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Links relating to Alzheimer's & dementia

The Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry brings together leading researchers with people who are interested in taking part in Alzheimer’s studies. It's become increasingly clear that successful interventions need to take place early, and this project aims to help this along by not only helping to educate and inform people, but also to help research along by finding participants for prevention studies.

Alzheimer's Association TrialMatch is "a free, easy-to-use clinical studies matching service that connects individuals with Alzheimer's, caregivers, healthy volunteers and physicians with current studies. Our continuously updated database of Alzheimer's clinical trials includes more than 260 promising clinical studies being conducted at over 700 trials sites across the country."

Caregivers of Alzheimer’s sufferers might find support at the forums at ALZconnected

Reference

The visual MD has a video “book” explaining Alzheimer’s Disease. Very nicely done.

Information about Alzheimer's (on the American Alzheimer's Association site)
https://www.alz.org/alzheimer_s_dementia

Information about Alzheimer's
https://www.drugwatch.com/health/alzheimers-disease/

This website makes a particular point about making their pages fully accessible for those who have low vision or other challenges. Their pages include one about Alzheimer's:
https://dopasolution.com/alzheimers-disease/

For a quick overview of various types of dementia
https://www.toprehabs.com/alzheimers-dementia/

Articles

Guardian article on an initiative by the Bournemouth University Dementia Institute, bringing together the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with dementia sufferers and their caregivers.

Great article in the Guardian on the experience of caring for someone with dementia

The New York Times has an article on Lewy’s Body Dementia

Good article on depression in Alzheimer’s patients at http://www.alz.org/care/alzheimers-dementia-depression.asp

New York Times article about the experience of having a spouse with frontotemporal dementia.