Nice list of resources! One I'd like to add is the Alzheimer Foundation of America--they do great work.

Thank you for the posting very informative and helpful. Your post will help a lot of people in a very difficult time. Just more proof of the power of librarianship!

CB1's Seniors' Guide for Lower Manhattan: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb1/downloads/pdf/About_District/SeniorGuidevfinal.pdf

A library user need resources on how to care for an elderly parent. I emailed her the link to your blog, today. Very useful. Thank you.

The symptoms of Alzheimers Disease are similar to those of stroke. Other than symptoms, there is no actual test to determine Alzheimers. If, for example, someone has impaired hearing or deafness,it may be considered a sign of Alzheimers, because the afflicted individual may hear and misinterpret a question and reply in a manner that is in no way connected to the question being asked. In other words, some times other problems can incorrectly be diagnosed as Alzheimers. There are ways to prevent Alzheimers. A study was done and the following facts were noted in people who got Alzheimers Disease: 1. They got very little fresh air and exercise. 2. They completely lacked green vegetables such as broccili, spinach, green peas and avacatoes in their diets. Vitamin B is also a source of great power in having great health. 3. A major cause of Alzheimers Disease is isolation. Older people who do not communicate with others and get no feedback from the outside world are much more likely to get Alzheimers. The lack of communication leads to an unawareness of the passage of time, because there is no schedule nor events to punctuate such an awareness. Therefore, a person who has Alzheimers Disease may not know what day, week, month or year it is. 4. People who read all the time, do crosswords or simulated tests which involve memory functions are much less likely to get Alzheimers than other people. A person's memory is similar to playing the piano in as much as the more a person practices the more natural the skill of music, or in Alzheimers Disease memory tremendously improves. 5. Learning a new language is excellent exercize for strengthening the memory. 6. Exercise is very important in improving life for Alzheimers patients. Exercise helps to have a steady bloodflow to the brain. It also is very useful in preventing such diseases as flebitis 7. A study showed that there is a high rate of stroke and heart disease among caretakers of Alzheimers patients. This is because such care is extremely stressful. It requires infinite patience to explain matters to someone with Alzheimers. I know of one instant where an Alzheimer's patient had an appointment with the dentist on a Tuesday. Although she went for the appointment, the following Tuesday she put the appointment on her calendar again. Her secretary removed it and reminded her of the fact that she had already been to the dentist. Nevertheless, she continued to put the appoint back on the calendar every Tuesday. In another situation, a Grandmother told her daughter that she was very sorry that she, the daughter and her grandchild had forgotten to come to see her at Christmas. However, they had been to the Christmas celebration with the others in the family. It becomes disheartening when the caretaker realizes he or she is not recognized by the patient. Being a caretaker for an Alzheimer's patient is as stressful as caring for a child with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). A caretaker should be someone who has excellent health and is very unflappable. 7. People should pray for victims of Alzheimers or stroke. Their view of the world is continually narrowing and their power of reaching out to others becomes hardly negibable.