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•Understanding Alzheimer’s: Five ‘Pocket’ Films, directed by David Shenk http://aboutalz.org
•PBS’s The Forgetting, directed by Elizabeth Arledge http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting
•Away from Her, directed by Sarah Polley
Treatment and Prevention
Prevention
•Maintain Your Brain, Alzheimer’s Association http://www.alz.org/maintainyourbrain/overview.asp
Treatment Options
•Alzheimer’s Disease Medications Fact Sheet, National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/medicationsfs.htm
•Alzheimer’s Disease: Treatment Overview, WebMD http://www.webmd.com/content/article/71/81399.htm
•Medications for Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Association http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/Treatment/Standard.asp
•Alternative Treatments for Alzheimer’s http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/Treatment/Alternative.asp
Caregiving
Caregiving Resources
•Caregiving strategies http://www.alzfdn.org/EducationandCare/strategiesforsuccess.html
•Find an in-person support group in your area http://www.alz.org/apps/we_can_help/support_groups.asp
•Online support groups http://www.alzconnected.org/discussion.aspx
•Live contact: phone, chat, or skype with a licensed social worker http://carecrossroads.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=19
Fighting Alzheimer’s
Calls to Action
•Short Film: Let’s Stop Alzheimer’s Now http://vimeo.com/31089084
•“Memory Hole,” The New York Times Op-Ed by David Shenk http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/opinion/03shenk.html
Advocacy Organizations
•Alzheimer’s Association http://www.alz.org
•Cure Alzheimer’s Fund http://www.curealz.org
•Accelerate Cure/Treatments for Alzheimer’s Diseases http://www.act-ad.org
•Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) http://www.alzfdn.org
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
At a tavern on the Dingle Peninsula, west coast of Ireland, August 2010: (from left to right), author Greg O’Brien; daughter Colleen; wife Mary Catherine; son Conor; son Brendan.
Greg O’Brien has more than 35 years of newspaper and magazine experience as a writer, editor, investigative reporter, and publisher. Over the years, he has contributed to the Associated Press, UPI, USA Today, The Arizona Republic, Boston Herald American, Boston Metro, New York Metro, Philadelphia Metro, the Providence Journal, Cape Cod Times, Boston Irish Reporter, and Boston Magazine where he was a senior writer. The author/editor of several books, O’Brien has published 17 books by other writers, and was a founding managing director of Community Newspaper Company, established in Boston. He is president of Stony Brook Group, a political and communications strategy company, and lives in West Brewster on Cape Cod with his wife, Mary Catherine. The couple has three children: Brendan, Colleen, and Conor.