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Measuring Dementia: A Cognitive Care Coaches Resource

Resource Sheets: A Cognitive Care Coaches Resource

Following are useful links and resources to help you in your quest for additional information about dementia and providing care for individuals with memory loss. These resources are not connected with Cognitive Care Coaches. Cognitive Care Coaches is not responsible for the information contained in them. We offer them simply as a starting place for your research.

Associations on Aging

Alzheimer’s Association www.alz.org

Alzheimer’s Association of Minnesota-North Dakota www.alzmndak.org

CaregiverMN.org www.caregivermn.org

Hospice Minnesota www.mnhospice.org

Minnesota Health and Housing Alliance www.mhha.com

National Council on Aging www.ncoa.org

Medical Resources

Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.com

Helplines

Alzheimer’s Helpline 1-800-232-0851

Senior Linkage Line 1-800-333-2433

Books

Alzheimer’s Disease: The Family Journey
Wayne Caron, Ph.D.; James Pattee, M.D.; Orlo Otteson, 2001

Alzheimer’s A to Z Secrets to Successful Caregiving
Jytte Lokvig, BA, MA, 2002

As We Grow Old: How Adult Children and Their
Parents Can Face Aging with Candor and Grace
Ruth Fowler, 1998

Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent:
A Guide for Stressed-Out Children
Grace Lebow and Barbara Kane, 1999

Negotiating the Elder Care Maze
Mary T. Parmley, 1997

Partial View: An Alzheimer’s Journal
Cary Smith Henderson, et. al.,1998

The Complete Guide to Alzheimer’s-Proofing Your Home
Mark Warner, 2000

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for
Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, Related Dementing
Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life
Nancy Mace and Peter Rabins, 2001

When Someone You Love Has Alzheimer’s:
The Caregiver’s Journey
Earl Grollman, et. al., 1997

Where Can Mom Live?: A Family Guide to
Living Arrangements for Elderly Parents
Vivian Carlin and Ruth Mansberg, 1998

For Occupational Therapists

Occupational Therapy Treatment Goals for the Physically and Cognitively Disabled Allen Cognitive Level Test (ACL) The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
4720 Montgomery Lane PO Box 31220 Bethesda, MD 20824-1220
301-652-AOTA (2682)

Cognitive Performance Test (CPT)
Theressa Burns OTR
GRECC Minneapolis VA Medical Center
theressa.burns@med.va.gov
Purchase the CPT

Allen Cognitive Level Test (LACL)
S & S Worldwide
800-243-9232 www.ssww.com

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