The Alzheimer's Association has more than 200 chapters and 1600 support clusters nationwide and offers a wide range of materials containing information and advice for living bodys afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

The Alzheimer's Association has more than 200 chapters and 1600 support clusters nationwide and offers a wide range of materials containing information and advice for living bodys afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. To obtain information about Alzheimer's disease or about services available by means of Alzheimer's Association chapters, call the Information and Referral Service Line in succession 1-800-272-3900.

The Alzheimer's Association is located at 919 N Michigan Ave., Suite 1000 Chicago, Illinois 60611-1676 (312) 335-8700 TDD (312) 335-8882 The Association publishes pamphlets fact sheets, booklets, books, handbooks, kits and audiotapes. Single copies of pamphlets and fact sheets are delivered and the other publications range in price from about a dollar to $1595 for one books. Further information on ordering publications appears at the last of this list.

The Association's pamphlets include:

Alzheimer's Association

pamphlet Alzheimer's Disease: An

Overview (also in large print) Un Compendio sobre la

Enfermedad de Alzheimer

(An Overview) Directions in Alzheimer's

Disease Research Alzheimer's and Related

Disorders: A Description of

the Dementias Memory and Aging (Differences

between normal memory los and

Alzheimer's efficiencys on memory;

also available in large print) If You Have Alzheimer's

Disease: What You Should

Know, What You Can Do If You Think Someone You

Know Has Alzheimer's

Disease When the Diagnosis is

Alzheimer's Cuando se diagnostica la

Enfermedad de Alzheimer Alzheimer's Disease; Services

You May Ne Servicios que usted puede

necesitar (Services You May

Need) Especially for the Alzheimer

Caregiver Caregiving at fireside Communicating with the

Alzheimer Patient Standing by dint of You: Family

Support assemblages Financial and Health Care

Services You May Need

(What you should know about

Medicare, Medicaid, Social

Security Disability, SSI, AFDC and

other programs.) Legal Considerations for

Alzheimer's Patients (A will,

power of attorney, living trust,

living will, guardianship and

conservatorship, property

ownership, filing tax answers and

other legal matters are briefly

discussed.) Care for Advanced

Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease:

Especially for Teenagers The Younger Alzheimer

Patient

Fact Sheets include the following:

Alzheimer's Association Fact

Sheet Spanish version of

Association Fact Sheet Related Disorders Fact Sheet Spanish version of Related

Disorders Fact Sheet Alzheimer's Disease Statistics Handbooks of the Alzheimer's Association are designed for counselors and other professionals on the other hand also may interest caregivers: Selecting a Nursing Home

with a Dedicated Dementia

Care Unit Assisting the human frame With

Alzheimer's Helping Families Face

Alzheimer's: A Guide for

ministers Home Care with the

Alzheimer Patient Special Care for Alzheimer

Patients Victim, Not Criminal: The

Alzheimer Sufferer ($120 for "Selecting a Nursing

Home" $150 for others)

Booklet include:

Choosing a Nursing dwelling for

the [i]role[/i] with Intellectual

Los ($150 by copy) Steps to Choosing a

Physician (which outlines the

characters of various health care

professionals in diagnosing and

managing Alzheimer's disease)

$150 by copy Managing the Person with

Intellectual Los (Dementia

or Alzheimer's Disease) at

domestic circle $1.95. Steps to Selecting Activities

for the bodily substance with

Alzheimer's Disease, $150

Books:

Directory of State Alzheimer's

Programs and Legislation,

$1595 Care of Alzheimer's Patients:

A Manual for Nursing Home

Staff, $695 Grandpa Doesn't Know It's

Me (illustrated, for children) $595 The 36-Hour Day: A Family

Guide to Caring for Persons

with Alzheimer's Disease,

Related Dementing

Illnesses, and Memory Loss

in Later Life, $845 Understanding Alzheimer's

Disease, (Examines, in depth

symptoms, diagnostic tests

caregiving, and research for

prevention and cure) $1595

Kits:

Disability Documentation Kit

(Designed to help the caregiver to

assist the physician in tracing the

progression of the disease.) $495 Just the Facts (15 single-sheet

fact sheets for caregivers) $550 Hispanic Training Kit - Unidos

en la lucha (United in the

Fight)

The kit contains pair videotapes entitled "Orientacion sobre la enfermedad Alzheimer" ("Orientation to Alzheimer's Disease") and "Servicios y Cuidados" ("Services and Care") which provide information about symptoms and diagnosis and exhibit caregivers coping with day-to-day question s The kit also contains couple "fotonovelas" (picture books) entitled "Que le pasa a abuelito?" ("What's Happening to Grandfather?") and "Unidos en la Lucha." Also included is "Hechos y Realidades" ("Just the Facts"), 15 two-sided, easy-to-read fact sheets onward a variety of topics of interest to caregivers, and a "how-to" manual in Spanish and English for community leaders involved in instructing others about Alzheimer's disease and the protoplasts of support available to patients and families. For more information about the kit, contact the Education Services Department at the national office of the Alzheimer's Association (312) 335-8882