Resources and Links
An excellent resource for the online Alzheimer's community.
- ALZwell Alzheimer's
Caregivers Page
- Includes: Caregiver's chat room, resource links, book excerpts, early
onset information, 'Escapes', and "Anger Wall'.
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- BJB
SERVICES
BJB Services offers elder care management services; Alzheimer's disease/dementia
workshops; and a practical book about caring for persons with Alzheimer's
and other dementia-causing diseases.
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- The Cognitive Neurology
and Alzheimer's Disease Center (Northwestern University)
- This site's Alzheimer's Disease Core Center provides information for
caregivers, healthcare providers, investigators, and patients. The CN-ADC
is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the following pursuits:
- conducting research to discover how the brain coordinates mental functions
such as memory, language, attention, and emotion;
- transferring the benefits of this research to patients with brain diseases
that impair cognitive function; and
- training researchers and clinicians who want to work in this field.
- ELDER BOOKS
- Elder Books is dedicated to publishing practical, hands-on guidebooks
for family and professional caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's. Their
books are written in a style that is user-friendly and non-technical, presenting
key information on caregiver concerns.
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- Friendly4Seniors
- This site is Friendly for Seniors and contains information of interest
to Seniors.The goal of Friendly 4 Seniors is to help seniors and caregivers
locate senior services, information and resources.
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- Hoffman
Family Home Page
- This is the home page for Bob and Shirley Hoffmann. It was established
primarily with the interest to document and make available to our friends,
that have access to the Internet, information and discussion about the
acute illness that we are dealing with as a family.
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- MEDINEX
- The Web's Intelligent Health Index
- Categories include:
- Alternative Medicine, Diseases and Conditions, Emergency, Geriatrics
and Aging, Mens Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Procedures and Therapies,
Reproductive Health, Traditional Medicine, and Women's Health, plus many
other categories.
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- Medsite.com
- A searchable online source for medical information. Categories include
Alternative Medicine, Disabilities, Diseases & Conditions, Education,
Health & Fitness, Human Body, Journals, Medical Practice, Mental Health,
Organizations, and Professions.
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- MedTag
- The MedTag is an Emergency Medical Alert System that people can live
with. Inexpensive, non-technical, and always there. It protects, simply.
Worn discreetly on the watch, it is there to alert Emergency Medical Technicians
(EMTs) of an existing condition, before it's too late.
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- Reactivate
Reactivate is a new, small, company with a mandate to supply
helpful resources at reasonable prices. They publish a catalog which may
be ordered from their website.
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- SeniorAct
- Activities for a Geriatric Setting
- This page is for any activity director working in long-term care facilities,
adult daycare, retirement, assisted living, subacutes, and skilled care
centers. It is an area where activity directors can come to obtain instant
activity program ideas, resources, and information on activity conferences
in the nation.
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- The Alzheimer's
Support Group of Grays Harbor (WA)
- Our organization strives to make available the most up-to-date and
reliable information regarding Alzheimer's Disease. We do not purport to
offer medical advice, legal advice or other professional services. Includes
a Hot Line, meeting times, and other resources.
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