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Alzheimer's Disease

A quick guide containing links to selected websites, books, movies, magazines, online databases and other resources to help you find what you are looking for.

Websites

Indiana Hospice Directory
Indiana Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation: The Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research is connected to the scientific laboratories of the Fisher Center at The Rockefeller University. They focus on cause, care and cure.

Library Materials

Taking care of mother taking care of me
by: Buchanan, Heydon.
362.196831 BUC

caregivers guide to Alzheimers disease 300 tips for making life easier
by:
616.831 CAR

Staying connected while letting go the paradox of Alzheimers caregiving
by: Braff, Sandy
362.196831 BRA

At wits end plain talk on Alzheimers for families and clinicians
by: Kraus, George, 1950-
616.831 KRA

Communication Volume 3 How to communicate with someone who has Alzheimers disease or related dementia
by:
VHS 616.831 COM v.3

Beloved strangers caring for a loved one with Alzheimers disease
by:
DVD 362.196831 BEL

forgetting a portrait of Alzheimers
by:
DVD 616.831 F7214

family guide to alzheimers disease
by:
DVD 616.831 FAM

Online Databases

Health Source Consumer Edition

Organization Links

Alzheimer's Association of Greater Indiana: 9135 N. Meridian, Ste. B-4
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Phone(s): (800) 272-3900
Fax: (317) 582-0669; Established with Community Hospitals Indianapolis, provides supports to Alzheimer's patients and families.
Indiana Alzheimer's Disease Center: Indiana University School of Medicine
635 Barnhill Drive, MS-B-029
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120
ADC e-mail: iadc@iupui.edu
Director's e-mail: bghetti@iupui.edu
Director's Tel: 317-274-7818
Director's Fax: 317-274-4882
Information Line: 317-278-2030; One of 29 sites funded by the National Institute on Aging. The center studies patients with Alzheimer's and other dementias, employing laboratory, medical, psychological, and memory tests. The results will help our knowledge of how the disorder changes over time.
Visiting Nurse Service - Caregiver Support: 4701 N. Keystone Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone(s): (317) 722-8200
Fax: (317) 722-8221
E-mail: lrichard@vnsi.org