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The Alzheimer’s Association is here to help.
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Helpline
513.721.4284 or 1.800.272.3900
Helpline is a telephone assistance service that provides information, support, help with care planning and referral to Alzheimer's Association programs and/or community resources. Helpline is available to caregivers, family members and friends of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, as well as health care professionals, paraprofessionals, students and laypersons in the community.
Helpline is staffed by health care professionals who have experience in dementia care and are trained to assist you. Helpline staff can:
- provide support by listening to your concerns and answering questions
- send you written material about Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
- link you to community resources such as adult day care, home health care and nursing homes
- refer you to Association programs such as educational workshops, family support groups or care consultation services
Care Consultation
A Care Consultation, facilitated by a nurse, social worker or other health care professional, assists families in coping with all aspects of the caregiving experience by providing education, support and referral to services. This program is available to families at all phases in the disease process, from a new diagnosis into the later stages. Special focus can be directed toward individuals in the early stages of dementia, and to families coping with dementia in a person who has mental retardation or developmental disabilities.
If you would like to discuss your particular situation, please call the Helpline at 513.721.4284 or 1.800.272.3900 to arrange a meeting for your family at the Alzheimer's Association office or another community location. There is no charge for a Care Consultation, but contributions are welcomed and greatly appreciated. Click here for more information about this program.
Support groups
We offer a variety of support groups for family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias. Groups are facilitated by trained volunteers or staff members of the Alzheimer's Association. There are specialized groups for spouses of individuals with Alzheimer's and for the families of those affected by early-onset Alzheimer’s. Click here to find a support group in your area.
Online Coaching for Family Caregivers
At alzcoaching.org, a personal Caregiver Coach provides individualized education, support and care planning assistance to family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia. A secured Web site allows members to access information and communicate with their coach at any time via email, journal entries or live chat.
This program is provided by the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Cincinnati. Certain eligibility criteria apply. Click here for more information.
Message boards
The Alzheimer’s Association message boards and chat rooms provide an online community for persons with Alzheimer's, caregivers and care providers. Our message boards have thousands of registered members from around the United States and thousands more who refer to the stories and information that is available 24 hours a day.
Join the Alzheimer’s Association online community.
Memories in the Making©
Memories in the Making© is an art program for persons in the early and middle stages of dementia. This program, under the guidance of an artist facilitator, offers individuals a means of self-expression through the process of painting and drawing. In this program, a person with diminished verbal and organizational skills can communicate using paints or pencil by recreating a memory on paper or canvas. The art sessions are facilitated by an artist and assistant who have extensive art backgrounds and knowledge of dementing illnesses. Click here for more information about this program.
Publications
The Alzheimer’s Association offers dozens of fact sheets and brochures. Click here for an alphabetical listing.
We also maintain a variety of educational materials (brochures, videos, audiotapes and books) on topics related to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. To learn more about our library, call us at 1.800.272.3900.
Newsletter
The Greater Cincinnati Chapter's Cornerstone newsletter is distributed quarterly to everyone on our mailing list. It contains current research news, caregiving information, updates on programs and services, legal and medical news, and volunteer and special event information.
To sign up for our newsletter, please contact Beth Schumacher at 513.721.4284, ext. 127 or email your name and address to beth.schumacher@alz.org.
Educational programs
We offer many educational programs each year that address the specific interests of the general public, individuals with the disease and their families.
Professional training
We offer classroom and Web-based training for healthcare supervisors and direct care workers in assisted living and nursing homes. Many programs allow you to earn CEUs.
Professional training listings.
Multilingual information
Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders that cause dementia know no boundaries. Many individuals and families in ethnic and cultural minority groups are in need of solid information about Alzheimer’s disease and health resources.
MedicAlert®+Safe Return®
MedicAlert®+Alzheimer's Association Safe Return® is a nationwide identification, support and enrollment program that provides assistance when someone with Alzheimer's or a related dementia wanders and becomes lost. Assistance is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If an enrollee is missing, one phone call immediately activates a community support network to help reunite the lost person with his or her caregiver.
New enrollment in the MedicAlert + Safe Return program costs $49.95 and the annual renewal fee is $25. The Alzheimer's Association of Greater Cincinnati can help pay the initial enrollment fee for residents of our 27-county service area in southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana. Click here for a financial aid request form.
Learn more about MedicAlert+Safe Return.
Local resources and referrals
We maintain updated information on home care, adult day care, care coordination, assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, eldercare lawyers and transportation available in the community.
For more information, please call our Helpline: 513.721.4284 or 1.800.272.3900
Clinical trials index
Various programs and services of the Alzheimer's Association are funded in part by the Ohio Department of Aging through the Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio and the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. All services are provided without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, or ancestry.
