Alzheimers Disease: Resources

Publications available through the Alzheimer's Association, 919 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611:

• Care for Advanced Alzheimer's Disease
• From Theory to Therapy: The Development of Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease (information kit on drug therapies currently under testing)
• Guidelines for Dignity (guidelines for specialized Alzheimer's disease care in nursing homes and other residential settings)
• Standing by You: Family Support Groups

Pertinent books published by the American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1400 K St., NW, Washington, DC 20005

• The Psychiatric Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, GAP Report #125. Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on Aging. 1988. 160 pages.
• The Elderly Mentally Ill, Psychiatric Services. 1985. 56 pages.
• Progress in Alzheimer's Disease and Similar Conditions. American Psychopathological Association. 1997. 368 pages.

Other publications:

• Caring Home Booklet: Environmental Coping
• Pynoos J., Cohen E. E., and Lucas C. Strategies for Alzheimer's Caregivers; Los Angeles, Program in Policy and Services Research, Andurs Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, 1988. (213) 743-6060.
• Alzheimer's Disease: Help for Caregivers. Alzheimer's Disease International, Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1994.
• Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease; Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, P.O. Box 8250, Silver Spring, MD, 20907-8250, 1996. (800) 438-4380 or (301) 495-3311.

Reviewed by the doctors at the The Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Center.

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