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The Alzheimer Society of Ontario (ASO) is the province’s leading care and research charity committed to helping people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias by: * Providing care, support, information and education for people with dementia * Funding research to find a cure * Educating decision-makers about the need for improved health-care services * Increasing awareness about dementia == History == 1983: the Alzheimer Society of Ontario is founded by Madeline Honeyman. After her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Madeline found hundreds of other individuals facing the same issues and problems. She co-founded the Alzheimer Society of Ontario as a way to unify the people who were struggling with the terrible disease. 1989: the Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP) is launched - a collaborative initiative between the Alzheimer Societies across Canada, partners and donors. 1990: the official opening of the Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases established by the University of Toronto with the support of the Alzheimer Society of Ontario. In 1995, Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop at the Tanz Centre would go on to discover two genes, called presenilins, associated with the early onset Alzheimer's disease. 1999: Ontario government announces a provincial Alzheimer Strategy with $68.4 million in funding. 2006: ASO helps launch the (Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange ) (AKE), a web-based forum that links people, ideas and resources to spread the word about innovations in care. 2007: ASO launches (First Link ), a program connecting people with recent diagnoses of dementia to their local society. 2012: ASO completes a commitment to donate $12 million to the Tanz CRND since it was founded in 1990 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alzheimer Society of Ontario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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