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We enhance care and support
The Alzheimer’s Association works on a global, national and local level to enhance care and support for all those affected by Alzheimer’s and other dementias. We are here to help.

We have local chapters across the nation, providing services within each community. Find a chapter near you.

Our professionally staffed 24/7 Helpline (1.800.272.3900) offers information and advice to more than 300,000 callers each year and provides translation services in more than 200 languages.

We host face-to-face support groups and educational sessions in communities nationwide.

We connect people across the globe through our online message boards, ALZConnected®. Our online community is ready to answer your questions and give you support.

We provide caregivers and families with comprehensive online resources and information through our Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregiver Center, which features sections on early-stage, middle-stage and late-stage caregiving.

We help people find clinical studies through our free, easy-to-use matching service  Alzheimer’s Association TrialMatch®. TrialMatch connects individuals with Alzheimer's, caregivers, healthy volunteers and physicians with current studies.

Our free online tool, Alzheimer's Navigator®, helps those facing the disease to determine their needs and develop an action plan, and our online Community Resource Finder is a comprehensive database of programs and service, housing and care services, and legal experts.

We house the Alzheimer's Association Green-Field Library, the nation's largest library and resource center devoted to increasing knowledge about Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Our safety service, MedicAlert® + Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return®, is a 24-hour nationwide emergency response service for individuals with Alzheimer's or a related dementia who wander or have a medical emergency.

We advance research
As the largest nonprofit funder of Alzheimer's research, the Association is committed to accelerating the global progress of new treatments, preventions and ultimately, a cure.  Visit our  online Research Center.

We advance the understanding of Alzheimer's through our peer-reviewed research grant program, has invested over $375 million in more than 2,400 scientific investigations since 1982.

Our annual Alzheimer's Association International Conference® (AAIC)® is the world’s largest conference of its kind, bringing researchers together to report on groundbreaking studies.  

Our scientific journal, Alzheimer’s & Dementia®, provides a single publication for the global scientific community to share its diverse knowledge.

Our professional society, Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART), is the only professional society designed exclusively for individuals dedicated to Alzheimer's and dementia science.