Web-based Resources

AARP.org
American Association of Retired Persons covers a broad range of information that includes health and wellness, legislative issues, leisure, and life transitions, as well as information on member services and discounts.

Administration on Aging
Includes detailed information about The Older Americans Act, The Administration on Aging, and The Aging Network. Links to many other helpful sites.

Apoe4.info
Contains information about a group of people who are carriers of the APOE-ε4 allele, which forces them to grapple with elevated health risks including Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease. Some members are experiencing symptoms today, and others are caring for affected family or friends. They’re all searching for prevention and remediation strategies.

American Society on Aging
Professionals throughout the country rely on the American Society on Aging to keep them on the cutting edge in an aging society. Through renowned educational programs, publications and information and training resources, ASA members tap into the knowledge of the largest network of professionals in the field.

Area Agency on Aging – Land-of-Sky Regional Council
Works with local governments, organizations, and volunteers to develop a comprehensive, coordinated system to improve the quality of life for older adults in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania Counties.

The Center for Practical BioEthics
A nonprofit, independent organization nationally recognized for its work in practical bioethics. Since 1984, the Center has helped patients and their families, healthcare professionals, policymakers and corporate leaders grapple with ethically complex issues in medicine and research. Also provides information about advance directives and how to conduct “caring conversations.”

Dementia Friendly
A group of community members and organizations committed to the well-being of people living with dementia and their families. They work to reverse the stigma associated with dementia by creating an inclusive, educated, and supportive community.

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A)
Directs visitors to its agencies that coordinate home and community-based services, including home-delivered meals, transportation, and employment.

National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc.
The only national organization dedicated exclusively to improving the quality of life for African American elders, particularly those of lower socio-economic status.

National Council on Aging
A network of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving the health and independence of older people; increasing their continuing contributions to communities, society and future generations; Its additional website, BenefitsCheckUp, gives information and screening for benefits available to seniors with limited income and resources. The site includes more than 1,350 public and private benefits programs such as prescription drugs, nutrition, energy assistance, financial and legal help, in-home services, tax relief, volunteer services, and others.

NC Department of Aging and Adult Services
State publications and resources.

New Life Styles
Find senior living and care options as well as senior products and services in your area.

Senior Resource.com
The “E-cyclopedia” of housing options and information for retirement, finance, insurance and care.

Village to Village
The Village to Village Network helps communities develop a structured program to help their members to age safely and successfully in their own homes. They can positively impact isolation, interdependence, health and help their individual members to reduce overall cost of services and care.

University of California (San Francisco) Memory and Aging
YouTube and the university have launched an Internet video channel dedicated to the improved understanding of neurodegenerative brain diseases.

Young Dementia
Website for persons with onset of memory disorders before the age of 65.

A Place for Mom
A Place for Mom is a senior care referral service. Advisers or counselors are available to offer knowledge about placement facilities in the area as well as offer guidance and support to family members. The service is free to families; agents are paid by facilities.

Argentum (formerly Assisted Living Federation of America)
Argentum is the leading national association exclusively dedicated to supporting companies operating professionally managed, resident-centered senior living communities and the older adults and families they serve.

Buncombe County – Adult Care Homes Info
Information on adult care homes in our area.

Home Instead Senior Care
Provides non-medical companions and home care for the elderly. These services are provided through a network of franchise offices throughout the United States, Canada and Japan.

Medicare Nursing Home Overview
Provides a database and a comparison of certified Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes, a checklist to help visitors evaluate a prospective nursing home, related publications, and more.

Mountain Home Care
Asheville based organization providing in-home assistance with geriatric care management.  Purpose is to help seniors remain active and independent in the comfort of home.

National PACE Association
PACE serves individuals who are age 55 or older, certified by their state to need nursing home care, are able to live safely in the community at the time of enrollment, and live in a PACE service area.

Right at Home
Right at Home in-home care lets loved ones enjoy healthy lives in the comfort of a familiar environment with care tailored to a unique situation through a custom care plan. These individualized care programs are carried out through their adult home care providers and include whatever your loved one needs from any of the care categories.

Silvernest
Silvernest is an online home-sharing and roommate-matching service for baby boomers and empty nesters.

Aboutalz.org
Four pocket films explaining the essence of the disease and its public health implications.

Alzheimer’s Association National Office and Web Site
The Alzheimer’s Association is the largest national voluntary health organization committed to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and helping those affected by the disease. Information is geared towards researchers, healthcare professionals, and families. General information is under About Alzheimer’s. Scientific theories on the causes of AD are under Research. Media carries the most recent findings reported in the medical literature. The Resources section has the most in-depth information: association fact sheets and brochures, library resource lists, glossary, and a topic index of internal and external resources.

Alzheimer’s Association–Western North Carolina chapter
The mission of the Alzheimer’s Association-WNC Chapter is to ensure the availability of a comprehensive system of support, education, advocacy, and research for individuals, families, and caregivers affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.  This chapter serves the 25 westernmost counties of North Carolina through identification, development, and coordination of local, regional, state, and national resources.

Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center  (ADEAR)
As a public, U.S. Government-funded resource, the ADEAR Center strives to be a current, comprehensive, unbiased source of information about Alzheimer’s disease. All information and materials about the search for causes, treatment, cures, and better diagnostic tools are carefully researched and thoroughly reviewed by NIA scientists and health communicators for accuracy and integrity.

Alzheimer’s Research Forum
A scientific knowledge base on Alzheimer’s disease, with research news, expert commentaries, and databases for peer-reviewed articles, drugs, research reagents, grants, jobs, conferences, and more.

Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
An international multidisciplinary journal to facilitate progress in understanding the etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, behavior, treatment and psychology of Alzheimer’s disease. The journal publishes research reports, reviews, short communications, book reviews, and letters-to-the-editor. The journal is dedicated to providing an open forum for original research that will expedite our fundamental understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.

Lewy Body Dementia Association
Offers information, advice and support for patients with Lewy Body Dementia as well as for their family members and caregivers.

Living With Alzheimer’s Blog
For those who suffer from AD, caregivers, friends and medical professionals that want to share their feelings, thoughts, encouragement, vent and tell how they cope with this disease.

The Mayo Clinic
One of Mayo Clinic’s core principles is “to be a dependable source of health information for our patients and the public.” The site provides a gateway to a variety of online and other resources. Links available for more information about Alzheimer’s disease.

Memory Bridge
Programs that connect people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to family, friends, and other people in their local community. The goal is to create a global community of those that want to learn to listen to what people with dementia have to teach us about our own humanity.

National Public Radio: Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Listen to the NPR series on early onset Alzheimer’s disease in which they profile Tom Debaggio and his family. Mr. Debaggio was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease at age 57.

National Institute on Aging: Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center
Resources from the National Institutes of Health on Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, including information on clinical trials and current advances in scientific research.

American Parkinson’s Disease Association
The APDA’s goal of promoting a better quality of life for the Parkinson’s community is actualized through an expanding network of information and referral centers. The unique contribution of these centers is to respond to the particular needs of persons affected by Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers through education, referral, support and public awareness programs.

AgingCare.com
Focusing on the needs of caregivers, this website offers an active forum for connecting caregivers with expert information.

Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association works on a global, national and local level to provide care and support for all those affected by Alzheimer’s and other dementias. They offer help through a professionally staffed 24/7 Helpline (1.800.272.3900), face-to-face support groups and educational sessions in communities nationwide, and comprehensive online resources and information through the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregiver Center.

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America offers a national, toll-free helpline (866-232-8484) staffed by licensed social workers, educational materials, a free quarterly magazine for caregivers and “AFA Partners in Care” dementia care training for healthcare professionals.

BigTreeMurphy.com
This website offers tips to caregivers of a loved one with dementia. It was designed by Beverly Bigtree Murphy, who cared for her husband who had dementia. She depicts her personal journey in her book, He Used To Be Somebody .

Caring.com
Caring.com is an online destination for family caregivers seeking information and support as they care for aging parents, spouses, and other loved ones. Caring.com offers helpful content, advice from leading experts, a supportive community of caregivers, and a comprehensive directory of eldercare services. Caring.com’s carefully researched and expert-reviewed content includes advice from a team of more than 50 trusted leaders in geriatric medicine, law, finance, housing, and other key areas of healthcare and eldercare. Caring.com’s Steps & Stages offers a free guide to Alzheimer’s care. Expert advice and practical tips provided in a Custom Care Guide and e-newsletter help family caregivers learn what to expect, what to do, and how to cope with Alzheimer’s.

Caregiver.com
Produces Today’s Caregiver Magazine, the first national magazine dedicated to caregivers, the “Sharing Wisdom Caregivers Conferences.” and our website, caregiver.com, which includes topic-specific newsletters, online discussion lists, back issue articles from Today’s Caregiver Magazine, chat rooms and an online store. Caregiver Media Group and all of its products are developed for caregivers, about caregivers and by caregivers.

Caregiver Action Network
Caregiver Action Network (CAN) is the nation’s leading family caregiver organization working to improve the quality of life for the more than 90 million Americans who care for loved ones with chronic conditions, disabilities, disease, or the frailties of old age. CAN serves a broad spectrum of family caregivers ranging from the parents of children with significant health needs, to the families and friends of wounded soldiers; from a young couple dealing with a diagnosis of MS, to adult children caring for parents with Alzheimer’s disease.

CareGuide
A care management company dedicated to helping people at every stage of aging lead more comfortable, secure and independent lives. Through our national network of care managers, toll-free support center and website, CareGuide provides families with everything they need to assess, plan, manage and monitor the best care for their loved ones.

Caregiver Resources & Long-Term Care (HHS)
Family caregivers play an important role in the lives of their loved ones. In-home assistance, community programs, or residential facilities enable you to stay active and accomplish everyday tasks. Provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, this is a great list for resources available to help older adults continue to live in their homes and participate in their communities.

Caregiver TLC
The Thrive, Learn and Connect (TLC) Program developed by UNC Charlotte, in collaboration with The Optimal Aging Center, offers free online support to caregivers providing care to people with memory loss, dementia or chronic health illness in Charlotte and North Carolina. This training offers valuable support and information to persons in their own home.

Caring From a Distance
An organization for long-distance caregivers caring for an aging parent.

Coping with Behaviors – for Caregivers of Dementia Patients
Dr. Lisa Verges hosts this informative video that discusses the triggers of frustration and anger for caregivers and offers suggestions of how to support your relationship with the dementia patient.

Dementia 101: Information for Patients and Caregivers
An informative video on dementia by our Dr. Margaret Noel.

Dementia Care Central
DementiaCareCentral is a resource center for dementia caregivers, and more! There is already a lot of information about dementia on the Internet, but it’s not always well organized and can be overwhelming. This organization has identified, reviewed, and linked to the best of these resources and added some original content as well.

Darmouth Dementia Directive
An advance care document offered by Darmouth College for dementia care planning.

Dementia Roadmap
A Guide for Family and Care Partners.

Eldercare Locator
Are you a family caregiver in need of information or assistance? Are you interested in learning more about the programs and services that may be of assistance to you or your loved one? The Eldercare Locator, a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging, is the first step to finding resources for older adults in any U.S. community. Just one phone call or Website visit provides an instant connection to resources that enable older persons to live independently in their communities. The service links those who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers.

ElderCare Online
ElderCare Online offers information for those caring for aging loved ones. Whether caring for a spouse, parent, relative or neighbor, there is an online community where supportive peers and professionals can help improve quality of life for yourself and the elder you care for.

The Family Caregiver Alliance
Established in 2001 as a program of Family Caregiver Alliance, the National Center on Caregiving (NCC) works to advance the development of high-quality, cost-effective policies and programs for caregivers in every state in the country. Uniting research, public policy and services, the NCC serves as a central source of information on caregiving and long-term care issues for policy makers, service providers, media, funders and family caregivers throughout the country.

HealthCentral
“Let’s Talk About Alzheimer’s Disease” article providing information about the disease, from the basics to available support systems.

Lotsa Helping Hands
Lotsa Helping Hands is a free caregiving coordination web service that provides a private, group calendar where tasks for which a caregiver needs assistance can be posted. Family and friends may visit the site and sign up online for a task. The website generates a summary report showing who has volunteered for which tasks and which tasks remain unassigned. The site tracks each task and notification and reminder emails are sent to the appropriate parties.

MountainCare Adult Day
High quality adult day programs in Buncombe, Henderson and Transylvania counties  for aging adults including those with dementia. The day services offer a way for adults to remain living in their own homes, having a place for stimulating activities in a supervised environment while providing respite for those that care for them.

National Alliance for Caregiving 
Supports family caregivers and the professionals who help them and seeks to increase public awareness of issues facing family caregiving.

National Caregivers Library
An extensive online library for caregivers. It has hundreds of articles, forms, checklists, and links for topic-specific resources.

National Family Caregiver Support Program
The National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP), established in 2000, provides grants to States and Territories, based on their share of the population aged 70 and over, to fund a range of supports that assist family and informal caregivers to care for their loved ones at home for as long as possible.

National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification
Caregiving often requires physical demands that strain caregivers, jeopardizing their own health, strength, and energy level. Home modifications (e.g., portable ramps, roll-in showers, widened doorways) and assistive devices can provide immediate relief and enhance the ability of caregivers to deliver care with less stress. Although often overlooked in discussions of support for caregivers, the home environment is a critical component that significantly impacts the capacities of caregivers and service agencies to provide assistance.

National Transitions of Care Coalition
The last concern most individuals have when they or their loved ones are dealing with a health situation is ensuring effective communication between their doctors, nurses, social workers and other health care providers. However, poor communication between well-intentioned professionals and an expectation that patients themselves will remember and relate critical information that can lead to dangerous and even life-threatening situations. NTOCC has brought together industry leaders who have created resources to help you better understand transitional challenges and empower you as part of the care giving team.

Next Step in Care
Next Step in Care provides easy-to-use guides to help family caregivers and health care providers work closely together to plan and implement safe and smooth transitions for chronically or seriously ill patients.

Paying for Senior Care
Aging Americans are struggling to pay for assisted living, home care and other forms of long term care. This organization’s mission is to solve this puzzle by providing tools, information and creative ideas which help families and caregivers discover the means to care for their elderly loved ones.

Project C.A.R.E.
Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty uses a family consultant model to provide consumer-directed respite care and comprehensive support to caregivers. The goal is to increase quality, access, choice, and use of respite and support services for low-income rural and minority families caring for a person with dementia at home.

Seniors Helping Seniors 
Seniors Helping Seniors in home services provides non-medical in home care for seniors by seniors in a private or retirement home.

SeniorLiving.org
Offers articles for both professionals and family members on elder care and long-term care and includes links to information on legal, financial, and housing issues as well as policy, research, and statistics.

ThisCaringHome.org
Interactive web site providing information on how to create safer homes for people with dementia and ways to adapt the home environment to meet the behavioral and physical needs of people with Alzheimer’s.

Timeslips Creativity Center
Timeslips offers a free Creativity Center with 400 prompts to guide you through creative engagement. Explore tools to spark meaningful engagement!

Tech Savvy Caregiver Resources: Ideas for home activities
Written and provided by Elizabeth Williams, Executive Director at MountainCare, this resource is a compilation of online resources for activities to do with your loved one at home.

Together Again: Creative Guide for Multigenerational Living
This guide covers topics like the financial and emotional benefits of living together, proximity and privacy, and designing/remodeling your home to accommodate elderly parents.

Wellspouse.org
Well Spouse is a national, not for profit membership organization that supports wives, husbands, and partners of the chronically ill and/or disabled.

Wisernow.com
Stimulating mental games, Alzheimer’s tips for caregivers, and books and downloadable online materials.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Exercise Recommendations for Older Adults
Website of the CDC with special recommendations about exercise for older adults.

Center for Medicare Advocacy
The Center for Medicare Advocacy produces a range of informative materials on Medicare-related topics. This link will direct you to their self-help toolkits for Medicare denials and therapy termination.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides a collection of information on plans and providers. Topics include fraud and abuse, managed care, payment systems, statistics and data, and the health insurance marketplace available under the Affordable Care Act.

Cognitive Function Screening Test – Online
The Cogniciti Brain Health Assessment is specifically aimed at adults 50-79. It takes 20 minutes by using game-like activities, which scientists know are sensitive to changes in brain health due to aging, including matching games, and face and name recognition. Those who complete the test will receive an immediate Yes/No report about whether to take their memory concerns to their doctor.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
The mission of the National Depressive and Manic- Depressive Association is to educate patients, families, professionals, and the public concerning the nature of depressive and manic-depressive illness as treatable medical diseases; to foster self-help for patients and families; to eliminate discrimination and stigma; to improve access to care; and to advocate for research toward the elimination of these illnesses.

Families USA
This organization works at national, state, and community levels as a voice for health care consumers. Health policy reports are available online as are the articles pertaining to Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and uninsured, and ACA.

Healthfinder
Healthfinder® is a free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information. Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Healthfinder® leads to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, websites, and support and self-help groups as well as government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.

Insurance Information Institute
Provides information on a wide range of insurance categories, including long-term care.

Medical Library Association for Health Consumers
Association dedicated to improving the quality and leadership of the health information professional in order to foster the art and science of health information services.

Medicare Rights
Largest source of Medicare information and assistance.

Medline Plus
MEDLINEplus provides up-to-date, quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. This site provides access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians, health information in Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials.

Mission Hospitals
Mission Health System is a nationally recognized leader with over a century of care in Western North Carolina that was recently ranked as among the Top 15 in the United States. Of the more than 300 health systems reviewed from 2007 to 2011, Thompson Reuters found that as a patient, you will have a higher rate of survival, fewer complications, and shorter hospital stays. You’re also more likely to receive more evidence-based care.

National Healthcare Decisions Day
Find current advance directives forms for each state.

National Institute on Aging: Balance Exercise
Each year, U.S. hospitals have 300,000 admissions for broken hips, and falling is often the cause of those fractures. Balance exercises can help you stay independent by helping you avoid a disability – often permanent – that may result from falling.

North Carolina Medicaid Long Term Care Programs, Benefits & Eligibility Requirements
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program, so its rules, coverage plans and even its name all vary by state. This article focuses on North Carolina Medicaid Long Term Care for seniors.

Paying for Nursing Home Care
Explains many different aspects of paying for nursing home care.

Quackwatch
A guide to health fraud, quackery, and how to make informed, intelligent decisions about your health. Provides information on whom to avoid when making health care decisions. Quackwatch, Inc., a member of Consumer Federation of America, is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies.

Seek Wellness
SeekWellness.com encourages, empowers, and supports health care consumers to improve their level of wellness by providing information, services and products, all chosen with the consumer’s best interests in mind.

Senior Fitness Association
Senior Fitness provides wellness and fitness information for seniors and those who will be senior citizens.

Social Security Online: The Official Website of the SSA
The site offers information on how to apply for benefits, computing your benefits, disability information, how to appeal a decision, and a glossary of terms. Seventy-five social security forms are available to download. A list of publications is also included.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Minority Health
Information on minority health from the DHHS. In the search box, please type “minority.”

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
A catalog of FDA-approved drug products, approved and tentatively approved prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs; drug approval letters, labels, and review packages

Alliance for Aging Research
The private, not-for-profit Alliance for Aging Research is the nation’s leading citizen advocacy organization for improving the health and independence of Americans as they age. The Alliance was founded in 1986 to promote medical and behavioral research into the aging process. Since then, and as the senior boom approaches, the Alliance has become the voice for baby boomer health by developing, implementing and advocating programs in research, professional and consumer health education, and public policy.

Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of Washington University
The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), in the Department of Neurology, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of 32 centers funded or otherwise supported by the National Institute on Aging with the collective aim of facilitating advanced research on clinical, genetic, neuropathological, neuroanatomical, biomedical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial aspects of Alzheimer’s disease and related brain disorders.

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD)
AFTD promotes and funds research into finding the cause, therapies and cures for frontotemporal degeneration. They also offer information, education and support to persons diagnosed with an FTD disorder, and for their families and caregivers.

Alzinfo.org
The Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation studies the cause, cure and care of those with Alzheimer’s disease and provides educational programs.

www.alz.org/trialmatch
The matching service works a bit like an online dating site. Patients or their caregivers fill out a basic profile and then get a list of potential matches with doctors in their area looking for patients for their studies.

Brain in the News
The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropy with principal interests in brain science, immunology, and arts education.

Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease
The Mesulam Center is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated conducting research to learn how the brain coordinates mental functions such as memory, language, attention, and emotion. staff work to train researchers and clinicians who want to work in this field and to use the information they learn to benefit people with brain a disease that impairs cognitive function.

Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
The Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development was one of five centers for geriatric research established by the Surgeon General of the United States in 1955 and remains a vital national resource for the study of aging. Current research includes studies of dysmobility, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, viruses, depression in later life and caregiver stress.

International Council on Active Aging
International Council on Active Aging® (ICAA) was founded to unify the efforts of organizations focused on older adults and the organizations that serve them. The ICAA supports professionals and organizations with education, information, resources and tools so they can achieve optimal success with this market.

International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
IFFGD is a nonprofit education and research organization that addresses the issues surrounding life with gastrointestinal (GI) functional and motility disorders and increases the awareness about these disorders among the general public, researchers, and the clinical care community.

International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (IFRED)
Organization dedicated to researching causes of depression, to support those dealing with depression, and to combat the stigma associated with depression.

The National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs
A professional membership organization with members drawn primarily from persons working in or interested in the field of aging, community-based services, and nutrition and the elderly.

National Association for Continence
Formerly Help for Incontinent People (HIP), the organization is a not-for-profit established in 1982 dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence. Its purpose is to be the leading source of education, advocacy, and support to the public and to the health professional about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management solutions for incontinence.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health – NIAMS
NIAMS conducts and supports basic, clinical, and epidemiological research and research training and disseminates information on many of the most debilitating diseases affecting the nation’s health. These diseases include the many forms of arthritis and diseases of the musculoskeletal system and the skin.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINDS conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders and on the normal and diseased nervous system. It also fosters the training of investigators in the basic and clinical neurosciences and seeks better understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.

National Library of Medicine
Alzheimer’s disease links to numerous government agencies and nonprofit organizations that have prepared overviews of the disease. Additionally, it carries resources on symptoms and diagnosis, disease management, coping, research, genetics, and statistics. The Web page also links to recent news on Alzheimer’s and has materials specifically geared toward women, men, children, and teens. A sidebar links to web pages dedicated to caregivers, memory, the brain, and senior health. The Alzheimer’s Association, National Institute on Aging, Area Agencies on Aging, Fisher Center, Family Caregiver Alliance, American College of Physicians, and other source agencies are represented.

National Institute on Aging-NIA
The NIA mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, and  to support and conduct high quality research on aging processes, age-related diseases, and special problems and needs of the aged. The agency also disseminates information and communicates with the public and interested groups on health and research advances and on new directions for research.

North Carolina Brain Health Registry
The NC Registry for Brain Health is the first registry of its kind in the State of North Carolina. The Registry is designed to increase awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders and to connect North Carolinians of all ages to research opportunities designed to improve brain health.

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
PanCAN works to focus national attention on the need to find the cure for pancreatic cancer. We provide public and professional education that embraces the urgent need for more research, effective treatments, prevention programs, and early detection methods.

University of North Carolina Institute on Aging
The Institute’s mandate is to promote collaborative applied and basic gerontological research, to develop innovative programs of interdisciplinary gerontological education and practice, and to provide state-of-the-art information to policy makers, program managers, service providers, clinicians, and the general public.

Buncombe County – Veteran Assistance
The home page for Buncombe County Veterans Service Office, which offers assistance to veterans, service members, and their families in obtaining a wide range of services.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Dementia Care
For those caring for a Veteran, resources on dementia care through the VA and information on new research on dementia in Veterans.