Aging and Disabilities Resource Center
Contact: (253) 798-4600 or 1-800-562-0332
Services: Information and referral to appropriate services. Includes case management, in home care programs, respite programs, day health, housing and more.

Good Samaritan MulitCare ElderCare
Contact: Anita Kent (253) 697-8575
Fax: (253) 697-3731
Services: Home visits to assess and give advice to family members on making client/family safer & more comfortable. Also operates several support groups and facilitates respite placement for up to 10 days in an Adult Family Home, an Assisted Living facility or a Skilled Nursing Facility if caregiver is unable to provide care - provided funding available.

Alzheimer's Resource Centers
Pierce County Aging and Disability Resource Center
3580 Pacific Avenue S., Tacoma
(253) 798-4600
Good Samaritan Eldercare
325 E. Pioneer Ave., Puyallup
(253) 697-8575

Family Caregiver Support Program (Pierce County Aging and Long Term Care)
Contact: (253) 798-4600
Service: Program aims to support the primary, unpaid family caregiver. (1) Provides respite service as needed on a sliding fee scale. (2) Makes available counseling for older adults raising children. (3) Offers housework and errands service. (4) Provides supplemental services including nursing service, medical consultation, specialized transportation, caregiver counseling, bath assistance, and minor adaptive equipment.

GREC - Geriatric Research & Evaluation Clinic
American Lake VA Hospital
Contact: Karen Hyde (253) 583-2033 or (253) 583-2030
Service: Free diagnostic testing, medical evaluation, and resource referral for adults (veterans & non-veterans) with suspected Alzheimer's disease or other memory disorder.
Some people are invited to participate in (paid) follow up studies.

Alzheimer's Association, Western & Central Washington Chapter
Location: 100 W. Harrison Street, West Tower - Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98119
Contact: (800) 848-7097 or www.alzwa.org
Service: Provides Alzheimer's information to individuals, family caregivers, professional caregivers and health and human services professionals. 24-Hour Helpline. More than 100 support groups in western and central Washington. Education and training for professional caregivers, Community presentations. Newsletter. Access to testing, treatment options and new medical advances. Free care consultant available to Tacoma/Pierce County residents. Resource Center and lending library with books, videos, brochures, articles on a variety of topics related to Alzheimer's disease and related memory loss disorders.

Alzheimer's Society of Washington
Location: P. O. Box 4107, Bellingham, WA 98227
Contact: (360) 671-3316 or (800) 493-3959
Fax: (360) 715-9940
alz@alzwa.com or www.alzwa.com
Service: Provides Alzheimer's information and education. Also operates a series of support groups and classes in Northwest Washington. Newsletter. Conducts a major conference in Bellingham in October. Operates a lending library and also provides book sales.