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Alzheimeralliansen

Lillestrøm, Norway

HealthMental health
NGOFounded 2025
Profile last updated: August 5, 2026

About

Founded in 2025, Alzheimeralliansen is a non-governmental organisation based in Lillestrøm, Norway working on health, mental health.

Alzheimeralliansen is a non-profit network and project in Norway that works to improve the living conditions of people with Alzheimer's disease and their relatives. It was established in April 2025 by Trine Hauger and Per Gunnar Opheim together with Samskapingslabben, and brings together people with Alzheimer's, relatives, professionals, researchers and municipalities. The network offers courses, conversation groups, information and support, and promotes a strengths-based, recovery-oriented approach to dementia care that emphasises hope, coping and social participation. Activities have taken place in Lillestrøm and Horten, in collaboration with local municipalities. It also aims to reduce stigma through more inclusive language about the disease.

Location

Lillestrøm, Norway

Founded

2025

Organisation type

NGO

Focus areas

Alzheimerdemensrecoverystyrkebasert tilnærminglivsmestringpårørende

Languages

NO

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthMental health

Works for

PatientsCarers

How they work

Direct servicesAwareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

Samtalegrupper for livsmestring med Alzheimers sykdom

Mental health · Norway

Four-evening conversation groups for people in an early phase of Alzheimer's and their close relatives, focused on hope and coping. Held in Lillestrøm and Horten in autumn 2025, using principles from the ABC for good mental health campaign.

Kurs: Et meningsfylt liv med Alzheimer, mestring og håp

Health · Norway

Course for people living with Alzheimer's or another dementia in an early phase, and their relatives, drawing on positive psychology, recovery and the experience of people with a dementia diagnosis.

Countries of operation

Norway

Funding & support

Funded by

Grants

Ways to support

MembershipShop

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

Breddegave

Sparebank 1 Sør-Norge2025

Partnerships

Samskapingslabben, Horten kommune, Lillestrøm kommune, Vestfold fylkeskommune, Sparebank 1 Sør-Norge

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