Online Message Boards Offer Key Benefits to Constituents

The caregiver forum — mostly made up of family members of people with Alzheimer’s — is the most popular of the organization’s message boards. Kallmyer says the boards offer a number of benefits to participants that in-person support services can’t. They include:

* 24-hour availability. Caregivers, most of whom are pressed for free time, can log in at any time and check the board or ask a question.