Services

• Free confidential personalized tips on caring for people with memory disorders for any NC resident.
  
  
• Free telephone help with care decisions or coping strategies for NC residents.
  
  
• Free current Alzheimer’s information packet for NC residents.
  
  
• Free subscription to The Caregiver newsletter of Duke’s Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) mailed to your home or office in NC.
  
  
• Current research updates on memory disorders and options for participation in Alzheimer’s or family caregiver studies.
  
  
• Low-cost annual Alzheimer’s continuing education conference for persons with memory disorders, their families, health and social service professionals.
  
  
• Free confidential elder care family consultations for Duke employees
  Room 3508, Blue Zone, Duke Clinic Building
  Call or email Lisa Gwyther, MSW 660-7510 or lpg@geri.duke.edu
  Edna Ballard, MSW 660-7510 or elb@geri.duke.edu
  
  
• Help in selecting and locating support groups, education programs, websites, books or training materials for family, volunteer, paraprofessional or professional care providers.
  The Links / Resources page has an annotated list of publications, training materials and ordering information.
  
  
• Free telephone help or mailed information on selecting and evaluating assisted living or nursing facility care.
  
  
• Free consultations to NC agencies providing services for persons with memory disorders or their family caregivers.