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Someone to Stand by You, Part II

© Brenda S. Parris

The Web site of the Alzheimer's Association at http://www.alz.org/ offers a wealth of information and services.

The site is divided into sections for patients, caregivers, friends, and professionals: http://www.alz.org/IHaveAD/ - for Alzheimer's patients; http://www.alz.org/Caregivers/ - for caregivers; ttp://www.alz.org/PhysCare/ - for physicians and health care professionals; http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/ - for anyone wanting to learn about Alzheimer's

You can find your local Alzheimer's Association Chapter here: http://www.alz.org/findchapter.asp , searching by zip code or choosing your state. You can find the date and place of your closest Memory Walk this fall here: http://www.alz.org/memorywalk/ by entering your zip code.

The Resource Center at http://www.alz.org/ResourceCenter/Resour... provides information resources available through the Alzheimer's Association 's Benjamin B. Green-Field Library. This library and resource center provides books, journals, audiocassettes, videocassettes, and CDs which you can obtain through interlibrary loans done by your local Chapter or library.

The Resource Center also provides numerous information sheets and Web links: http://www.alz.org/ResourceCenter/Resour... including a glossary, fact sheets and brochures, Association newsletters, resource lists and much more. Resources in languages other than English are also available.

You can interact and share your experiences through the site's message boards, and you can share your creativity and express your emotions through your poetry, stories, and artwork.

There is also a section of resources about Alzheimer's for children and teenagers: http://www.alz.org/ResourceCenter/ByTopi...

There is information about the very important Safe Return program here: http://www.alz.org/ResourceCenter/Progra...

There are many ways you can get involved in helping Alzheimer's patients and caregivers. You can find out how to become an advocate here: http://www.alz.org/Advocates/overview.htm ; how to be a volunteer with your local Alzheimer's Association Chapter here: http://www.alz.org/Volunteer.htm ; how to donate here: http://www.alz.org/Donate/overview.htm ;and you can find your nearest Memory Walk being held this fall here: http://www.alz.org/memorywalk/ just by entering your zip code.

You can find out all about Alzheimer's Association sponsored events and conferences here: http://www.alz.org/AboutUs/Events/overvi... including the National Alzheimer's Disease Education Conference, the International Research Conference, the Public Policy Forum, and the Rita Hayworth Galas, as well as the Memory Walk and the National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month (November).

The Alzheimer's Association has a wonderful site, extremely well organized and very professionally done. The site is searchable from every page, and the site map gives additional navigation assistance. This site certainly helps the Alzheimer's Association fulfill its purposes as "Someone to stand by you" and in promoting it's vision: "Our vision is a world without Alzheimer's disease" - http://www.alz.org

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