Cognitive Health

This article highlights how concentrated community memory screening events can be an effective and efficient recruitment strategy for Alzheimer’s disease research.

This is a one-page recruitment flyer encouraging volunteers with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body disease, or mild cognitive impairment to join a clinical trial.

In this two-page flyer, a healthy participant who does not have Alzheimer’s disease describes why he decided to participate in Alzheimer’s research.

This annual lecture series on healthy brain aging and prevention is presented by the University of California, Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC).

This website provides information on the changing brain, ideas for engaging the brain, and links to resources.

The Healthy Brains website is an online resource center that provides individualized brain health assessment tools, lifestyle tips, information on clinical trials, videos, and medical news.

"Healthy Aging and the Brain" is a 70-slide presentation produced by the Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center for use with aging services providers.

"Dementia in the Latino Community: What We Should Know and Do" and "Dementia in the Latino Community" are slide presentations in Spanish and English, respectively, from the Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

NIA has created four video stories profiling participants in Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials. These videos feature participants from different walks of life who discuss what motivates them and how research staff support them to participate in studies and trials. The videos are intended to be shared as part of engagement and recruitment efforts for clinical studies. Each video was made with a specific audience in mind: Will’s Story—When both of Will’s parents developed dementia, he and his...

The Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (MADRC) and the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment (CART) maintain a roster of community educators and MADRC/CART faculty and staff who are available to make educational presentations. Customized educational programs can be arranged. Programs offered in Boston and surround communities cover such topics as normal versus abnormal memory in aging, the importance of early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and related dementias, prevention...

This study explored whether community health fair attendees who engaged in a brief cognitive screen were more likely to enroll in research than attendees who did not complete the screen. Of 483 health fair attendees who were tracked for 1 year after the event, 364 attendees expressed interest in research and 126 completed a brief cognitive screen. Screen completers had a 2.5-fold increase in eligibility for clinical studies/trials compared with non-screen completers. However, when limited only...

One challenge in cognitive-decline prevention trials is sample recruitment bias—willing volunteers could be socially active, in relatively good health, and have high educational levels and cognitive function, which could reduce the generalizability of study results and mask trial effects. The authors developed a randomized, controlled trial to examine whether conversation-based cognitive stimulation delivered through personal computers, a webcam, and the Internet would have a positive effect on...

A web page of the Community Outreach Program at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, providing information and resources.

The Dementia and the Brain section of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center website provides an overview on dementia, causes, types, treatment, and links to more resources, including a A Patient's Guide to Dementia. Subpages go more in-depth on tests for dementia, medications, surgery and hospitalization, genetics, healthy aging, memory, behavior, and function. The section also includes a list of medical terms and definitions.

At a one-hour “Aging with Grace” education session, information was presented on “living longer, healthier, and smarter.” Topics covered were social engagement, exercise and physical activity, diet and nutrition, and brain health and normal aging. A full-color, one-page flyer targeted the 2017 class to African Americans (shown in photos on the flyer) and other under-represented populations. The flyer included date, location, and RSVP information.

Lifestyle Enrichment for Alzheimer’s Prevention (LEAP!) is a 6-week program on the basics of Alzheimer’s prevention sponsored by the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center and its partners. Program topics include nutrition, physical activity, social-emotional health, sleep, and cognitive engagement. A full-color, one-page flyer was used to promote the 2017 program.

This partnership was established to enhance community members’ access to the expertise of the University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer Disease Research Center (Pitt ADRC). The Pitt ADRC Outreach Core partners with local schools and others to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive aging, and the ADRC in the Pittsburgh area. Funded by the Provost’s Office and Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the partnership’s activities include lectures on brain topics at local schools...

This one-page, four-color handout includes brief information on the Mediterranean Diet and physical exercise. Photographs feature African-American couples.

"Dance for Health: Active Mind, Active Body" is a Penn Memory Center program to promote healthy living for older adults through exercising, socializing, and healthy eating. The program involves weekly dance sessions and monthly intergenerational activities with students from an area high school. At the beginning and end of each 3-month session, participants are asked to complete a survey to measure well-being and satisfaction with their everyday lives. The program is held at the Ralston Center...

A six-panel Spanish-language brochure from the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center provides reasons for participating in research, benefits, and how to get more information. It includes an infographic of ways for people to protect their brain health, including tips for healthy eating, exercise, and participating in activities.

This short booklet contains information on participating in Alzheimer's disease research and why it matters. It covers the benefits and risks of participating in an Alzheimer's or related dementias clinical trial, questions to ask, safety, and tips for finding trials. Some of the information in the booklet is also available online on the NIA website.

This free 8-week educational course, offered twice yearly, is targeted to healthy older adult community members interested in learning more about normal aging, abnormal aging (particularly Alzheimer's disease), lifestyle factors, and strategies and skills that can contribute to healthy brain aging. Information about actively recruiting studies is also provided. AgeWISE meets for an hour and a half each week and covers topics using lectures and class discussions. Students are assigned homework to...

A YouTube series that features interviews with experts on cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Written by faculty and staff at the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (MADRC), blog posts are distributed through the University of Michigan Health System’s “Michigan Health” blog. Recent posts include: How to Visit a Loved One Who Is Dying: A Caregiver and Patient’s Tips Alzheimer’s Disease vs. Dementia: What’s the Difference? 5 Ways to Protect Your Memory from Dementia Alzheimer’s: Not Just a Disease for Older Adults How Therapy Animals Help Those Living with Dementia A Lewy Body...

This 30-slide presentation is for use in community outreach. Topics covered include the basics of Alzheimer’s disease, risk reduction, and research on Alzheimer’s conducted by the UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND).

This 39-slide presentation provides an explanation of Alzheimer’s disease, addresses the question of why more women than men are affected by the disease, reviews risk-reduction strategies for women, and describes research conducted at the UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND).

This educational series provides evidence-based information on Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment, care, and risk reduction strategies.

This presentation designed by the UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders alternates between Chinese and English and includes topics such as the aging population, ways to ensure brain health while aging, and age-related brain disease.