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A helpful book for families coping with Alzheimer disease is The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins.

The following organizations also provide helpful information:

Alzheimer's Association
919 E. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60611
(800) 272-3900

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1050
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 654-7850

Family Caregiver Alliance, National Center on Caregiving
690 Market Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94104
(800) 445-8106
(415) 434-3388

National Alliance for Caregiving
4729 Montgomery Lane, 5^th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814

National Institute on Aging
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
P.O. Box 8250
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250
(800) 438-4380
(301) 495-3311

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2540
Building 31, Room 8A-06
Bethesda, MD 20892-2540
(800) 352-9424 (recording)
(301) 496-5751

National Mental Health Association
2001 North Beauregard Street, 12^th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
(703) 684-7722