New Jersey Resources

2-1-1 Non-Emergency – Click this link to search the database, or call 211 on your phone to get information and referrals on a variety of services, including: food banks, clothing closets, rental and utility assistance, adult or child day care, transportations services for the disabled, tutoring, Meals on Wheels, insurance, interventions for drug and alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, job training, and much more.   This site and phone number will also provide emergency information about local problems such as floods and highway closures.

Alzheimer's Association: Greater NJ Chapter - Find out what this organization offers folks in New Jersey.

Alzheimer's Disease - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital offers this information.

Alzheimer’s Prevention and Treatment with Estrogens - The UMDNJ Healthful Life e-newsletter discusses recent reports on the use of estrogen to prevent Alzheimer's disease.

The Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials Database includes clinical trials on Alzheimer's disease and dementia currently in progress at centers throughout the U.S. You can also learn how to participate in drug trials, sign up to receive updates on new trials, and get information on drug development. To find information specific to NJ click on Map of Sites and choose NJ.

Comprehensive Services on Aging (COPSA) Institute for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders - The COPSA Institute for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders is a program of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) - University Behavioral HealthCare (UBHC) and the UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) Department of Psychiatry, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. This site outlines the comprehensive geriatric mental health services that COPSA provides New Jersey's older adults and their family members. This site provides telephone numbers and contact information for New Jersey's older adult population.

Find a NJ Doctor:New Jersey Health Care Profile - This site includes information on all doctors who are actively licensed and currently permitted to practice medicine or podiatry in New Jersey. The website can be searched to locate doctors practicing in a particular area or hospital. The profiles contain information about a doctor's education, training, and medical practice.

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services - Click here to view the Department's alphabetic list of health-related topics, programs and services. The site changes often so use the site search option to look for your topic or your browser Find option to search for a word or phrase.

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services: Aging and Community Services - Find out what services New Jersey offers to their aging citizens.

NJ Self-Help Group Clearinghouse - Assists people in finding, forming and learning about self-help groups at a local level. The Self-Help Group Directory is an annual publication that identifies group information at the county level. This title can be found at most public libraries.