LINC-AD care advisors include individuals with dementia, their care partners and family members, and long-term care and community-based providers.
Our annual webinar is held every year in the spring. Please check back for information on our 2023 webinar. Past webinars include:
May 2022
Operationalizing Person-Centered Care
Patrick Doyle, Brightview Senior Living and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
July 2021
LINC-AD Commissioned Paper Recruitment and Engagement in ADRD
Jonathan Jackson, CARE Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
June 2020
Goal Attainment Scaling
Lee Jennings, University of Oklahoma, Division of Geriatrics
Best Practice Caregiving
An online database of evidence-based dementia programs for family caregivers.
Family Caregiver Alliance: Selected Caregiver Assessment Measures: A Resource Inventory for Practitioners (2012)
An inventory of caregiver assessment measures.
National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC) Quality Assurance and Measures
A website that includes quality assurance and measures. The expertise of the Resource Center team is broad, with combined experience and knowledge related to a variety of topics including, dementia-capable systems, supportive services for people with dementia and caregivers, evidence-based caregiver interventions, behavioral interventions for people with dementia, data collection and reporting, and program evaluation.
National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA)
An act established to build upon and leverage Health and Human Services (HSH) programs and other federal efforts to help change the trajectory of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Advisory Council On Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services Subcommittee Recommendations
An advisory council that makes recommendations to HHS for priority actions to expand, coordinate and condense programs in order to improve the health outcomes of people with AD/ADRD and reduce the financial burden of these conditions.
For Professionals
Browse information, tools and resources for those working in the field of Alzheimer's and dementia care.
Dementia Care Provider Roundtable
The mission of the Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Provider Roundtable (AADCPR) is to advance care and support services for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias and their caregivers, through the dissemination and adoption of evidence-based Practice Recommendations.
Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations
The Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations outline recommendations for quality care practices based on a comprehensive review of current evidence, best practice and expert opinion.
Training and Certification Opportunities
The Alzheimer’s Association offers a variety of pathways to person-centered dementia care training and certification.
Alzheimer’s Association TrialMatch®
This service provides customized lists of clinical studies based on user-provided information. The free, easy-to-use platform allows individuals with Alzheimer's, caregivers and healthy volunteers to see which studies are a good fit for them or for a family member. Search for studies, sign up for study updates, or connect with researcher teams.
As a part of the LINC-AD network, you will connect with other psychosocial researchers in the dementia care field and gain access to a variety of opportunities, including funding opportunities, calls for papers, webinars, conference events and networking opportunities.