Transforming Quality Dementia Care
As the number of Americans living with Alzheimer's and other dementias grows, it’s more important than ever for professional care providers and dementia care researchers to discover and implement the latest approaches to evidence-based, person-centered care. Through a wide range of resources and opportunities from the Alzheimer's Association, care providers and researchers can share best practices, build and strengthen partnerships, and transform quality care.
Professional Care Providers
Get training, certification and other ways to influence quality dementia care.
Dementia Care Researchers
Network, apply for grants and see other ways to get involved in the latest research.
Opportunities for professional care providers
The Alzheimer's Association offers professional care providers flexible options to implement the latest approaches in evidence-based, person-centered dementia care. Informed by leading dementia researchers and practitioners, our opportunities and resources provide individuals and providers with training, certification and networking founded in the Association’s Dementia Care Practice Recommendations.
Dementia Care Practice Recommendations
Dementia Care Provider Roundtable
essentiALZ® — Alzheimer's Association Training and Certification
Dementia Care Training Curriculum Review
essentiALZ® Certification Exam for Dementia Care
Joint Commission Memory Care Certification
The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care ECHO® Program for Professional Care Providers
Opportunities for dementia care researchers
The Alzheimer's Association acts as a catalyst and convener, bringing dementia care researchers together to accelerate the pace of discovery toward methods of quality care, treatment, prevention and better outcomes for those facing the disease.
LINC-AD
Submit papers, apply for grant funding and more through LINC-AD (Leveraging an Interdisciplinary Consortium to Improve Care and Outcomes for Persons Living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia).
Interdisciplinary Summer Research Institute
International Research Grant Program
Alzheimer's Association International Conference
International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment
