstandingAD.shtml
Statistics and Data Top
- Alzheimer's Disease, National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/alzheimr.htm
- Statistics About Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/statistics.asp
- The Silver Book, Alliance for Aging Research
http://www.silverbook.org/Alzheimer's%20Disease
Clinical Trials Top
- ADEAR Clinical Trials Database, National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/ResearchInformation/ClinicalTrials/
- Clinical Trials, The Alzheimer's Information Site
http://www.alzinfo.org/treatment/clinicaltrial/default.aspx
Latest News and Research Top
- Alzheimer's Association research overview
http://www.alz.org/Research/overview.asp
- Alzheimer's Research Forum
http://www.alzforum.org/
- Updates from Cure Alzheimer's Fund
http://www.curealz.org/news
- Key Research Findings in 2012, by Rudy Tanzi
http://www.curealz.org/message-research-consortium-chairman
Films Top
- Understanding Alzheimer's: Five "Pocket" Films, directed by David Shenk
http://aboutalz.org
- PBS's "The Forgetting," directed by Elizabeth Arledge
http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting/
- "Away from Her," directed by Sarah Polley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABNOH_nF6aM
Caregiving
Caregiving Resources Top
- Caregiving strategies
http://www.alzfdn.org/EducationandCare/strategiesforsuccess.html
- Find an in-person support group in your area
http://www.alz.org/apps/we_can_help/support_groups.asp
- Online support groups
http://www.alzconnected.org/discussion.aspx
- Live contact: phone, chat, or skype with a licensed social worker
http://carecrossroads.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=19
Fighting Alzheimer's
Calls to Action Top
- Short Film: Let's Stop Alzheimer's Now
http://vimeo.com/31089084
Advocacy Organizations Top
- Cure Alzheimer's Fund
http://www.curealz.org
- ACT-AD
http://www.act-ad.org
- Alzheimer's Association
http://www.alz.org/
- Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA)
http://www.alzfdn.org/