The American Psychological Association is supporting National Memory Screening Day on November 16, an annual initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) in which qualified healthcare professionals at local site nationwide provide free, confidential memory screenings and educational materials to the public. Screening sites include Alzheimer’s agencies, assisted living residences, long-term care facilities, psychologists’ and physicians’ offices, hospitals, senior centers, Ys, pharmacies and other community venues. Please sign up as a screening site today by emailing Melissa Austen, AFA National Events Coordinator, at mausten@alzfdn.org. For more information, visit www.nationalmemoryscreening.org or call 866-AFA-8484.
Other NMSD 2010 SUPPORTERS
American
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, www.aagpgpa.org
American Association for Long Term Care Nursing, www.ltcnursing.org
American Medical Women’s Association, www.amwa-doc.org
American Pharmacists Association, www.pharmacist.com
Geriatric Mental Health Foundation, www.gmhfonline.org
National
National Association of State Units on Aging, www.nasua.org
National Black Nurses Association, www.nbna.org
The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (formerly NCCNHR), www.theconsumervoice.org
Visiting Nurses Association of America, www.vnaa.org
National Gerontological Nursing Association, www.ngna.org
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, www.n4a.org
Deborah DiGilio| Director, Office on Aging
Public Interest Directorate
American Psychological Association
Tel: (202) 336-6135 | Fax: (202) 336-6040
email: ddigilio@apa.org | www.apa.org/pi/aging
