ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA

Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia are diseases that affect cognitive functioning and often require extensive and challenging caregiving.

National Alzheimer’s Dementia Resource Center

The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC): Funded by the Administration on Aging/Administration for Community Living (AoA/ACL), the NADRC provides expert technical assistance to AoA/ACL and it grantees on dementia-capable systems, supportive services for people with dementia and their caregivers, evidence-based caregiver interventions, behavioral interventions for people with dementia, data collection and reporting, and program evaluation.
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Administration for Community Living: Brain Health Resource

This resource offers a PowerPoint presentation for professionals to use in educating older adults and adults with disabilities about brain health as we age, and a related handout for consumers. These materials update and simplify educational materials from a 2014 collaboration between ACL, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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