This is a list of different
Alzheimer's disease organizations in different countries around the world.
International
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Alzheimer's Disease International
Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) was founded in 1984 to help to fight Alzheimer's disease, which was first diagnosed in 1906. ADI is the umbrella organisation of more than 100 Alzheimer's associations around the world. Each member supports ...
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Alzheimer Research Forum
Alzheimer Research Forum (ARF), or Alzforum is a website which uses web technology to accelerate research into Alzheimer's disease.
History
The website was founded in 1996 by June Kinoshita, funded by an anonymous philanthropic foundation, and l ...
Europe
United Kingdom
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Alzheimer's Research UK
Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK) is a dementia research charity in the United Kingdom, founded in 1992 as the Alzheimer's Research Trust.
ARUK funds scientific studies to find ways to treat, cure or prevent all forms of dementia, including Alzhei ...
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Alzheimer's Society
Alzheimer's Society is a United Kingdom care and research charity for people with dementia and their carers. It operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while its sister charitieAlzheimer Scotlandand Alzheimer's Society of Ireland cover ...
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Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institut of Neurology
North America
Canada
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Alzheimer Society of Canada
The Alzheimer Society of Canada (ASC) is a Canadian health charity for people living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Active in communities right across Canada, the Society partners with Alzheimer Societies in every Canadian provi ...
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Alzheimer Society of Ontario
United States
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Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association was founded by Jerome H. Stone with the help of several family members in Chicago, Illinois, and incorporated on April 10, 1980, as the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. It is a non-profit Ame ...
Research, education, advocacy, support
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BrightFocus Foundation
Curing Alzheimer's Disease Foundation - sponsoring research into the Infectious Hypothesis of AD
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Cure Alzheimer's Fund
Cure Alzheimer's Fund (CAF) is an American non-profit organizationGuideStar Accessed 26 March 2014.Better Business Bureau. Accessed 26 March 2014. based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It supports and funds research focusing on understanding and poten ...
- utilizing a
venture philanthropy
Venture philanthropy is a type of impact investment that takes concepts and techniques from venture capital finance and business management and applies them to achieving philanthropic goals. The term was first used in 1969 by John D. Rockefeller ...
approach
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National Institute on Aging
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), located in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIA itself is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
The NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the ...
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Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
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Memory Bridge
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