Founded by award-winning geriatrician Dr. Bill Thomas and his partner Jude Thomas, The Eden Alternative® began as a grant-funded project in a single nursing home.

Today, they are a global, 501c3 non-profit organization that impacts hundreds of thousands of people across 22 countries and transforms caring relationships throughout all care settings and services.

Nationally known dementia experts have created this app as a resource and guide for persons with dementia, families and caregivers.

The dementia guide offers helpful advice and support as you travel through each stage of the dementia experience. Our approach is dementia positive and our goal is to improve the quality of life of persons with dementia, families and caregivers.

The report “Dementia: a public health priority” has been jointly developed by WHO and Alzheimer's Disease International. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of dementia as a public health priority, to articulate a public health approach and to advocate for action at international and national levels.

This guide is part of CANHR’s Campaign to Stop Chemical Restraints in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Ending the misuse of psychoactive drugs is one of CANHR’s top priorities because over drugging is a leading cause of misery, neglect and death for residents who suffer from dementia. It is possible to stop a loved one from being drugged by a nursing home. This Guide gives you important facts about psychoactive drugs and advice on how to stop their inappropriate use.

This video was developed by OFMQ to share with health care providers, residents and families “A Champion for Change” which supports a national and state initiative to reduce unnecessary antipsychotic medication.

This tool was developed by Dementia Action Alliance, a non-profit national advocacy and education organization of people living with dementia, care partners, friends and dementia specialists committed to creating a better country in which to live with dementia.

This website was developed by Iowa Geriatric Education Center to help health care providers and consumers better understand how to manage problem behaviors and psychosis in people with dementia using evidence-based approaches. This website offers trainings, pocket guides, and written content.

The Annual Wellness Visit Assessment and Resource Toolkit is a provider-facing compilation of resources, educational handouts, and links to pertinent materials developed by Quality Insights. It addresses the purpose, overall scope, guidelines and processes, assessments, and persons involved (the “who, what, how, and why”). This toolkit includes assessment tools for anxiety, depression, mobility and self-care, memory, medication, end-of-life care, honoring care decisions, and preventive plans.

This fact sheet was developed by The Consumer Voice to help health care providers develop a care plan that provides service and activities to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

This fact sheet was developed by the Alzheimer's Association to provide health care providers information about the behavioral and psychotic symptoms (BPSD) individuals with dementia often experience during the course of their disease and approaches to care that are utilized.