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Psychoeducational Materials on Dementias

The Alzheimer's Association

http://www.alz.org/

The informational materials are extensive and address all the right issues for patients and caregivers. This is the best place to start learning about all aspects.

Alzheimer's Outreach

http://www.zarcrom.com/users/alzheimers/

Go to the four Alzheimer's Directories: Caregiving, Alzheimer's, Nursing/Nursing Home information, and Health Care Issues to find massive, detailed, and best of all, practical information.

Alzheimer's Association of NSW

http://www.alznsw.asn.au/library/libtoc.htm

Their 38 Help Notes seem to be the best quality information on the net.

Memory and Dementia

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/public/help/memory/mem_frame.htm

A seven page brochure discussing appropriate memory expectations, the role of anxiety and depression in lessening recall, aspects of dementia, self-help tips, and readings.

ALZwell Alzheimer's Caregivers' Page

http://www.alzwell.com/

A very comprehensive site with many resources especially designed for supporting the caregivers.

The Caregiver's Handbook: Assisting Both the Caregiver and the Elderly Carereceiver Robert S. Stall, MD.

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drstall/hndbk0.html

This is a book of about 100 pages with detailed and practical ideas for caregivers about nutrition, emotions, personal care, legal and financial
issues.

The Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR)

http://www.alzheimers.org/

This is the Alzheimer's section of the National Institute on Aging of the NIH. The 9 Fact Sheets (under Publications) are solid information booklets and a good starting place.

Centers of Alzheimer's Treatment

http://www.alzheimers.org/pubs/adcdir.html

This is a list of the 29 federally funded AD centers for referral, evaluation, and treatment.

Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias of Late Life

http://www.psych.org/clin_res/pg_dementia.html

This is the Practice Guideline from the American Psychiatric Association. It is a mini-textbook and the sections on features and natural history, treatments, and treatment planning may be useful.