Programs & Services

•  Programs and services
•  First Link^®
•  MedicAlert^® Safely Home^®

Alzheimer's disease

•  What is Alzheimer's disease?
•  Dispelling the myths
•  10 warning signs 
•  Importance of early diagnosis
•  Getting a diagnosis
•  What to expect
•  First steps
• Progression series
  •  Overview
  •  Early stage
  •  Middle stage
  •  Late stage
  •  End-of-life
•  Risk factors
•  Genetics research
•  A report on Alzheimer's disease and current research by Jack Diamond, former Scientific Director Emeritus of the Alzheimer Society of Canada

Living with dementia

•  Communicating the diagnosis
•  Communication
•  Driving
•  Quality of life
•  Decision-making
•  Locating devices
•  Personal care
•  Meal time
•  Living alone
•  Intimacy and sexuality
•  Genetic testing
•  Adjusting to long-term care
•  Restraints
•  All about me booklet - A booklet specifically for people with dementia, to help them create a personal record of their background and what is important to them
• Shared experiences - An information booklet intended to help answer some of your questions and address some of your concerns about living with Alzheimer's disease. Also available in audio files.

Treatment

•  Treatment options
• Drugs
  •  Aricept^®
  •  Memantine hydrochloride (Ebixa^®)
  •  Reminyl^®
  •  Rivastigmine (Exelon^®)
  •  Drug approval process
•  Participating in research

Caring for someone with dementia

•  First steps for families
•  Ways to help
•  Caregiving options
•  Reducing caregiver stress
•  Resource list for kids
•  Resource list for teens
•  Focus: Helping children understand Alzheimer's disease
•  Focus: Helping teens understand Alzheimer's disease
•  Ambiguous loss & grief

Other dementias

•  Vascular dementia
•  Lewy body dementia
•  Frontotemporal / Pick's dementia
•  Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
•  Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease

Guidelines for care:

•  Executive summary
•  Project framework
•  Person-centred language guidelines

Healthy living brochures

•  Heads up for healthier living
•  Heads up for healthier brains