Resource Library
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.
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
Alzheimer’s Association
Variety of courses for people living with dementia, caregivers and about dementia
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
New Mexico Caregiver Coalition
Respite Caregiver Training
Course on how to provide respite care; upon receiving certificate NMCC will provide free background check
Parkinson’s Foundation
UCLA Caregiver Videos
Fifteen dementia specific topics
Subtitles for some videos in: French, Vietnamese, Korean, Hungarian, Macedonian
National Resources
Alzheimer’s.gov
Find information and resources on ADRD, part of National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Alzheimer’s Association
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Social Work Helpline
7am–7pm MST weekdays
7am–3pm MST weekends
ARCH National Respite Network
Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
BrightFocus Foundation
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation
Helpline 1-800-659-1991
Hilarity for Charity
Caregivers support, youth movement/scholarship and respite grants and more
Huntington’s Disease Society of America
Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance
Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center
Lorenzo’s House
Younger-onset dementias, young caregivers
National Council of Dementia Minds
Groups for people living with dementia
National Institute on Aging
Free downloadable dementia publications
Parkinson’s Foundation
National Down Syndrome Society
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.