About Us

Alzheimer’s Project, Inc. (AP) exists to provide comfort, support, and assistance to persons with memory disorders and their caregivers in the Big Bend area.

At the Alzheimer’s Project, we provide a range of services aimed at supporting caregivers to maintain a decent quality of life while caring for their loved ones, and ensuring those living with dementia experience a comfortable, dignified existence. Our respite care service, or social club, offers caregivers the valuable opportunity to focus on self-care, while our support groups create vital connections within a community of fellow caregivers. Through counseling and caregiver education offerings, we equip care partners with essential tools to understand and assist their loved ones through the progression of the disease. In many instances, our support enables caregivers to keep their loved ones in the familiarity and comfort of their own home.

Helping caregivers sustain a decent quality of life as they care for their loved one.

Serving as a primary resource for communities across the Big Bend as they deal with the financial and emotional devastation wrought by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Providing a comfortable, dignified existence for people suffering from dementia.

In 1991, under the guidance of Reverend John Fletcher, Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church initiated an outreach program known today as the Alzheimer’s Project. This initiative was rooted in the idea of local volunteers assisting families in their own community who were facing the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease.

Formally established as a non-profit organization in 1992, The Alzheimer’s Project of Tallahassee joined forces with the Alzheimer’s Resource Center of Tallahassee in 2007, evolving into The Alzheimer’s Project, Inc. Over the years, the Project has expanded its reach beyond Leon County, now offering support groups across Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Taylor, and Wakulla counties.