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The Alzheimer’s Association can help you in many ways. |
Helpline
The Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in 140 languages. Our staff is highly trained and knowledgeable about all aspects of Alzheimer’s disease. Please call us if you have questions about:
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Alzheimer’s disease or memory loss, medications and treatment options, and care options
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How our chapter can help you
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Caregiving tips and respite options
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Services available in your community and referrals
You can also call us for emotional support - as often as you need. We know that living with Alzheimer’s can be overwhelming at times. Remember, we are here for you.
Care consultation
Our dedicated professional staff help people navigate through the difficult decisions and uncertainties people with Alzheimer’s and their families face at every stage of the disease. We can provide care consultation services to you by telephone, e-mail or in person. These include:
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Assessment of needs
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Assistance with planning and problem solving
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Supportive listening
Please contact us for more information:
Phone: 1.800.272.3900
Support groups
There are many support groups in the Greater Iowa area, led by trained volunteer facilitators.
Message boards
The Alzheimer’s Association message boards and chat rooms are your online communication forum. Our message boards have over 9,000 registered members from around the United States, and many more people who simply browse the stories and information that is offered 24 hours a day.
Join the Alzheimer’s Association online community.
Respite
Respite refers to a short time of rest or relief. Respite services can give caregivers time to fulfill personal needs and relax. There are several different ways respite care can be provided: - In-home respite care
- Adult day centers
- Residential respite care
- Informal respite care
- Respite care for emergency situations
The Greater Iowa Chapter can provide assistance with accessing respite services. Please call us for information on selecting services and payment options. The Greater Iowa Chapter may be able to assist with some fees associated with respite through scholarships, when available.
Due to the vital need for respite and ongoing costs associated with these services, we are also always accepting donations specifically to help provide scholarships to caregivers for respite. For more information, click here or call 515.440.2722.
Chapter Ambassadors
Ambassadors serve as representatives of the Alzheimer's Association in their communities and assist efforts to increase access to information and services. These trained volunteers are available to families, friends and neighbors impacted by Alzheimer's who prefer to talk to someone from their own area rather than staff in a possibly distant office. The Ambassadors have resource materials such as books, DVDs, videotapes and access to support services, as well as information about the disease, Alzheimer's Association services and community resources.
Please feel free to contact a Chapter Ambassador in your area.
Iowa Ambassadors
County Name City Phone Boone Phil Brown Boone 515.432.4684 Boone Cindy Flugstad Boone 515.432.2054 Cerro Gordo Darshini Jayawardena Mason City 641.424.0664 Cerro Gordo Jack Musker Clear Lake 641.357.8396 Floyd Diane Winter Charles City 641.228.1127 Greene Kim Clark Churdan 515.389.3260 Hancock Jamey Cassels Britt 641.843.3835 Hardin Susan Eichmeier Iowa Falls 641.847.3312 Hardin Carol Lambert Eldora 641.939.3491 Jasper Carolyn Hobbs Newton 641.792.2687 Jasper Carl Evans Kellogg 641.236.8684 Kossuth Vesta Berglund Bancroft 515.885.2303 Marshall Cynthia Zahnd Melbourne 641.482.3177 Marshall Connie Severe Marshalltown 641.752.0574 Marshall Jennifer Kern Mashalltown 641.751.2690 Story Shirley Stakey Story City 515.733.5169 Worth Katheryne Strobel Northwood 641.324.1998
Publications
The Alzheimer’s Association offers dozens of fact sheets and brochures. Click here for a listing.
Click here for the Greater Iowa Chapter brochure.
Resource Center
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.
Categories of materials available:
- Activities
- Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
- Caregiving
- Communication/behaviors
- Children
- Facilities and long-term care
- Family stories
- Special interests
Newsletter
The Greater Iowa Chapter newsletter is available either electronically or printed. To sign up for our newsletter, either call your local office or email. Please indicate which type of newsletter you prefer to receive.
Education 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 training for health care supervisors and direct care workers in assisted living and nursing homes. Many programs allow you to earn CEU’s.
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.
Safe Return®
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 locally or far from home. Assistance is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If an enrollee is missing, one call immediately activates a community support network to help reunite the lost person with his or her caregiver.
Program Specific Donations:
Safe Return® can require significant financial expense, but can be lifesavers for recipients. There are either initial or ongoing charges for Safe Return and the Alzheimer's Association is proud to offer scholarships to provide these programs free or at greatly reduced price for caregivers and people living with Alzheimer's in need. To continue to provide these scholarships, we must solicit donations specifically for this program. If you would like your donation to support Safe Return please indicate so on your check or verbally when making a donation.
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. Our staff and trained volunteers can help assess whether a specific care provider meets the individual needs of a person with Alzheimer’s.
For more information, please contact us:
By phone: 1.800.272.3900
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