First copy is free; $.10 for each additional copy.

• An Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
• Care for Advanced Alzheimer's Disease
• Caregiver Stress - Signs to watch for...steps to take
• Especially for the Alzheimer Caregiver
• Helping Children and Teens understand Alzheimer’s Disease
• How to be a long distance caregiver
• If you have Alzheimer’s Disease
• Is It Alzheimer's? Warning Signs you should know
• Living with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease
• Safe Return (Patient Identification) program
• Steps to Assisting with Personal Care:
• Overcoming challenges and adapting to the needs of persons with .Alzheimer’s  Disease
• Steps to Enhancing Communication: Interacting with persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
• Steps to Enhancing Your Home:  Modifying the Environment
• Steps to Ensuring Safety:  Preventing wandering and getting lost
• Steps to Getting a Diagnosis: Finding Out if it’s Alzheimer’s Disease
• Steps to Planning Activities: Structuring the Day at Home
• Steps to Understanding Challenging Behaviors: Responding to Person with AD
• Steps to Understanding Financial Issues:  Resources for Caregivers
• Steps to Understanding Financial Issues:  Resources for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease          
• Steps to Understanding Legal Issues: Planning for the Future
• The Emotional Decision - A Consumer’s Guide for Choosing a Long Term Care Facility
• The Younger Alzheimer Patient
• Women and Alzheimer’s Disease
• You Can Make a Difference - 10 ways to help an Alzheimer family
• You Have the Right: Stating your wishes regarding medical treatment  
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First copy is free; $.10 for each additional copy.

• Activities
• Adult Day Care
• Bathing
• Combativeness
• Dental Care
• Dressing
• Driving
• Eating
• Environment
• Feelings
• Grief, Mourning & Guilt
• Hallucinations
• Holidays
• Hospitalization
• Incontinence
• Issues in Death and Dying
• Issues in Diagnostic Disclosure
• Just for Children
• Just for Teens
• Medication
• Nutrition
• Safety
• Services you may need
• Sexuality
• Sun-downing & Shadowing
• Telling the patient, family & friends
• Vacationing
• Visiting
• Wandering
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ABC'S:  An Introduction
Running time: 15:10 minutes
1991 - Very general information for family or professional caregiver who is just beginning to experience behavior or personality changes.

A Caregiver's Guide for Oral Health
Running time:  23:00 minutes
1994 - Explains the importance of good oral health, what to look for when caring for someone’s oral health, supplies you will need to do an oral exam; does not give any extra insight on how to deal with Alzheimer’s patients.

A Day in the Life of Nancy Moore
Running time: 28:00 minutes
This video depicts an aide caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease in a special care unit of a Nursing Facility. Very good tape for nurse assistants.

A Family Decision 
Running time:  25:00 minutes
For families who are trying to decide on nursing home placement.  Deals more with feelings about the decision than how to know when it is time for the move. Looks at nursing homes in a positive light.

A Prescription for Caregivers - “Take Care of  Yourself”
Running time:  60:00 minutes
An interesting and dynamic speaker leads a group discussion on the stresses of family caregiving and the importance of caring for yourself.

(Also available at the Erie and Williams County Lending Library Locations)

A Thousand Tomorrows: Intimacy, Sexuality, and Alzheimer's
Running time: 31:00 minutes
This video explores issues, such as the blurring of roles between caregivers and intimate partner as the need for caregiving increases; changes in behavior that affect intimacy between the partners' mismatched sexual desire and attraction.

A Visit with Maria (Spanish language)
Running time: 39:00 minutes
Designed for capturing and maintaining the attention of those with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia through music, light movement, and reminiscence. The caregiver is then able to enjoy short periods of respite from the challenges of caregiving.

A Wilderness Explored 
Running time:  30:00 minutes
1996 - A moderately advanced discussion of the genetic origins of Alzheimer’s disease and the mechanisms that provide hope for delayed onset, improved treatment, and an ultimate cure.  Very good tape!

Alone...But not Forgotten
Running time: 48:00 minutes
The video gives two presentations that target the growing trend of individuals with Alzheimer's disease who live alone. Along with a manual for professionals, this video is aimed at helping professionals and communities. Viewers will be introduced to safety, health, transportation and relationship issues that arise when an individual lives alone with Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's Association - Science Writers' Conference - 1997
Running time:  30:33 minutes
Latest research advances as communicated at the Science Writers’ briefing. May be of interest to virtually any audience who would like to hear for themselves what leading experts are saying about advances made and hope for the future.

Alzheimer's Disease: Natural Feeding Techniques -
Running time:  14:00 minutes
For later stages of Alzheimer’s disease.  Covers replacing tube feedings with oral feeding techniques, including managing refusals to eat, pouching, and choking.  Does not go into extensive detail on strategies, but is good for encouraging staff and families to consider oral feedings.

Alzheimer's Disease:  Time/Life Medical
Running time:  30:00 minutes
1996 - Video discusses at the time of diagnosis - Understanding the Diagnosis, What Happens Next? Treatment & Management and Issues & Answers.  Good tape for person with the diagnosis, the caregiver and professionals.

Between Life and Death
Running time: 28:45 minutes
1988 - Good for professional & family caregivers.  Reviews medical information on Alzheimer's disease.  Is good for anyone who wants to learn a little about Alzheimer's disease.

Biomedical Aspects of Aging and AD
Running time: 28:20 minutes
(Caring for the Cognitively Impaired Patient) 
1990 - Discusses differences between Alzheimer's disease and treatable conditions.  Discusses normal aging vs. dementia. Lecture format.

Caregiver Issues
Running time: 32:39 minutes
Managing and understanding behavior problems in Alzheimer's disease & related disorders
1991 - Ok for someone who just learned a loved one has dementia.  Does not discuss behavior management.

Caregiver Issues – Planning the Care of Aging Loved Ones
Running time:  30:00 minutes
by:  Doug Manning
Doug Manning addresses the feelings, needs and stress of family caregivers.  Practical tips on how to deal with stress, criticism and maintaining health. Very Good Tape

Caregivers:  Giving Care, Taking Care
Running time: 26:46 minutes
Good for relatives and friends of caregivers.  Helps others understand what caregivers go through.  Discusses:  safety measures – finding support - relationship changes between caregiver and patient.

Caring - Families coping with AD
Running time: 28:00 minutes
1989 - GREAT TAPE that is especially good regarding people in beginning stages.  Describes some safety adaptations to homes.  Discusses support groups and lets caregivers know that they are not alone.

Caring for the Cognitively Impaired Patient
Running time 15:50 minutes
1990 - Directed toward hospital stays for dementia patients.

Caring for the Family Caregiver Series
#1 - "Understanding Stress"
Running time:  41:41 minutes
1987 - Defines stress!  Reinforces caregivers to feel good  about  themselves.  Discusses emotions caregivers may feel and the best way to deal with these emotions.  Good tape for people who counsel caregivers and support group leaders.

#2 - "Living with Stress
Running time:  30:38 minutes
1987 - Training program on stress management.  Discusses stress recognition and how to cope and deal with stress.  Discusses support resources.  Good tape for groups and individuals.

Case Management 
Running time: 12:55 minutes
(Caring for the cognitively Impaired Patient)
1990 - Good for hospital staff.

CJD Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease: An Infectious Degenerative Brain Disorder
Running time: 33 minutes
CJD is introduced in several forms. CJD is described in detail from a clinical perspective. This video discusses diagnostic laboratory aids, autopsy findings and precautions against personal risk. Good tape for professionals.

Cognitive Assessment
Running time: 17:33 minutes
(Caring for the cognitively Impaired Patient)
1990 - Good for professional caregivers.

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
Running time: 50:00 minutes (approx.)
Chronicles the various states of a mother’s Alzheimer’s disease and the evolution of a daughter’s response to the illness. Neither depressing nor medical, the tape is ultimately a life-affirming exploration of family relations, aging and change, the meaning of memory, and love.

(Also available at the Wood County Lending Library Location)

Conquering Stress in Changing Times
Running time:  25:48 minutes
1996 - Discusses stress commonly experienced in the health care profession. Explores positive coping skills, which can be utilized to reduce stress.  This tape is good for nurses, individuals entering the nursing profession and other health professionals.

Dealing with Alzheimer's Disease:  A Common Sense Approach to Communication
Running time: 21:00 minutes
Excellent tape for all to see.  Defines Alzheimer's disease, talks about communication techniques.  GREAT tape for non-professionals and professional caregivers.

Dealing with Alzheimer's: Facing Difficult Decisions
Running time: 23:00 minutes
Good for people with loved ones in middle to later stages.  Home care vs. nursing home and other later stage decisions.  Very good tape!

Detecting Dementia 
Running time 18:38 minutes
(Cognitive Assessment for Home Health Care Professionals)
1991 - Good for Home Health Aides or caregiver whose loved one lives at home.  Discusses warning signs and what they might mean and talks about cognitive screening and functional assessment.

Do You Remember Love?
Running time: 95:00 minutes
(A CBS made-for-TV dramatic special starring Joanne Woodward)
A story about an award-winning English Professor who developed Alzheimer's disease.  It gives an accurate account of her physical and mental decline.  Recommended for family caregivers.

Dress Him while He Walks:  Management in Caring for Residents with Alzheimer's
Running time:  19:32 minutes
A general tape for nursing home personnel, useful for helping staff members to develop the general attitudes and knowledge of managing difficult behaviors.  Family caregivers may find the portrayal of noisy, chaotic times in a nursing home difficult to view.  Tape uses actual patients displaying real-life behaviors.

Driving and Dementia Don't Mix
Running time:  29:00 minutes
A panel comprised of a physician, occupational therapist, director of the Department of Motor Vehicles and a family member of a person with Alzheimer’s disease discuss issues related to dementia and driving.  The video stresses that not all individuals with dementia are safe or unsafe drivers.  The panel also discusses how to detect when an individual with dementia is no longer safe to drive; how to obtain a driving evaluation; what the law stipulates when revoking a driver’s license; feelings family members and individuals with dementia experience and how to approach and discuss driving concerns with an individual with dementia.

Early Onset Memory Loss:  A Conversation with Letty Tennis
Running time: 21:30 minutes
A woman beginning to show the signs of memory impairment talks about how it impacts her work and her relationships with her family and friends. Both she and her husband describe how it has changed their daily lives. This program was created to give families and professionals a good perspective on the early stages of the disease.

Elders and Families
Running time: Part 1 – 30:00 minutes
Running time: Part 2 – 30:00 minutes
Video is a good teaching tool for professionals.  Could also be helpful to caregivers if presented by a facilitator to address discussion afterwards.  Video addresses when/how to assist elders who are in need of intervention, plus how to develop a successful family meeting.   Panel of professionals and caregiver explore difficulties in trying to assist an elder and conduct a family meeting.

Emotional Decision
Running time: 18:00 minutes
A consumer’s guide for choosing a long-term care facility.  Gives suggestions and resources into choosing long-term care facilities.  Does not mention Alzheimer’s disease specifically.  General information for all long-term care needs.

Ethnic Communities and Dementia:  Making a Difference
Running time: 20:18 minutes
The video documents the seven-year Alzheimer's demonstration program that ran in Washington State from 1993 - 2000. Highlighted are four local projects, each targeting a different ethnic population, including Chinese, Hispanic/Latino, Korean and Native American.

Even These May Forget 
Running time: 17:50 minutes.
(A Pastoral Care Challenge:  Training Program for Clergy)
1991 - A good starting point for clergy - talks about outside support for the caregiver and touches on church and the clergy.

Exercising with Dorothy
Running time: 33:00 minutes
This slow-paced exercise program was developed for older men and women, including those with walkers and in wheelchairs.

Feeding and Dental Hygiene for Patients Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease
Companion to the book "I'll Move Over" by J. Robert Boggs
1995 - Running time: 26 minutes

Helping People with Dementia - In Activities of Daily Living
Running time: 22:00 minutes
Discusses how to assist the Alzheimer patient in: keeping them active and involved in tasks and activities they can do, helping do household and personal tasks.  Good for non-professionals and professionals.

He's doing this to Spite Me: Emotional Conflicts in Dementia Care
Running time:  22:50 minutes
Three caregivers, two females and one male, openly share their experiences as caregivers.  They talk about their frustrations and the reality they face day-to-day.  The scenes are integrated with comments and guidance from professionals in the field of dementia care.  The video is a good teaching tool for caregivers (both family and professionals).

Hi Buddy: The Developmentally Delayed Individual with Alzheimer's Disease
Running time:  19:00 minutes
Video introduces a 53-year-old man with Down’s syndrome and a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.  Interviews with his family caregiver, his physician and his work counselor provide essential information for family and professional caregivers working with older individuals with developmental delay and dementia

I Like to Visit You with My Face
Running time:  40:00 minutes
Chronicles one caregivers journey of placing her Aunt in a nursing home, what she did to prepare her Aunt and herself and how the move worked out well.

Inside Looking Out
Running time:  18:00 minutes
1994 - Alzheimer’s patients in early stages discuss their feelings.  Good tape for families and friends of early stage Alzheimer’s patients.  Very good tape!

(Also available at the Erie, Williams and Wood County Lending Library Locations)

Introduction to the Alzheimer's Association
Running time: 10:25 minutes
1991 - Discusses what the Association is all about.  Good for Corporations or for anyone who wants to learn about the Association.  Good tape and informative!

Just for the Summer
Running time:  29:30 minutes
Film is for people age 12 to adult. Student talks about Grandmother having Alzheimer’s and the compassion and understanding he has discovered.

Living in a Nightmare
Running time: 30:00 minutes
1990 - Chronicles patients and what their families go through.  Very blunt and very educational.  (This tape was made for commercial use. Commercial spots are blank).

Living with Alzheimer's
Running time:  Approx. 40-45 minutes each tape.
(A three-part series)
Part 1 - Understanding Alzheimer's - Good overview of Alzheimer's disease.  Discusses  many concerns that a caregiver may have, especially in the beginning stages.
Part 2 - Choices in Caregiving - Discusses options to assist in making care-giving a little  easier, some good tips, planning for future decisions.  Good for family and professional caregivers.
Part 3 - Challenges of Caregiving - Discusses disease challenges and behavioral changes and how to manage these changes and how the disease progresses.

(Also available at the Williams County Lending Library location.)

Living with Alzheimer's:  A Partnership in Caring 
Running time 19:20 minutes.
Very good tape.  Discusses caregiver issues: feelings and frustrations; support options and resources available.  Decisions for the future.

Losing it All: The Reality of Alzheimer's Disease
Running time: 53:05 minutes
1991-  (HBO Special Production)
Follow some Alzheimer disease patients and their families, shows emotions family caregivers go through, educates people on the effects of Alzheimer's disease on families.  Good for NON caregivers.  Very well done tape!

Loving Grandpa
Running time:  10:00 minutes
Good video for pre-school, early childhood.  Information about confusion wandering, memory loss, presented by puppets in short plays.  Emphasizes support in a loving family atmosphere and the need for asking questions and talking about Alzheimer’s disease.

Management of Problem Behaviors of Persons with AD
Running time: 23:00 minutes
1988 -Defines behavioral problems and intervention techniques to handling this behavior.  Designed for professional caregivers, but also good for non-professionals.

Managing Difficult Behaviors: Depression
Running time: 21:40 minutes
1991 - Helps identify depression and treatment, gives suggestions to help change patients behavior and some activities.  Good for family and professional caregivers.

Managing Difficult Behaviors: Wandering and Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors
Running time: 21:40 minutes
1991 - Discusses interventions to ensure safety with wandering.  Simulated (explicit) self-stimulation shown in this film – could be too graphic for some audiences.  Families checking this out should be “WARNED” of content.  Families dealing with this behavior may be reassured that this behavior does occur and are given helpful suggestions for intervention.

Managing Personal Hygiene: Bathing and Dressing 
Running time: 13:00 minutes
1991 - Suggestions on dealing with and controlling behavior problems concerning bathing and dressing.  Good for ALL caregivers (Professional and non-professional).

Managing Psychotic Behaviors: Language Deficits
Running time: 8:09 minutes
1991 - Basic ideas for dealing with someone with dementia who has trouble communicating.

Managing the Individual with Alzheimer's Disease:  Emergency Encounters
Running time:  15:06 minutes
1993 - Directed toward EMT and Energy Medical Personnel.  Basic information to identify Alzheimer’s patients and how to deal with them.  Good tape for training!

Many Voices...One Message
Running time:11:30 minutes
1991 Public Policy Forum - Captures the enthusiasm of the 1991 Public Policy Forum and illustrates the excitement and importance of taking our message directly to our elected leaders. It is a moving and powerful reminder of why public policy advocacy is so important to our cause.  Good tape!

Don McNeil's Breakfast Club 
Running time: 27:40 minutes
For entertainment only.

Memories of Love: Caring for the Caregivers
Running time:  15:50 minutes
1993 - Good for all caregivers especially those who are looking for resources and\or their loved one who was recently diagnosed.  Good also for people who will be running support groups and also people who may need to offer support to caregivers.

Memories of Love: Families Caring
Running time:  34:25 minutes
1993 - Good for all caregivers.  Discusses adult daycare, briefly discusses what can cause wandering and how to control wandering, discusses evaluation to diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease and how to find support for family resources.

My Challenge with Alzheimer's
Running time:  16:00 minutes
Beverly, a woman in her 50’s, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and is in an early stage, describes her feelings about: the diagnosis process, reactions of family and friends and changes in her abilities.

My Name is ... Kevin
Running time: Approximately 30:00 minutes
1993 - Good tape for children who have a relative with Alzheimer's disease. Very good tape!

Not Alone Anymore
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease
Running time:  23:00 minutes
A good "first tape”!  Good for all caregivers, but targets family caregivers, discusses safety issues, caregivers discuss some of their frustrations and they are given suggestion to make care-giving easier and discusses different stages of dementia.  Good tape with many good ideas.

Orientation to Alzheimer's Disease
Running time: 17:13 minutes
Material to familiarize the audience with Alzheimer’s disease and its effect on the patient and family.

Overview:  Part I
Running time: 15:25 minutes
1991 - Good tape! - Discusses causes of memory problems in adults.  Defines dementia and its effects on the patient and caregivers, explains behavior problems and how to deal with them.  Good tape for professional and non-professional caregivers.

Overview:  Part II
Running time: 17:33 minutes
1991 - Good tape to watch after first tape!  Discusses depression symptoms in Alzheimer's patients, discusses causes and effects of behavior problems in Alzheimer's patients.

Peace of Mind: A Story About Alzheimer's
Running time:  8:45 minutes
2002 – A first-hand documentation of a man’s response, and that of his daughter, to Alzheimer’s Disease and Death.  Peace of Mind introduces families, caregivers, medical personnel and researchers to the emotional impact of this disease.

Reflections on Memories Lost
Stories of Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Running Time: 33 minutes
This video is based on the book Speaking our Minds: Personal Reflections from Individuals with Alzheimer’s by Lisa Snyder. This video was developed to raise public awareness about signs of early Alzheimer’s disease and to encourage timely diagnosis and treatment of the disease

Reminiscence Therapy
Running time: 20:14 minutes
1990 - Tape is good for professional caregivers.  Discusses Reminiscence Therapy in a GROUP setting.  Has a lot of good points and ideas on how to reminiscence with the elderly.

Saving Memories, Enhancing Lives
Running time:  16:00 minutes
In this 16-minute video people affected by Alzheimer’s disease describe how the Alzheimer’s Association has improved lives – by funding research, working to change legislation, and providing information and vital support services.  Watch these inspirational stories of positive action and commitment to the Association’s vision of “a world without Alzheimer’s disease.”

Sharing the Caring: Adult Day Care 
Running time: 18:00 minutes
1992 - For family caregivers.  Looks at a few family situations and shows how Day Care was a positive outlet for them to share the care of their loved ones.  Good tape!

Solving Bathing Problems in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease
Running time: 22:00 minutes
Produced by Departments of Family Medicine & Psychology - University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill & John Umstead Hospital.
Targeted for the Nursing Home caregiver.  Good tape!  *Be aware that there are sensitive visuals (nudity) in this film.

Someone I Love has AD 
Running time: 17:00 minutes
1993 - Excellent tape for young children, but also good for everyone in the family.

Someone I Once Knew 
Running time: 60:00 minutes
1982 - Documentary demonstrating the impact of Alzheimer's disease on five patients and their families, all at different phases of the illness.  Discusses frustrations experienced by caregivers.

Something should be done about Grandma Ruthie 
Running time: 54:00 minutes
Shows what a family goes through when their loved one lives on their own, but need constant care.  The tape is shown through the eyes of the granddaughter - Pretty good tape!

Stroke:  When Minutes Matter 
Running time:  8:00 minutes
by:  American Stroke Association
Short video reviews the warning signs of a stroke and makes recommendations for proper responses.  Accompanied by fact sheets and activity sheets for those watching the video.  Also offers tips on how to prevent strokes.

Taking Control of Depression
Running time:  25:00 minutes
1995 - Very good description of how painful depression can be, from the perspective of both doctors and people who have suffered from this illness.  Tape does a good job at reassuring viewers that depression is not their fault, and that it is a treatable illness.

Tear Soup, a Recipe for Healing After Loss
by: Taylor Bills
A family story book that centers on an old and somewhat wise woman, Grandy. Grandy has just suffered a big loss in her life and so she is headed to the kitchen to make a special batch of Tear Soup. The story emphasizes the individual process of bereavement.

The Long Good-bye
Running time:  Approx. 45 minutes
Excellent tape - General.  Educational; helps people understand Alzheimer’s disease.

The Other Victim:  Coping and Caring Techniques 
Running time: 48:00 minutes
Good tape for professional and non-professional caregivers.  Gives great insight into ways to handle difficult behavior.

The Road to Galveston
Enjoyable movie, but not really about Alzheimer’s. More about life of woman who opened her home as a shared living home.

Tool Kit Alzheimer’s Disease and Intellectual Disabilities (Down Syndrome)
This tool kit covers the basics of how dementia affects adults with intellectual disabilities. It provides information on diagnostics, basic design and service issues in intellectual disabilities service settings.

To Touch a Grieving Heart
Running time: 40 minutes
A sensitive, wise and comprehensive guide to grieving and to helping someone grieve. Not dementia specific, but provides excellent tips on working through the bereavement process.

Transportation Solutions For Caregivers: A Starting Point
This video, along with the accompanying booklet provides tips and safe, creative solutions, devised by both family caregivers and professionals. These tips and solutions are designed to ease transportation challenges.

Two Advocates
Video shares the stories of two individuals who became Alzheimer’s Advocates.  Neither had been involved in advocacy work, but share how they became involved and made an impact.

Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
Running time:  31:05 minutes
1993 - Good tape!  Discusses diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.  Caregivers discuss what they saw (symptoms) and how they responded.  Good for professionals and caregivers.

Video of  WTVG-TV13 Interviews – This three-part series hosted by Tim Gerber, WTVG-TV13, Toledo, was aired on the evening news in 2003.

Video Respite
Running time:  50:00 minutes
1993 - “Gonna Do A Little Music” - Join Marianne for an entertaining musical visit - memories of love, autumn and childhood friends.  Viewers may or may not participate along with the requests on the tape.

Waves of Stone
Running time:  56:46 minutes
1996 – An in-depth look into the history and science behind Alzheimer's disease, as well as a glimpse into the lives of patients and their families coping with the disease.  The statement in the tape, that Alzheimer’s “robs the person of his or her humanity” is NOT a viewpoint shared by the Alzheimer’s Association. Very Good!

What is Dementia? 
Running time: 16:00 minutes
Good “beginner” information.  Tape in lecture form - good information, but somewhat boring.

You are Worth It, Part I
Running time: 30:00 minutes
2005 - In the current environment of long term care, too little attention is paid to ensure that employees value themselves, appreciate what they do, recognize the impact they make, and understand and appreciate the value of their colleagues. Part I of this two-part series focuses on how to strengthen valuing self and others. Recommended for professional audience.

You are Worth It, Part II
Running time: 30:00 minutes
2005 - Part II of this two-part series focuses on ways to control the illogical/distorted thoughts that can affect you, your job performance, your colleagues, and the residents in your care. Recommended for a professional audience.

The following Information Kits are available:

"Alzheimer's Disease: Pieces of the Puzzle"
A training program for direct service staff and family caregivers.  Developed by the Arizona Long Term Care Gerontology Center at the Arizona Health Sciences Center, The  University of Arizona.  Includes a training manual and five videos:
Tape 1: Introduction -
Tape 2: A Practical Approach to Communication
Tape 3: A Practical Approach to Activities of Daily Living
Tape 4: A Practical Approach to Problem Behaviors
Tape 5: A Practical Approach to Recreational Activities

Caregiver Kit - Practical help to caregivers - 5 videos.
"Caring for the Caregiver" - Running time: 20:15 minutes
"Communicating" - Running time: 19:33 minutes
"Managing Difficult Behavior"- Running time: 21:27 minutes
"Meeting Daily Challenges" - Running time: 15:06 minutes
"Safety First" - Running time: 14:14 minutes
(The Caregiver Kit is also available in Spanish)

Just for the Summer
This kit created especially for a teenage audience, will help teachers, adults, community leaders and others lead young people to a solid understanding of Alzheimer's disease and its effects on the patient and family.  Along with the spectacular film "Just for the Summer," the kit includes a Curriculum Manual, Student Fact Sheets and other educational materials.

Police Training Kit
Police training curriculum, designed to help law enforcement officials recognize and respond to Alzheimer patients.  The Kit includes a video exploring the nature and effects of Alzheimer's disease, and strategies for helping victims encountered in such situations as wandering and unsafe driving. Written materials include a Curriculum Manual with Objective, Suggested Activities and Sample Presentation Plans for training sessions of 10, 30 and 60 minutes.  

The following Cassette tapes are available for loan:

• Cassette Tape - "Breaking Through Dementia" by Naomi Feil, M.S.W.
• Cassette Tape - “Memories of Love” - Herral Long  
• Cassette Tape – “Steps for Caregivers”
  (Steps to enhancing your home, Steps to enhancing communication, Steps to planning activities, Steps to understanding challenging behaviors)  
• Cassette Tape - "Surviving Life's Storms" by J. Robert Boggs
  Companion to book "I'll Move Over" by J. Robert Boggs
• Cassette Tape - “Theology of AD” - Alzheimer’s Disease and Ministry:  An Interview with the Professionals. Dr. Martha Robbins  
• Cassette Tape - “RP-3/Basic Research:  Implications for the patient and the family. 
• 1993 Alzheimer Care Strategies Conference.
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Available for use in the office only:

Alzheimer's Disease End Stage and Feeding the Alzheimer's Patient
Several articles on information about the end stage of Alzheimer and also feeding the Alzheimer patient.

The Resourceful Caregiver - Helping family caregivers help themselves.
Addresses and phone numbers of organizations that offer helplines, support, educational materials and other resources. Organizations, such as AIDS, Alzheimer’s Disease, Cancer, Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Mental Retardation, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, etc. 

Magazines - LOAN ONLY

American Journal of Alzheimer’s Care and Related Disorders and Research

Also available in the office is information on counseling, financial issues, legal issues, concerns about long-term care providers and physician referrals.

The National Alzheimer’s Association Benjamin B. Green-Field Library and Resource Center is located at the National Office in Chicago and collects a wide range of materials – books, journals, audiocassettes, videos, and CD-ROMS – on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. To contact the National Library, call 1-800-272-3900 or e-mail info@alz.org. National web-site address: www.alz.org.