Associations / Organizations
Alzheimer's Association - Professional Care Providers
http://www.alz.org/professionals_and_researchers_professional_care_providers.asp
A leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.
Alzheimers’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center
http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers
From the NIH National Institute of Aging, provides resources for healthcare professionals, patients and their families, including publications, referrals to organizations and support, and information about ongoing clinical trials
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
http://www.aagponline.org/
Only national association that has products, activities and publications, which focus exclusively on the challenges of geriatric psychiatry.
American Society on Aging
http://www.asaging.org/
Multidisciplinary and inclusive of professionals who are concerned with the physical, emotional, social, economic and spiritual aspects of aging.
Family Caregiver Alliance
http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/home.jsp
Caregiving advice, newsletters, fact sheets and other publication to help the caregiver
Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
http://www.alzinfo.org/
Recent news on Alzheimer research. Also contains educational materials on Alzheimer’s.
Professional Associations
Harvard Institute for Geriatric Nursing
http://www.hartfordign.org/
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
http://www.caremanager.org/
National Gerontological Nursing Association
http://www.ngna.org/
Publications of Interest
A Profile of Older Americans
http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Aging_Statistics/Profile/2012/docs/2012profile.pdf
Statistics on older Americans in key subject areas. The 2012 edition is only available online.
NINDS Alzheimer's disease Information
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/alzheimersdisease/alzheimersdisease.htm
Watching the Lights Go Out
http://davidhilfiker.blogspot.com/
A blog by a writer-physician who has Alzheimer’s