Alzheimer's Disease
Our previous work with people with Alzheimer's disease

Between 2002 and 2015, our research focused on Alzheimer's disease. You will find links to that work and resources for families on this page.
For more information, please contact Dr. Melanie Fried-Oken.
Grant abstracts
Below are links to short descriptions of the grants that we worked on in the past.
Publications
Writing papers about our work is an important part of the research process. The papers you will find here have been included in conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals.
Presentations
Every year we give presentations about the work we are doing. We have a diverse team who present on different aspects of the study.
- Supporting Conversation in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Festival of International Conference on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology, Toronto, Canada, June, 2007.
- Linguistic Access to Different Symbol Types by Persons with Dementia, ISAAC, Toronto, Canada, October, 2004
- Can We Augment Conversation for Persons with Dementia?ISAAC, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2006
- AAC is a Semantic Prime for Conversations in Moderate Alzheimer's Disease, ISAAC, Montreal, Canada, 2008
Community input
Below are links to articles and other writings from community members who are participating in our research. You will also find links to newsletters featuring our research.

Resources for families
Communication supports
We hope you will find these handouts helpful for those with Alzheimer's Disease.
Useful websites
Below you will find links to online resources that we find useful. We encourage research participants and their families to take a look.