Resources

Our Resource Library contains research articles, videos, brochures, books, etc. that we have to offer you in our provincial office. To order any of this material simply phone our provincial office at (902) 628-2257.

Brain Health:

Stress reduction is important for your long-term Brain Health (Reduce Stress)

Heads Up for Healthier Brains - What everyone should know about brain health and Alzheimer’s disease (Brochure)

Heads Up for Healthier Living - For people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families (Heads Up for Healthier Living.pdf)

Caregiver Links:

Long-term Care Placement of Dementia Patients and Caregiver Health and Well-being (ltcplacement.pdf)

Alzheimer’s caregiver differences in experience of loss, grief reactions and depressive symptoms across stage of disease (caregiverexperience.pdf)

New York Times article – Giving Alzheimer’s Patients Their Way, Even Chocolate – an example of person centred approach in long term care (New York Times Article)

Dementia and Sleep resource - non-pharmacological sleep interventions for persons with dementia(Sleep Resources)

Web Links:

National Site: Alzheimer Society of Canada (www.alzheimer.ca)

Site National en Francais (www.alzheimer.ca/french)

International Site: Alzheimer International (www.alz.co.uk)

American Site: Alzheimer Society USA (www.alz.org)

Canadian Provincial Sites:

Alberta (and Northwest Territories ) (www.alzheimer.ab.ca)

British Columbia (www.alzheimerbc.org)

Manitoba (www.alzheimer.mb.ca)

New Brunswick (www.alzheimernb.ca)

Newfoundland and Labrador (www.alzheimernl.org)

Nova Scotia (alzheimer.ns.ca)

Ontario (www.alzheimerontario.org)

Quebec (www.alzheimerquebec.ca)

Saskatchewan (www.alzheimer.sk.ca)

Research: Canadian

Alzheimer Society of Canada (www.alzheimer.ca/english/research/intro.htm)

The Kenneth G. Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP)

(www.alzheimersresearchexchange.ca)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Government of Canada (www.cihr.ca)

Research: American

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/alzcons.htm)

Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center (www.alzheimers.org)

Alzheimer Disease Review Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky . Quarterly (www.mc.uky.edu/adreview/)

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (www.j-alz.com)

National Institute on Aging (www.nih.gov/nia/)

Physicians Group (www.pslgroup.com/ALZHEIMER.HTM)

The Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center (www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers)