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International Resources
Services and resources for families dealing with FTD throughout the world are expanding. Below are resources outside of the U.S. and Canada that provide services to patients and families, as well as professionals.
Argentina
Institute of Cognitive Neurology
Dr. Facundo Manes, Director, Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
The Institute of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology (Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva- INECO), is a state of the art specialist centre for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cognitive and behavioral disorders. It supports a wide range of empirical research in human cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychiatry. The institute offers diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of disorders including Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The institute also provides orientation, support and training to family and caregivers.
En Espanol: http://www.neurologiacognitiva.org/component/k2/itemlist/category/31
Australia
FRONTIER – The Frontotemporal Dementia Research Group
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Professor John Hodges and Dr Olivier Piguet
A clinical research group in Sydney, Australia dedicated to the study of frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) and related disorders, notably motor neuron disease (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).
Alzheimer’s Australia
In February 2009, Alzheimer’s Australia and FRONTIER published Younger Onset Dementia: a Practical Guide which is a comprehensive resource for people facing FTD and other early onset dementias. It is available via the Alzheimer’s Australia website at http://www.alzheimers.org.au/
England
The University College London Institute of Neurology works together with the National Hospital for Neurology
and Neurosurgery to provide evaluation, treatment and care for patients with a range of
neurological disorders, including frontotemporal degeneration. For more information, go to http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/Our+hospitals/National+Hospital+for+Neurology+and+Neurosurgery.htm.
Frontotemporal Dementia Support Group (FTDSG)
The Frontotemporal Dementia Support Group (formerly the Picks Disease Support Group) is a service-based organization whose main aims are to provide information and to support carers of people with frontotemporal degeneration. The group meets several times a year in the United Kingdom and has an annual seminar open to professionals and carers. For more information, visit their website at http://www.ftdsg.org/.
France
Association France-DFT
41, rue de Richelieu
75001 Paris, France
francedft@gmail.com
06 47 77 70 08
www.france-dft.org
La Présidente
Dominique de Blanchard
Lille–Bailleul Memory Center
Centre Medical des Monts de Flandre
Bailleul, France
Florence Pasquier, MD, Ph D. and Florence Lebert, MD, Ph.D, Directors
The Memory Center focuses on the care of people with non-Alzheimer’s dementia including FTD. Services include evaluation, diagnosis, and pharmaceutical treatment, as well as a range of continuing care management such as social care and family support. The center hosts a support group for caregivers and publishes a newsletter with information on FTD/Picks that is available on their website.
For more information on the FTD Unit at the Lille–Bailleul Memory Center, visit their website at http://www.alzheimer-adna.com/DFT/DegenerescenceFT.html
Reference Center for Rare Dementias (Centre de reference des Demences Rares)
IM2A- Federation des maladies du systeme nerveux Lhermitte-Chaslin building
47 boulevard de l’hopital
75651 Paris cedex 13
The Reference Center for Rare Dementias (Centre de reference des Demences Rares) is dedicated to patients affected by frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), primary progressive aphasia (PPA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal degeneration (CBD). The center’s principal objectives are to improve the diagnosis of these diseases and to elaborate a strategy for therapeutic, psychological and social support, adapted to each patient according to his or her pathology.
For more information on the Reference Center for Rare Dementias, visit their website at www.cref-demrares.fr.
Information in French
Voici des feuillets d’information a l’intention des familles et des soignants:
- Les aphasies primaires progressives
- La variante comportementale de la demence frontotemporale
Italy
The Italian Association for Frontotemporal Dementias
AIMFT
Via G. Oberdan 44
25128 Brescia
Italia
The Netherlands
The Alzheimer’s Association- Netherlands
Alzheimer Nederland
Postbus 183
3980 CD Bunnik
T 030 – 659 69 00
Stichting Pick’s Lotgenoten (Foundation of Pick’s Fellow-sufferers)
A website started by Henrik-Jan van der Waal and his brothers after their mother was diagnosed with Pick’s disease to share information and support with others in the same situation. The effort has expanded into a foundation that offers contact to professionals, informational meetings, publications and personal assistance.
www.pick.nl and www.ftdexpertgroep.nl
***If you are aware of other resources that are not listed here please contact us at info@theaftd.org
