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University Behavioral HealthCare

Comprehensive Services on Aging (COPSA)
Institute for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

COPSA RESOURCE CENTER
800-424-2494

Geriatric News for Professionals

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Your ReSource
This non-profit group offers refurbished home medical equipment at low cost to individuals and families. If you have clients who need hospital beds, walkers, wheelchairs, etc., they can find them for a reasonable price at Your ReSource. If you know people who no longer need those kinds of items, you might want to encourage them to contact this group. Geri LaPlaca is the Director and may be reached at 609-530-1513.
http://www.yourresourcenj.org/


Get a new prospective on what we call mental illness. For those of you working with different cultures, this article is a must. Read Americanization of Mental Illness by Ethan Watters in the New York Times, 1/8/2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html


Ginkgo Biloba for Preventing Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
The news about Ginkgo from the Journal of the American Medical Association is disappointing.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/302/24/2663


WEB MD About Ginkgo Biloba
Same information but this format may be better for handouts.
http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20091229/ginkgo-biloba-doesnt-slow-mental-decline



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Find out why you're having "senior moments." Read How To Train the Aging Brain by Barbara Strauch in the New York Times, 1/3/2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03adult-t.html?em


How many times do our clients ask us about nursing homes?   Medicare.gov has a great database that has ratings of nursing homes. You can search by zip code, town, county, or ratings. Even if you don't agree that a particular facility deserves the ratings it received, it's a great starting point for conversation with families.
http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/


Of course, another great website is the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services - Long Term Care Facilities Search. This database contains listings for assisting living and day care facilities, as well as nursing homes and other services.
http://web.doh.state.nj.us/apps2/healthfacilities/fssearch.aspx



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Mary Anne Ross
Coordinator, COPSA Institute Resource Center
UMDNJ - University Behavioral HealthCare
100 Metroplex Drive, Suite 200
Edison, NJ 08817

(800) 424-2494 (toll-free)
(732) 235-4356 (office)
e-mail: brokenma@umdnj.edu

The COPSA Institute for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders gratefully acknowledges the support of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

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The COPSA Institute for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders is a center for the diagnosis, treatment,
and research of dementing illnesses. The Resource Center Helpline, 800-424-2494, provides support, information,
and counseling to the families of dementia patients and the professionals who work with them.

Revised: February 17, 2010

URL: http://www.umdnj.edu/copsa/ResourceCenter.html