Websites, Books and Organizations
Source: AARP.org | April 9, 2006
Further Reading
- Keep Your Brain Young: The Complete Guide to Physical and Emotional Health and Longevity, by Guy McKhann and Marilyn Albert (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002)
- Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises, by Lawrence C. Katz, Manning Rubin and David Suter (Workman Publishing Company, 1999)
- Memory and Emotion: The Making of Lasting Memories, by James L. McGaugh (Columbia University Press, 2003)
- Memory: From Mind to Molecules, by Eric R. Kandel and Larry R. Squire (W.H. Freeman & Co., 2000)
- The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young, by Gary Small (Hyperion Books, 2002)
- Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life, by Barry Gordon (Intelligence Amplification Inc., 2004)
- Intelligent Memory, by Barry Gordon and Lisa Berger (Viking 2003)
- Searching for Memory: The Brain, The Mind, and The Past, by Daniel I. Schacter (Basic Books, 1996)
- You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life, by Eleanor Roosevelt (Westminster John Knox Press, 1960)
Organizations
AARP
Tel: (888) OUR-AARP (888-687-2277)
www.aarp.org
Alliance for Aging Research
Tel: (202) 293-2856
Fax: (202) 785-8574
www.agingresearch.org
The ALS Association Tel: (800) 782-4747 Fax: (818) 880-9006
Alzheimer's Association
800-272-3900
312-335-1110 fax
www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
800-438-4380
301-495-3334 fax
www.alzheimers.org
American Chronic Pain Association
Tel: (916) 632-0922
Fax: (916) 632-3208
www.theacpa.org
American Parkinson Disease Association
Tel: (888) 400-2732
www.apdaparkinson.com
American Sleep Apnea Association
Tel: (202) 293-3650
Fax: (202) 293-3656
www.sleepapnea.org
Better Hearing Institute
Tel: (800) 327-9355
Fax: (703) 684-3393
www.betterhearing.org
The Dana Foundation
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900 New York, NY 10151
Tel: 212-223-4040
Fax: 212-593-7623 fax
E-mail: dabiinfo@dana.org
Web site: www.dana.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (formerly National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association)
Tel: (800) 826-3632
Fax: (312) 642-7243
www.dbsalliance.org
Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association (DRADA)
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/
Depression Awareness Recognition and Treatment Education Program (D/ART)
Tel: (800) 421-4211
(Free Brochures)
Family Caregiver Alliance
Tel: (415) 434-3388
Fax: (415) 434-3508
www.caregiver.org
Huntington's Disease Society of America
Tel: (800) 345-4372
Fax: (212) 239-3430
www.hdsa.org
Lighthouse International
(help for people who are blind or partially sighted)
Tel: (800) 829-0500
TTY: (212) 821-9200
Fax: (212) 821-9707
www.lighthouse.org
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
Tel: (800) 829-8289
Fax: (516) 487-6930
http://narsad.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Tel: (703) 524-7600; (800) 950-NAMI
Fax: (703) 524-9094
www.nami.org
National Chronic Pain Outreach Association
Tel: (540) 862-9437
Fax: (540) 862-9485
National Council on Aging
Tel: (202) 479-1200
Fax: (202) 479-0735
www.ncoa.org
National Eye Institute
Tel: (301) 496-5248
www.nei.nih.gov
National Foundation for Depressive Illness
Tel: (800) 239-1265
www.depression.org
National Headache Foundation
Tel: (888) 643-5552
Fax: (773) 525-7357
www.headaches.org
National Institute of Mental Health
Tel: (301) 443-4513
Fax: (301) 443-4279
For depression brochures:
(800) 421-4211
TTY: (301) 443-8431
FAX4U: (301) 443-5158
www.nimh.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Tel: (800) 352-9424; (301) 496-5751
www.ninds.nih.gov
National Mental Health Association
Tel: (703) 684-7722; (800) 969-6642
FAX: (703) 684-5968
TTY: (800) 433-5959
www.nmha.org
National Sleep Foundation
Tel: (202) 347-3471
Fax: (202) 347-3472
www.sleepfoundation.org
National Stroke Association
Tel: (800) 787-6537
Fax: (303) 649-1328
www.stroke.org
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Tel: (301) 496-4236
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
NRTA: AARP's Educator Community
601 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20049
Tel: (202) 434-2380
Fax: (202) 434-6457
Web site: www.aarp.org/nrta
On Our Own
Tel: (410) 444-4500
Fax: (410) 444-8755
Parkinson's Disease Foundation
Tel: (800) 457-6676
Fax: (212) 923-4778
www.pdf.org
Parkinson's Institute
Tel: (800) 786-2958;
Fax: (408) 734-8522
www.parkinsonsinstitute.org
Prevent Blindness America
Tel: (800) 331-2020;
Fax: (847) 843-8458
www.preventblindness.org
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
www.rls.org
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
Tel: (301) 657-2248
TTY: (301) 657-2249
Fax: (301) 913-9413
www.shhh.org
Well Spouse Foundation
Tel: (800) 838-0879
Fax: (212) 685-8676
www.wellspouse.org
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