Holistic Aging And Health: Alzheimer's Disease

(http://www.alz.org/index.asp) - The Alzheimer's Association website provides general information about Alzheimer's, including warning signs, diagnosis, treatment, and research. It also offers a 24-hour, toll-free helpline, online support groups, information on searching and borrowing from the Alzheimer's Association Green-Field Library in Chicago, and access to their journal, Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

(http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/home/ovc-20167098) - From Mayo Clinic website, describes Alzheimer's, its diagnosis, causes, treatment, etc.

(http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers) - This website from the National Institute of Health provides the latest news, events, and publications relevant to Alzheimer's disease, as well as information about causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, along with a list of resources.

(https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/publication/alzheimers-disease-fact-sheet) - From the National Institute on Aging website. Answers questions about signs and symptoms, cause, diagnosis, treatment, etc.

(http://www.alzfdn.org/) - The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) was founded by a consortium of organizations to fill the gap that existed on a national level to assure quality of care and excellence in service to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses, and to their caregivers and families.

This website describes the benefits of assisting living for seniors. An assisted living community provides stability, structure and support. Living in a community helps combat loneliness, which is one of the biggest contributors to depression. Having support with carrying out activities of daily living while simultaneously eliminating the need to cook or do housekeeping also lowers stress and gives seniors time to do what makes them happy.

(https://www.seniorlifestyle.com/resources/blog/detecting-alzheimers-symptoms-stages/). The resource explains what exactly Alzheimer's is and some common misconceptions and misunderstandings about the disease. It then covers the symptoms and signs of each stage of Alzheimer's provided by the Alzheimer's Association, including information on how to differentiate common age-related changes from potential signs of Alzheimer's disease.