Online Message Boards Offer Key Benefits to Constituents

Online message boards offer myriad benefits to constituents in search of support, information and community. Key to the success of a message board is a core group of people that can be relied on to keep conversations moving.

The Alzheimer’s Association, a voluntary health organization dedicated to finding prevention methods, treatments and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, offers constituents a host of online message boards and chat rooms where they can share their thoughts and experiences, ask colleagues questions, and make friends. The message boards are grouped by topic and include a board for people living with Alzheimer’s disease, a forum for caregivers, a health professional’s forum, a forum for Spanish-speaking constituents, an Alzheimer’s Association news forum, and a board focused on medications/treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, among other things.