JOIN BRAINGUIDE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
AWARENESS TOOLKIT
JOIN BRAINGUIDE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
AWARENESS TOOLKIT
Welcome Letter: How BrainGuide Helps Combat Alzheimer’s Disease
Dear Partner,
BrainGuide is free and easy to access – in English and Spanish – online or over the phone. It provides memory questionnaires that you can take on behalf of yourself or someone you care about. Once the questionnaire is complete, BrainGuide offers a set of tailored resources based on the answers you provided.
We invite you to share information about BrainGuide with the communities you serve, using the materials provided in this Awareness Toolkit. This toolkit includes both digital and creative files, as well as instructions for printing collateral for your own use.
Alzheimer’s Disease: Key Facts
With 60% of Alzheimer’s cases in patients over 65 years old going unrecognized, we know that there are millions of people nationwide worried about brain health, and we want to reach as many of them as possible.
- Approximately 6.2 million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s disease
- More than 1 in 9 people age 65 and older in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias have a higher prevalence among women: 65% of Alzheimer’s patients are women
- According to data from Chicago Health and Aging Project [CHAP] study, there is a greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease among Black and Latino communities. 18.6% of Blacks and 14% of Hispanics age 65 and older have Alzheimer’s disease compared with 10% of White older adults.
How Does Raising Alzheimer’s Awareness Help?
Driving awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and resources is the first step in combating this health crisis. As the general public becomes more aware of the signs and symptoms, earlier detection will become more likely.
BrainGuide provides resources your community can use to determine the next best step in managing their or a loved one's brain health or memory concerns. By leveraging this awareness toolkit, you can help be a part of the solution.
What’s Included in the Alzheimer’s Awareness Toolkit:
Digital Tools: The following digital tools should make it easy to share messages on social media, through your website and digital newsletters and emails. Descriptions of each item can be found on their respective pages.
Print Collateral: The following printable materials should make it easy to share messages in person, through direct mail, or placement within offices. Descriptions of each item can be found on their respective pages.
UsAgainstAlzheimer’s exists to conquer Alzheimer’s disease. We take on the toughest problems; bring all of Us together to break down barriers; advocate for research that will speed treatments to market; and drive changes that matter most to people living with the disease. The unquestionable complexity of this challenge to stop Alzheimer’s disease fuels our determination to overcome it. We will not rest until brain span equals life span – for everyone.
Widgets & Upload Instructions
BrainGuide widgets, available in 4 different sizes and styles, are art files that can be directly uploaded to your website to link your audiences to BrainGuide. Outlined below are two options to implement the widgets on your website: one with and one without HTML coding.
OPTION 1: Image & Link
Choose from the selection of widgets provided below and then access a downloadable file by clicking on the selected widget. Next, link the image to MyBrainGuide.org.
OPTION 2: Embedded HTML Code
Choose an image and embed its HTML code into your website. This option will automatically link to MyBrainGuide.org
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BrainGuide and Alzheimer’s Awareness Copy for Website, Newsletter, or Blog
Listed below are long form and condensed messaging options that can be used universally within your organization’s newsletters, blogs, or website pages. Feel free to directly copy and paste these messages, or tailor them to meet your needs.
Please contact us if you are interested in a tailored guest blog on BrainGuide or tailored Alzheimer’s awareness resources for your audience.
BrainGuide Long Form Copy
BrainGuide by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s is a first-of-its-kind platform that empowers people with knowledge and resources to take the best next steps in managing their own or a loved one’s brain health.
BrainGuide can help whether you’re interested in protecting your brain health, you’ve been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s disease, or you’re concerned about a family member.
BrainGuide begins with an automated, confidential, self-administered memory questionnaire, developed with input from memory experts, that can be taken on behalf of yourself or someone you care about. Once you complete the questionnaire, BrainGuide offers tailored education and resources to help you find the best next steps in your or a loved one’s brain health journey. BrainGuide does not provide a diagnosis.
UsAgainstAlzheimer’s worked in close collaboration with medical, technology, and industry experts to innovate and carefully create BrainGuide, and was developed with in-kind and financial support from Biogen. The platform runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), using state-of-the-art technologies to power the memory questionnaire capability and make it available to anyone with a telephone or internet access. BrainGuide is part of the long-term commitment from UsAgainstAlzheimer’s to ensuring that no one is lost to Alzheimer’s disease.
[Organization name] is pleased to share this platform, and we encourage you to take the first step in acting on your brain health today by visiting MyBrainGuide.org or calling 855-272-4641.
BrainGuide Condensed Copy
BrainGuide by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s offers tailored resources to help you find the best next steps in your or a loved one’s brain health journey. It can help whether you’re interested in protecting your brain health, you’ve been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s disease, or you’re concerned about a family member.
BrainGuide is free and easy-to-access – in English and Spanish – online at www.mybrainguide.org and by phone at 855-272-4641. The platform provides automated, confidential, memory questionnaires that can be self-administered or taken as a caregiver. Once the questionnaire is complete, BrainGuide offers tailored resources based on the answers provided. Privacy is protected, and responses are not recorded or shared with anyone other than the individual completing the questionnaire. BrainGuide is not intended to diagnose or make treatment recommendations regarding Alzheimer’s or any other disease. BrainGuide was developed with in-kind and financial support from Biogen.
Key Messages
This Key Messaging document consists of simplified language about BrainGuide that is geared toward consumers, who might not know as much about brain health or Alzheimer’s disease. Use these messages to tell your audience more about BrainGuide and raise Alzheimer’s awareness.
Top Line Message
Are you worried about your brain health and memory or that of a loved one? BrainGuide™ by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s can help. We offer confidential memory questionnaires and tailored resources so that you can take the best next steps with confidence, no matter where you are in your journey.
CORE MESSAGES: Describing BrainGuide
About BrainGuide
BrainGuide is free and easy-to-access – in English and Spanish – online at MyBrainGuide.org and by phone at 855-272-4641. BrainGuide provides memory questionnaires that you can take on behalf of yourself or someone you care about. Once the questionnaire is complete, BrainGuide offers a set of tailored resources based on the answers you provide. Privacy is protected, and responses are not recorded or shared with anyone. BrainGuide does not provide a diagnosis, only a doctor can do that with more information.
BrainGuide includes free, easy-to-access, and confidential memory questionnaires – taken over the phone or online in English or Spanish. The questionnaires can be for you or someone you spend a lot of time with and are worried about. Once you complete the questionnaire, BrainGuide suggests tailored resources based on your answers. Resources may include tips for keeping your brain healthy, information about Alzheimer’s disease screening and detection, ideas for how to raise the topic with your loved ones and providers, and links to local resources. BrainGuide will help you take the first steps in your brain health journey with confidence.
Additional BrainGuide Key Points
BrainGuide by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s was created to help people of all ages and from all communities understand brain health and Alzheimer’s disease, and it empowers you to take action.
BrainGuide provides a wide variety of resources for people seeking to manage their brain health, people worried about their own memory or the memory of someone they love, and those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease.
BrainGuide was created by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s – a leading advocacy organization that exists to conquer Alzheimer’s disease and will not rest until brain span equals life span for everyone. BrainGuide was developed with in-kind and financial support from Biogen.
BrainGuide is a platform that offers confidential memory questionnaires – taken over the phone or online in English or Spanish – followed by tailored education and resources based on the answers provided. The memory questionnaires do not provide a diagnosis.
How to Use BrainGuide:
BrainGuide offers tailored resources to help you find the best next steps in your own or a loved one’s brain health journey. It can help whether you’re interested in protecting your brain health, you’ve been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s disease, or you’re concerned about a family member.
BrainGuide Postcard
This BrainGuide postcard is perfect for any direct distribution needs, whether it be through mail or in person. It contains concise information on what BrainGuide is and offers, as well as a QR code so your constituents can easily access BrainGuide at MyBrainGuide.org.
Printing instructions:The postcard is intended to print double sided and in color, on 4 x 6-inch paper. 130#, smooth white cover stock paper is recommended.
Click on the image to access a downloadable file.
BrainGuide Flyer
The BrainGuide flyer contains information on BrainGuide, what it is, what kind of information a user can expect to find, and how to access it. The flyer includes a QR code so constituents can easily access BrainGuide. Distribution possibilities include in person, direct mail, and scaling it to digital poster ads within your office space.
Printing instructions: The flyer is intended to print one sided and in color, on 8.5 x 11-inch paper.
Click on the image to access a downloadable file.
1-Pager
Our BrainGuide 1-pager is a document with extensive information on BrainGuide, what it is, what it offers and how to access it. The 1-pager includes a QR code so constituents can easily access BrainGuide. Distribution possibilities include direct handouts to employees, placement in offices, and posting in bulletins, etc.
Printing instructions: The 1-pager is intended to print one sided and in color, on 8.5-by-11- inch paper.
Click on the image to access a downloadable file.
© UsAgainstAlzheimer's 2024
© UsAgainstAlzheimer's 2024
Social Toolkit for Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness
Here are sample messages to help your organization promote BrainGuide across Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. You can copy and paste the messages below or tailor them to meet your needs – feel free to include any of the images in your posts, which are linked below.
We also invite you to highlight BrainGuide on any and all of the following awareness days throughout the year:
Getting Started: Follow BrainGuide on Social Media
Engage with BrainGuide social content coming from the accounts listed above.
Click here to access our social images and logos sized for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Social Media Content
We have provided sample content for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.Twitter
BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlz is a platform that helps you navigate your #brainhealth journey, with a confidential memory questionnaire and tailored resources. Start today by visiting MyBrainGuide.org. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
More than 1 in 9 people age 65+ in the U.S. has #Alzheimers disease. That’s why we have partnered with BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlz to help you take action in your or a loved one’s #brainhealth journey. Learn more at MyBrainGuide.org #MyBrainGuide
Looking for help managing your or your loved one’s #brainhealth? Take the first step with BrainGuide, the first-of-its-kind, easy-to-access platform by @UsAgainstAlz, by visiting MyBrainGuide.org or calling 855-272-4641. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
Alzheimer’s disease is a major health crisis with an estimated 6.2 million people in the U.S. living with #Alzheimers today. If you have memory concerns about yourself or a loved one BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlz can help you find the best next steps. Visit MyBrainGuide.org.
With greater understanding of the importance of brain health and growing public awareness of #Alzhiemers disease, BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlz is helping people take meaningful action in their brain health journey. Find out more at MyBrainGuide.org #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
Facebook
BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer's is a first-of-its-kind platform that empowers people with knowledge and resources to take the best next steps in managing their own or a loved one’s brain health. BrainGuide helps people get started with confidence, wherever they are, on their brain health journey. Take the first step by visiting MyBrainGuide.org or by calling 855-272-4641. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
Did you know that more than 1 in 9 people age 65+ in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s is the only top-10 cause of death in the U.S. with no known cure. That’s why we have partnered with BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer's to help you take action in your or a loved one’s brain health journey. Learn more at MyBrainGuide.org #MyBrainGuide
BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer's is a first-of-its-kind platform that empowers people with knowledge and resources to take the best next steps in managing their own or a loved one’s brain health. BrainGuide does not provide a diagnosis. UsAgainstAlzheimer’s worked in close collaboration with medical, technology, and industry experts to innovate and carefully create BrainGuide, and was developed with in-kind and financial support from Biogen. The platform runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), using state-of-the-art technologies to power the memory questionnaire capability and make it available to anyone with a telephone or internet access. BrainGuide is part of the long-term commitment from UsAgainstAlzheimer’s to ensuring that no one is lost to Alzheimer’s disease. Take the first step by visiting MyBrainGuide.org or by calling 855-272-4641. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
Alzheimer’s disease is a major health crisis with an estimated 6.2 million people in the U.S. living with Alzheimer’s today. That number is expected to grow to 12.7 million Americans 65+ by 2050. If you have concerns about yours or a loved one’s memory, BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer's can help you find the best next steps. Visit MyBrainGuide.org or call 855-272-4641 today. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
We know that taking steps to confidently manage your own brain health or that of a loved one can be challenging. That’s why we are thrilled to introduce you to BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer's, available in both English and Spanish. With a confidential memory questionnaire followed by tailored education and resources based on the answers you provide, BrainGuide can help you find the best next steps in your or a loved one’s brain health journey. BrainGuide does not provide a diagnosis. Take the first step by visiting MyBrainGuide.org or by calling 855-272-4641. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide.
BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer's provides resources on brain health for people seeking to manage their brain health, people worried about their own memory or the memory of someone they love, and those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease. It is available in English and Spanish and can be accessed online or by phone. Visit MyBrainGuide.org or call 855-272-4641. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
Looking for help managing your or your loved one’s brain health journey? BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer's is a first-of-its-kind platform that empowers people with knowledge and resources to take the best next steps in managing their own or a loved one’s brain health. BrainGuide helps people get started with confidence, wherever they are on their brain health journey. Available in both English and Spanish, visit MyBrainGuide.org or call 855-272-4641. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
LinkedIn
BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer’s is a first-of-its-kind platform that empowers people with knowledge and resources to take the best next steps in managing their own or a loved one’s #brainhealth.
Did you know that more than 1 in 9 people age 65+ in the U.S. are living with #Alzheimers disease? Alzheimer’s is the only top-10 cause of death in the U.S. with no known cure. That’s why we have partnered with BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlzheimer’s to help you take action in your or a loved one’s brain health journey. Learn more at MyBrainGuide.org #MyBrainGuide
BrainGuide can help whether you’re interested in protecting your brain health, you’ve been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or #Alzheimers disease, or you’re concerned about a family member.
BrainGuide begins with an automated, confidential, self-administered memory questionnaire, developed with input from memory experts, that can be taken on behalf of yourself or someone you care about. Once you complete the questionnaire, BrainGuide provides tailored education and resources to help you find the best next steps in your or a loved one’s brain health journey. BrainGuide does not provide a diagnosis.
Alzheimer’s disease is a major health crisis with an estimated 6.2 million people in the U.S. living with #Alzheimers today. That number is expected to grow to 12.7 million Americans 65+ by 2050. If you have concerns about yours or a loved one’s memory, BrainGuide by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s can help you find the best next steps. Visit MyBrainGuide.org or call 855-272-4641 today. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
UsAgainstAlzheimer’s worked in close collaboration with medical, technology, and industry experts to innovate and carefully create BrainGuide, and was developed with in-kind and financial support from Biogen. The platform runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), using state-of-the-art technologies to power the memory questionnaire capability and make it available to anyone with a telephone or internet access. BrainGuide is part of the long-term commitment from UsAgainstAlzheimer’s to ensuring that no one is lost to #Alzheimers disease.
[Organization name] is pleased to share this platform, and we encourage you to take the first step in acting on your brain health today by visiting MyBrainGuide.org or calling 855-272-4641. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
Instagram
We know that taking action on brain health can be difficult. Luckily, BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlz can help, offering tailored resources to help you find the best next steps in your or a loved one’s brain health journey. It can help whether you’re interested in protecting your brain health, you’ve been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s disease, or you’re concerned about a family member. BrainGuide is free, easy-to-access, and available in both English and Spanish. Take the first step by visiting MyBrainGuide.org or by calling 855-272-4641 and sharing your experience with BrainGuide by using #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide.
Did you know that more than 1 in 9 people age 65+ in the U.S. are living with #Alzheimers disease? Alzheimer’s is the only top-10 cause of death in the U.S. with no known cure. That’s why we have partnered with BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlz to help you take action in your or a loved one’s brain health journey. Learn more at MyBrainGuide.org or call 855-272-4641 #MyBrainGuide
Looking for help managing your or your loved one’s #brainhealth? Take the first step with BrainGuide, the first-of-its-kind, easy-to-access platform by @UsAgainstAlz, by visiting MyBrainGuide.org or calling 855-272-4641. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
Alzheimer’s disease is a major health crisis with an estimated 6.2 million people in the U.S. living with #Alzheimers today. That number is expected to grow to 12.7 million Americans 65+ by 2050. If you have concerns about yours or a loved one’s memory, BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlz can help you find the best next steps. Visit MyBrainGuide.org or call 855-272-4641 today. #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide
With greater understanding of the importance of brain health and growing public awareness of #Alzhiemers, BrainGuide by @UsAgainstAlz is helping people take meaningful action in their brain health journey. Find out more at MyBrainGuide.org #TookTheFirstStep #MyBrainGuide