Memory Loss & the Brain


	From the Editor
	Editor's Note

	Memory News
	New Memory Book

	The Color of Risk African-Americans are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than whites. A new national program targets this dangerous disparity with community-based health education. Go to Article >>

	Caring for Culture Hispanics in Milwaukee are improving services for elders with Alzheimer's disease by customizing care to cultural attitudes toward dementia and medicine. Go to Article >>

	Minority Report Jennifer Manly’s research ensures that African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are tested for dementia on a level playing field. Go to Article >>

	Memory Tip
	Remembering the Future


Resources
Caregiving

Books: Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents, by Claire Berman. (Henry Holt, 1997 (paperback), 272 pp., $16.00). This widely read book is a guide for adult children who are caregivers for their aging or ill parents. Associations and Contact Information: CAPP Caregiver Resource Center at Mount Sinai Hospital: Contact Helene Ebenstein at (212) 659-8903. She welcomes calls from family caregivers on any caregiving concern. Address: 1425 Madison Avenue, Room L-4-89, New York, NY 10029. National Family Caregivers Association 10605 Concord St. Suite 501 Kensington MD 20895 2504 301 942 6430 800 896 3650 website www.nfcacares.org email: info@nfcacares.org Provides national resource referrals, a quarterly newsletter, a caregiver-to-caregiver peer support network, a greeting card program and sponsors annual celebrations of National Family Caregivers Week. Family Caregiver Alliance 425 Bush Street Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 434-3388 800 445-8106 (toll free in CA) website www.caregiver.org Support organization for caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, ALS and related brain disorders.