Education & Resources

Alzheimer’s & Related Disease Resources


Whether it’s you, your family, or a dear friend, living with Alzheimer’s can be extremely challenging. We’ve compiled some of the best Alzheimer’s & Related Disease resources for learning how to cope with memory loss.

Books We Recommend:

 

Best Friends Approach to Dementia Care, by David Troxel and Virginia Bell, 2016

A Dignified Life: The Best Friends Approach  to Alzheimers Care, by David Troxel and Virginia Bell, 2002

Learning To Speak Alzheimers, by Joanne Koening Coeste, 2004

Chicken Soup for the Soul, Living With Alzheimers and Other Dementias; 101 Stories for Caregiving, Coping and Compassion,  by Amy Newmark and Angela Geiger, 2014

Still Alice, by Lisa Genova, Simon & Schuster, 2014

The-36 Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimers Disease, Related Dementias and Memory Loss by  Nancy L. Mace, 2012


For additional information we suggest:

 

ADEAR – Alzheimers Disease Education and Referral, National Institutes on Aging (also in Spanish)

Rancho Los Amigos / USC
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Rancho Los Amigos / USC
1-562-385-8130