drill down to very specific types of help that you’re looking for, location, you can create a list of resources that you need near you and keep it there. And from the organization side, organizations can go into the resource finder and create information about their organization and add it to the database. So there, and it’s a free service on both sides for the user and for the organization. So it really is aiming to be quite comprehensive nationwide and in various locations. Next slide please. I wanted to mention a couple of other publications that, and products that NIA has put together, we’ve just come out with a couple of online tip sheets related to long-distance caregiving, which are general but certainly apply to family members and friends of those caring for people with dementia. These two new online tip sheets are one on Getting Started, and one called A Family Affair, really focus on supporting an aging family member or friend from a distance, relieving responsibilities of the local caregiver from a distance, and working with family members to assign tasks based on each other’s strengths. So it’s really hoping to help facilitate that process of giving the care support around the person with dementia. Next slide. We’ve also recently developed a toolkit for, a presentation toolkit for Talking With Your Doctor, which is a long time and very popular NIA publication. And we’ve transformed it into a presentation for again use in community settings, senior centers, any other sort of public presentation. It’s a Power Point presentation with 18 slides, so, and for about 45 minutes. And it includes speaker notes, handouts and tips for preparing for the presentation, so it’s kind of an all-in-one kit for presenting this topic. And it includes tips about how to get ready for a doctor’s visit, talking with
drill down to very specific types of help that you’re looking for, location, you can create a list of resources that you need near you and keep it there. And from the organization side, organizations can go into the resource finder and create information about their organization and add it to the database. So there, and it’s a free service on both sides for the user and for the organization. So it really is aiming to be quite comprehensive nationwide and in various locations. Next slide please. I wanted to mention a couple of other publications that, and products that NIA has put together, we’ve just come out with a couple of online tip sheets related to long-distance caregiving, which are general but certainly apply to family members and friends of those caring for people with dementia. These two new online tip sheets are one on Getting Started, and one called A Family Affair, really focus on supporting an aging family member or friend from a distance, relieving responsibilities of the local caregiver from a distance, and working with family members to assign tasks based on each other’s strengths. So it’s really hoping to help facilitate that process of giving the care support around the person with dementia. Next slide. We’ve also recently developed a toolkit for, a presentation toolkit for Talking With Your Doctor, which is a long time and very popular NIA publication. And we’ve transformed it into a presentation for again use in community settings, senior centers, any other sort of public presentation. It’s a Power Point presentation with 18 slides, so, and for about 45 minutes. And it includes speaker notes, handouts and tips for preparing for the presentation, so it’s kind of an all-in-one kit for presenting this topic. And it includes tips about how to get ready for a doctor’s visit, talking with
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