Get help now — free helplines

You can call any of these for free. You do not need a diagnosis, an appointment, or a crisis to call — questions and plain exhaustion are reasons enough.

  • Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Free, confidential support and information for people with dementia, caregivers, families and the public. Master's-level clinicians. Also Spanish.
  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 988 24/7 Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. For anyone in emotional distress or a mental-health crisis, including caregivers.
  • Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) Helpline 866-232-8484 9:00 am - 9:00 pm ET, seven days a week Licensed social workers providing support, info and referrals. Also text message and web chat. Text: 646-586-5283

In a medical emergency, call 911. More numbers, and what each line does, on the help page.

Find news

Free to read, “May need a subscription” and “Archived copy”: what they mean

Whether an article is free to read is a guess, not a test of your access. Each item is one of three:

  • No label: free to read (311 of 358). The publisher’s page marks it free, or the outlet publishes free to read: Medical Xpress, ScienceDaily, NIH (incl. NIA and PMC), Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's News Today, NPR, Alzheimer's Disease International, or a .gov site.
  • May need a subscription (12 of 358). The publisher’s own page marks the article as not free to read, or — when the page says nothing — the outlet sells subscriptions: The New York Times, STAT, Scientific American, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Times, The Telegraph, New Scientist, Endpoints News, Science. Each badge says which.
  • “Free to read? Not known” (35 of 358). The outlet is on neither list and its page said nothing. We do not call these paywalled.

Archived copy links go to a copy the Internet Archive (web.archive.org) saved, dated the day it was saved. We show one only where the Internet Archive reported a working saved copy when we checked; an archived copy of a subscription article sometimes shows only its opening. 266 of 358 items have one.

NIH releases Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research Progress Report and FY27 Professional Judgment Budget

NIH National Institute on Aging Funding

NIH released the FY 2027 Professional Judgment Budget for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and the NIH Scientific Progress Report.

Why it matters: The NIH has released its FY 2027 Professional Judgment Budget and Scientific Progress Report for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.

Read at NIH National Institute on Aging → Archived copy (2 Aug 2026), Internet Archive

Research training spotlight: NIA funding enables researcher-mentor to “pay it forward”

NIH National Institute on Aging

Read about how renowned researcher María J. Marquine, Ph.D.'s helps clinicians understand cognitive differences in aging across populations.

Read at NIH National Institute on Aging → Archived copy (31 Jul 2026), Internet Archive

NIA statement on the U.S. Cost of Dementia Model report

NIH National Institute on Aging Research

Read an announcement about an NIA-funded project that reports the economic burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in the United States.

Why it matters: An NIA-funded project reports the economic burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in the United States.

Read at NIH National Institute on Aging → Archived copy (2 Aug 2026), Internet Archive

Review of Medicare data reveals potential new statistics on dementia diagnosis

NIH National Institute on Aging Research

A study of Medicare data showed that roughly 9% of beneficiaries — 5.3 million people — may have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.

Why it matters: A review of Medicare data indicates that approximately 9 percent of beneficiaries, totaling 5.3 million people, may have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.

Cited in this article, summarized in alzhub's library:
Read at NIH National Institute on Aging → Archived copy (1 Aug 2026), Internet Archive