Applications Are Being Accepted for the Third Annual Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards

Initiated in 2007, The Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Legacy Award is intended to promote promising practices and stimulate innovation in the field of Alzheimer's caregiving by recognizing and rewarding those efforts which lead the way in addressing the needs of Alzheimer's caregivers.

Three awards of $20,000 each will be awarded to nonprofit organizations, government agencies or universities responding to a community need with a program or project which focuses primarily on family/informal caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

One award will be granted in each of three categories:

(1) Creative Expression,
(2) Policy and Advocacy and
(3) Diverse/Multicultural Communities.

The application deadline is 5 p.m. Pacific Time August 12, 2010.

To learn more about this award and to download an application, please go to http://caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=2188