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Learning about Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Learning about Alzheimer’s and Dementia and the many resources available to assist is an important part of managing dementia. Explore local and national resources to help support your journey.

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Trainings and Resources

Trainings/Education

Unless otherwise noted all trainings are free.

Alison – Empower Yourself

Prices vary – numerous are free
Variety of dementia courses, beginning, intermediate and advanced levels

Alison dementia courses

Alzheimer’s Association

Variety of courses for people living with dementia, caregivers and about dementia

Dementia Care Education Resources | Alzheimer’s Association

Family Caregiver Center of New Mexico

Evidence based program to provide self-care tools for people providing care to family and friends

Powerful Tools for Caregivers — Family Caregiver Center of New Mexico

Memory Care Alliance

Prepare to Care – Check website for dates & locations

One day course on all aspects of providing care to a person living with dementia

Dementia Friends – for organizations/businesses to help build a dementia friendly community – Call for more details

Memory Care Alliance | Santa Fe, New Mexico

New Mexico Caregiver Coalition

Respite Caregiver Training

Course on how to provide respite care; upon receiving certificate NMCC will provide free background check

NMCC Caregiver Certification

Parkinson’s Foundation

1-800-473-4636

Courses on cognition and care partnership

Parkinson’s Foundation online courses

UCLA Caregiver Videos

Fifteen dementia specific topics

Subtitles for some videos in: French, Vietnamese, Korean, Hungarian, Macedonian

UCLA caregiver training videos

National Resources

Alzheimer’s.gov

Find information and resources on ADRD, part of National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Alzheimers.gov

Alzheimer’s Association

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

Social Work Helpline

7am–7pm MST weekdays

7am–3pm MST weekends

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America — Contact a Social Worker

ARCH National Respite Network

Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

BrightFocus Foundation

Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Information

1-800-437-2423

BrightFocus Foundation — Alzheimer’s

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation

Hilarity for Charity

Caregivers support, youth movement/scholarship and respite grants and more

Hilarity for Charity

Huntington’s Disease Society of America

Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center

Live Helpline

Monday–Sunday 6am–6pm

1-833-523-5463

Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center

Lorenzo’s House

Younger-onset dementias, young caregivers

Lorenzo’s House

National Council of Dementia Minds

Groups for people living with dementia

National Council of Dementia Minds

National Institute on Aging

Free downloadable dementia publications

NIA dementia publications

Parkinson’s Foundation

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Contact

Please contact the Office of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care at  OADC@altsd.nm.gov if you would like to add, change or remove your information on any of our webpages.