Books
Mace NL, Rabins PV. The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementia Illness, and Memory Loss in Later Life. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press; 1999.
Mayo Clinic Guide to Alzheimer’s Disease: The Essential Resource for Treatment, Coping, and Caregiving. MayoClinic.com bookstore; 2006.
Rabins PV, Lyketsos CG, Steele CD. Practical Dementia Care. New York: Oxford University Press; 1999.
Warner M, Warner E, Warner ML. The Complete Guide to Alzheimer’s-Proofing Your Home. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press; 2000.
Radin L, Radin G. What If It’s Not Alzheimer’s? A Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books; 2008.
Web Sites – Disease-Related
NINDS—Dementia: Hope Through Research http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dementias/detail_dementia.htm
AlzGene—Database of genetic association studies on Alzheimer disease http://www.alzgene.org
National Mental Health Association—Multi-Infarct Dementia http://www1.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/102.cfm
NINDS—Multi-Infarct Dementia http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/multi_infarct_dementia/multi_infarct_dementia.htm
NINDS—Dementia With Lewy Bodies http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dementiawithlewybodies/dementiawithlewybodies.htm
NINDS—Frontotemporal Dementia http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/picks/picks.htm
NINDS—Parkinson’s Disease http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.htm
NINDS—Huntington Disease http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/huntington/huntington.htm
NIH Senior Health—Parkinson’s Disease http://nihseniorhealth.gov/parkinsonsdisease/toc.html
Web Sites – Practice Guidelines
American Psychiatric Association—Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patient’s With Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias http://www.psychiatryonline.com/pracGuide/loadGuidelinePdf.aspx?file=AlzPG101007
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry—Position Statements http://www.aagponline.org/prof/positions.asp
AMA—Physician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Adult Drivers http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10791.html
American Academy of Neurology—Guideline Summary for Clinicians – Detection, Diagnosis, and Management of Dementia http://www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/dementia_guideline.pdf
American Academy of Neurology—Dementia Encounter Kit http://www.aan.com/go/practice/quality/dementia
American Geriatrics Society—Clinical Practice Guidelines – Dementia http://www.americangeriatrics.org/products/positionpapers/aan_dementia.shtml
Web Sites – Associations
Alzheimer’s Association http://www.alz.org
Lewy Body Dementia Association http://www.lbda.org
The Association for Frontotemporal Dementias http://www.ftd-picks.org
American Parkinson Disease Association http://www.apdaparkinson.org
Huntington’s Disease Society of America http://www.hdsa.org
Web Sites – Family and Caregiver Support
NIH Senior Health—Caring for Someone With Alzheimer’s http://nihseniorhealth.gov/alzheimerscare/toc.html
Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers
Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org
Eldercare http://www.eldercare.gov
MedicAlert and Safe Return http://www.alz.org/we_can_help_medicalert_safereturn.asp
NINDS, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
7. American Psychiatric Association, Work Group on Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2007. http://www.psychiatryonline.com/pracGuide/loadGuidelinePdf.aspx?file=AlzPG101007. Accessed December 25, 2009.
