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American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®


eISSN: 19382731 | ISSN: 15333175 | Current volume: 38 | Current issue: 1 Frequency: Yearly
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias® (AJADD) accepts original papers from professionals and researchers on the frontlines of Alzheimer's care, dementia, and clinical depression, including those who deal with Alzheimer's patients every day. AJADD is a peer-reviewed, open access journal. In every issue, you will find down-to-earth clinical information on:

  • The latest research on Alzheimer's disease from the molecular underpinnings of the disease to its associated behaviors.
  • Practical medical, psychiatric, and nursing issues such as assessment and management of problem behaviors, communication difficulties, dealing with delusions and other psychotic features, apathy, effects of physical activity, integrated treatment approaches, new and changing pharmacotherapies, orientation behaviors, and hospice use. AJADD also includes information on management of concurrent medical issues in the patient with dementia.
  • New and forthcoming diagnostic tools such as computerized testing for mild cognitive impairment and other aspects of cognitive testing, as well as high technology resources for sophisticated disease characterization. AJADD also provides information on the clinical features and management of non-Alzheimer's dementias.
  • Psychosocial issues such as dealing with staff caregivers' distress, improving caregivers' communication skills, helping patients and families to deal with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or another dementia, and patients' perceptions and preferences.
  • Practice-oriented clinical research from the frontiers of neurology and genetics, including sleep-wake states, targeting glutamate excitotoxicity, cholesterol and apolipoprotein E, and other aspects of the underlying biology that causes the symptoms of dementia. AJADD also reports on the latest clinical trials that focus on medications for the symptoms of dementia and the disease process.
  • Administrative and legal issues such as coding, consumer evaluation of adult day-care services, cost-effectiveness of special care units, dangerous wandering, end-stage dementia, informed consent, Medicare coverage for cognitively impaired residents, supervision of high-risk fall dementia patients, and vulnerable populations and avoidable hospitalizations.

By 2025, it is estimated that there will be about 34 million people in the world with some form of Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. To stay ahead of the latest research, clinical practices and procedures, and administrative issues, subscribe to American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias® today!

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If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC), currently 2800 USD is payable*. This APC covers the cost of publication and ensures that your article will be freely available online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons licence.


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This journal changed its publication mode from subscription to open access in January 2020. Content from 1999-2019 is hosted free-access. Please see this page for information on reuse rights of archival material. 

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias® (AJADD) offers an open access, multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed, international forum for researchers, physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, nursing home and assisted living administrators, and other healthcare professionals who deal with patients with dementias every day. AJADD publishes original research, case studies and media reviews on all aspects of Alzheimer's and dementia, including:

  • Basic Research
  • Behavior Management
  • Caregiving
  • Communication strategies
  • Evaluation
  • Heredity
  • Long-term care
  • Memory loss
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Psychosocial Issues
  • Recreation and activity
  • Therapy
  • Restraint-free care
  • Special care units
  • Symptom management
Editor-in-Chief
Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang, PhD The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Editorial Board Members
Wassim Elyaman, PhD Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA
Barry B. Zeltzer, PhD BallouLife Communities, USA
Malka Cohen-Armon, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Norman Abeles, PhD Michigan State University, USA
Carmela Abraham, Phd Boston University - School of Medicine, USA
Sally Albrecht, MA President, Activities and Interventions in Dementia, Inc. (AID)
Donna L. Algase, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Francois Boller, MD, PhD George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, USA
Amy R Borenstein, PhD, MPH University of California-San Diego, USA
Heiko Braak, MD University of Ulm, Germany
John CS Breitner, MD. MPH University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Maria T Caserta, PhD, MD University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine, USA
Neelima B Chauhan, PhD University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
Yuzhi Chen, PhD University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Bruce A Citron, PhD VA New Jersey Healthcare System, USA
John Cotter, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
José R. Criado, PhD Scripps Research Institute, USA
Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Neal E. Cutler, PhD American Institute of Financial Gerontology, USA
John F Disterhoft, MD Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
Tomasz Dziedzic, PhD, MD Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Piet Eikelenboom, MD Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Carl Eisdorfer, PhD, MD Duke University School of Medicine, USA
Carol J Farran, DNSc, RN, FAAN Rush University, College of Nursing, USA
Lindsey A Farrer, PhD Boston University School of Medicine, USA
F. Richard Ferraro, PhD University of North Dakota, USA
Maria E Figueiredo-Pereira, PhD CUNY - City University of New York, USA
Alan Fine, PhD Dalhousie University, Canada
Pierluigi Gambetti, MD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA
Cheng-Xin Gong, MD, MS CUNY - City University of New York, USA
Iliana Gozes, PhD Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Steven M Greenberg, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Xianlin Han, PhD UT Health San Antonio, USA
Ying Han, MD, PhD Center of Alzheimer’s Disease, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China
Victor A Henderson, MD, MS Stanford University, USA
Kenneth W Hepburn, PhD Emory University, USA
Yuen-Shan Ho, PhD The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Bradley T Hyman, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Shannon E Jarrott, PhD The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, USA
Henry Ka-Fung Mak, PhD The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Joanne Koenig-Coste, M.Ed Alzheimer Consultant, USA
Daniel Kuhn, MSW University of Michigan School of Social Work, USA
Shupeng Li, PhD Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, China
Mary Lucero Geriatric Resources, Inc.
Colin L Masters, MD Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia
Richard Mayeux, MD, MSc Columbia University, USA
Patrizia Mecocci, MD, PhD University of Perugia, Italy
Rita Moretti, MD University of Trieste, Italy
Paul Raia, PhD Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH Chapter, USA
Stephen A Rappaport, MD Indiana University Health, USA
Barry Reisberg, MD Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York, New York, USA
Gerard D Schellenberg, PhD Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dennis J Selkoe, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
Rebecca Sleeper, PharmD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA
Joan Swearer, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Ian Trounce, PhD Centre for Eye Research Australia, Australia
Magda Tsolaki, MD Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessalonikii, Greece
Christine Van Broeckhoven, MD University of Antwerpen, Belgium
Jian-Zhi Wang, Phd Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Bengt Winblad, MD, PhD Huddinge Hospital, Sweden
Xifei Yang, PhD Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Ying Yang, PhD Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Jeremy Yorgason, PhD Brigham Young University, USA
Steve H Zarit, PhD The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Zaijun Zhang, PhD Jinan University College of Pharmacy, China
Guo-Ging Zheng, MD, PhD The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China
In Memoriam
Gjumrakch Aliev, MD, PhD University of Atlanta, USA
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