Alzheimer Angehörigen-Initiative

Founded in 1993, Alzheimer Angehörigen-Initiative is a non-profit association based in Berlin, Germany working on health, elderly care.

The Alzheimer Angehörigen-Initiative (AAI) is a non-profit association founded in 1993 in Berlin. It supports people caring for relatives with dementia through telephone and in-person counselling, home visits, professionally led support groups, peer support, in-home respite care, group care for people with dementia, and holidays for carers and their relatives. It also runs the online information platform AlzheimerForum and an online self-help group. Its operational services are delivered through a subsidiary, the Alzheimer Angehörigen-Initiative gemeinnützige GmbH, founded in 2010, which is wholly owned by the association. The organisation works mainly in Berlin, with some online activities beyond the city. It reports more than 700 members and is funded by donations, membership fees and service income, including payments from care insurers. It is a member of the Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft and holds the Paritätisches Qualitätssiegel quality seal.