Resource Library
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
Unless otherwise noted all trainings are free.
Alison – Empower Yourself
Prices vary – numerous are free
Variety of dementia courses, beginning, intermediate and advanced levels
https://alison.com/courses?query=dementia
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
Home | 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
https://www.nmdcc.org/what-we-do/caregiver-certification/
Parkinson’s Foundation
1-800-473-4636
Courses on cognition and care partnership
https://www.parkinson.org/resources-support/online-education/courses
UCLA Caregiver Videos
Fifteen dementia specific topics
Subtitles for some videos in: French, Vietnamese, Korean, Hungarian, Macedonian
Alzheimer’s.gov
Find information and resources on ADRD, part of National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Alzheimer’s Association
24-hour helpline
1-800-272-3900
New Mexico Chapter | Alzheimer’s Association
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Social Work Helpline
7am- 7pm MST weekdays
7am-3pm MST weekends
https://alzfdn.org/contact-social-worker/
AARP
https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/dementia-caregiving-guide/
ARCH National Respite Network
1- 703- 256- 2084
Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
Helpline 1-855-507-7222
Mon -Fri 7 am -3pm
BrightFocus Foundation
Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Information
1 800- 437-2423
https://www.brightfocus.org/alzheimers/
Creutzfeld- Jakob Disease Foundation
1-500-659-1991 Helpline
Hilarity for Charity
Caregivers support, youth movement/scholarship and respite grants and more
Understanding Alzheimer’s: Bringing Light to the Disease
Huntington’s Disease Society of America
800-345-4372
Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance
224-715-4673
https://www.latinoalzheimersalliance.org/care-caregiver-programs
Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center
Live Helpline
Monday – Sunday 6 am – 6pm
1-833-523- 5463
https://lewybodyresourcecenter.org/
Lorenzo’s House
Younger- onset dementias, young caregivers
National Council of Dementia Minds
Groups for people living with dementia
https://dementiaminds.org/about/
Parkinson’s Foundation
1-800-473-4636
National Down Syndrome Society
Alzheimer’s Disease & Down Syndrome | National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi
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.