essentiALZ® - Alzheimer’s Association Training and Certification

If you received an enrollment code from your training administrator, you are eligible to access one of the following products:

  • essentiALZ® - Alzheimer’s Association Training and Certification
  • essentiALZ® - Alzheimer’s Association Certification Exam (only)

New Enrollment Code

If you are redeeming a new enrollment code, please select “New Enrollment Code” (ex: T2N28C21).

Returning to Continue

If you have already redeemed an enrollment code and need to finish your training or certification exam, please select “Returning to Continue”.

If you need assistance, please refer to our help page or complete our contact form.


Capacitación y certificación essentiALZ® de la Alzheimer’s Association

Si recibió un código de inscripción del administrador de su capacitación, usted es elegible para acceder a uno de los siguientes productos:

  • Capacitación y certificación essentiALZ® de la Alzheimer’s Association
  • Examen de certificación essentiALZ® (únicamente) de la Alzheimer’s Association

Nuevo código de inscripción

Si usted está canjeando un nuevo código de inscripción, seleccione "New Enrollment Code" (Nuevo código de inscripción) (por ejemplo: T2N28C21).

Regresar para continuar

Si usted ya canjeó un código de inscripción y necesita finalizar su capacitación o examen de certificación, seleccione "Returning to Continue" (Regresar para continuar).

Si necesita ayuda, consulte nuestra página de ayuda o conteste nuestro formulario de contacto.

The essentiALZ exam is an individual certification opportunity for direct care providers who have completed a training course recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association against five topic areas of the Dementia Care Practice Recommendations, the benchmark for quality care across the disease spectrum. If you have completed a recognized professional training program and have been provided with an essentiALZ certification exam enrollment code, you are eligible to take the essentiALZ certification exam.

New Enrollment Code

If you are redeeming a new enrollment code for your essentiALZ exam, please be prepared to enter your new essentiALZ certification exam enrollment code (ex. T2N28C21), and click here.

Returning to Continue

If you have already redeemed an enrollment code or been pre-registered for an exam, please click here.

If you need assistance, please refer to essentiALZ exam instructions or click here to complete our contact form.

Please read these instructions completely and consider printing Exam Instructions for reference.

The essentiALZ exam is an individual certification opportunity for direct care providers who have completed a training course recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association for meeting the Dementia Care Practice Recommendations. If you have completed a qualified training and your employer/trainer has provided you with an essentiALZ Enrollment Code, you are eligible to take the essentiALZ exam.

To access the essentiALZ exam, please complete the following steps:

Step 1. Obtain an essentiALZ Exam Enrollment Code from your training administrator. (sample: E2MRR601-73P9)

Step 2. Login to the Alzheimer’s Association Training and Education Center.

  • New Users: Create an account using your complete email address as your username (e.g.: my-name@company.com) and establish a password.
  • Existing Users: Enter the email address and password used for previous exam access.

*Passwords are case sensitive. Your password must be a minimum of 8 characters with at least one number and a special character (e.g., #,$,%).

Step 3. Enter your essentiALZ Exam Enrollment Code and launch essentiALZ Certification Exam.

Step 4. Receive a passing score of 90% or higher and print your essentiALZ certificate.

If you need assistance, please see the Help page or click here to complete our contact form.