List of Acronyms Used Regarding Alzheimer's

This list gives you the acronym and meaning for words and terms found throughout documents on this site, as well as other acronyms used in the Alzheimer's community.^{See * below}

PLEASE NOTE: Some acronyms may stand for more than one phrase. We will soon add more information (URLs, definitions/descriptions) for each acronym.

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3MS	Modified Mini-Mental State Examination
4-HNE	4-Hydroxynonenal

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A [AA, AB, AC, AD, AF, AG, AH, AI, AL, AM, AO, AP, AR, AS, AT, AV, AW]

[ AA ]
A4	Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's
AA	Alzheimer's Association	Website: https://alz.org/
AA	Arachidonic Acid
AAA	Area Agency on Aging
AAAS	American Association for the Advancement of Science	Website: https://www.aaas.org/
AACD	Aging-Associated Cognitive Decline
AADMD	American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry	Website: http://aadmd.org/
AAGP	American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry	Website: http://www.aagponline.org/
AAIC	Alzheimer's Association International Conference
AAIDD	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities	Website: http://aaidd.org/
AAMI	Age-Associated Memory Impairment
AAN	American Academy of Neurology	Website: https://www.aan.com/
AAPI	Asian American and Pacific Islander
AAR	Alliance for Aging Research	Website: https://www.agingresearch.org/
AARI	Alzheimer's Association of Rhode Island	Website: https://www.alz.org/ri/
AARC	Active Aging Research Center
[ AB ]
ABC	Aging Brain Care program Antecedent, Behavior and Consequence
ABC-DS	Alzheimer's Biomarker Consortium - Down Syndrome
ABCN	American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology	Website: https://theabcn.org/
ABFM	American Board of Functional Medicine
ABI	Ankle-Brachial Index
[ AC ]
ACA	Affordable Care Act Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
ACBN	American Clinical Board of Nutrition	Website: http://www.acbn.org/
ACDC	Assisting Caregivers with Dementia Care
ACE	Angiotensin 1 Converting Enzyme
ACF	HHS Administration for Children and Families	Website: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/
ACL	HHS Administration for Community Living	Website: https://www.acl.gov/
ACM	Asian Consortium for Microorganisms
ACO	Accountable Care Organization
ACT-AD	Accelerate Care/Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
ACTC	Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium
ACTIVE	Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly trial
[ AD ]
AD	Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia
AD/ADRD	Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
AD/D	Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
AD-MI	Alzheimer's Disease Measurement Improvement
AD-PCPRN	Alzheimer's Disease Patient and Caregiver-Powered Research Network
AD8	Ascertain Dementia 8 interview
ADAC	Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Center
ADAD	Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease
ADAPT	Alzheimer's Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial
ADAS-Cog	Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale
ADC	Alzheimer's Disease Center
ADCS	Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study
ADCSI	Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Support Initiative
ADD	HHS Administration on Developmental Disabilities (now the Administration on Disabilities)	Website: https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/administration-disabilities
ADDF	Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation	Website: https://www.alzdiscovery.org/
ADDLC	Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Leadership Council
ADEAR	Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral center
ADEPT	Adult Development and Enrichment Project
ADGC	Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium
ADHC	Adult Day Health Care
ADHD	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADI	Alzheimer's Disease Initiative Alzheimer's Disease International
ADI-SSS	Alzheimer's Disease Initiative - Specialized Supportive Services
ADL	Activity of Daily Living
ADMET	Alzheimer's Disease Methylphenidate Trial
ADNI	Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
ADRC	Aging and Disability Resource Center
ADRD	Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia(s) Alzheimer's and Related Disorders
ADRDA	Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association
ADRS	Alzheimer's Disease Research Summit
ADS	Adult Day Services
ADSP	Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project
ADSSP	Alzheimer's Disease Supportive Services Program
ADWG	Alzheimer's Disease Working Group
[ AF ]
AFA	Alzheimer's Foundation of America	Website: https://alzfdn.org/
AFTD	Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration	Website: https://www.theaftd.org/
[ AG ]
AGS	American Geriatrics Society	Website: https://www.americangeriatrics.org/
[ AH ]
AHCA	American Health Care Association	Website: https://www.ahcancal.org/Pages/Default.aspx
AHRQ	HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	Website: https://www.ahrq.gov/
[ AI ]
AIDD	ACF Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (now the Administration on Disabilities)	Website: https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/administration-disabilities
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIM	Advanced Illness Management program Alzheimer's Impact Movement
AIRS	Alliance of Information and Referral Systems	Website: https://www.airs.org/
[ AL ]
ALF	Assisted Living Facility
ALFA	Assisted Living Federation of America
ALS	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ALSA	ALS Association	Website: http://www.alsa.org/
AlzCAP	Alzheimer's Community Assistance Program
[ AM ]
AMA	American Medical Association	Website: https://www.ama-assn.org/
AMA-PCPI	American Medical Association Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement
aMCI	Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
AMP	Accelerating Medicines Partnership
AMP-AD	Accelerating Medicines Partnership - Alzheimer's Disease
[ AO ]
AoA (or AOA)	HHS / ACL Administration on Aging	Website: https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/administration-aging
AORP	Alzheimer's Disease Outreach and Registry Program
AOTA	American Occupational Therapy Association	Website: https://www.aota.org/
[ AP ]
APA	American Psychological Association	Website: http://www.apa.org/
API	Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative
APM	Alternative Payment Model
ApoE	Apolipoprotein E protein
APOE	Apolipoprotein E gene
APOE e4	Epsilon 4 allele of the Apolipoprotein E gene
APP	Amyloid Precursor Protein
APS	Adult Protective Service
APSC	Area Planning and Services Committee
[ AR ]
AR	Adrenoreceptor
ARA	Alzheimer's Resource of Alaska	Website: http://www.alzalaska.org/
ARC	Ambulatory Research in Cognition
ARCD	Alzheimer's and Related Cognitive Diseases
ARIC	Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study
ARIC-NCS	Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study
ARTFL	Advancing Research and Treatment for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
[ AS ]
ASA	Acetylsalicylate (aspirin)
ASA	Aging Society of America	Website: http://www.asaging.org/
ASD	Oklahoma Aging Services Division	Website: http://www.okdrs.org/guide/oklahoma-department-human-services-aging-services-division
ASG	Alzheimer's Disease Study Group
ASPA	HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	Website: https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/aspa/index.html
ASPE	HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation	Website: https://aspe.hhs.gov/
ASPR	HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response	Website: https://www.phe.gov/preparedness/pages/default.aspx
ASTHO	Association of State and Territorial Health Officials	Website: http://www.astho.org/
[ AT ]
ATRI	Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute
[ AV ]
AVLT	Auditory Verbal Learning Test
[ AW ]
AWV	Annual Wellness Visit

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B [BA, BC, BD, BE, BH, BI, BL, BM, BN, BP, BR, BS, BV]

[ BA ]
BACE1	Beta-secretase 1
BAS	Brief Alzheimer's Screen
[ BC ]
BCAT	Brief Cognitive Assessment Tool
BCN	Beneficiaries with Complex Needs
[ BD ]
BDI	Beck Depression Inventory
BDNF	Brain-Derived Neurotropic Factor
[ BE ]
BEI	Beneficiary Engagement and Incentives models
[ BH ]
BHR	Brain Health Registry
[ BI ]
BIO	Biotechnology Industry Organization
[ BL ]
BLR&D	Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development
[ BM ]
BMI	Body Mass Index
[ BN ]
BNT	Boston Naming Test
[ BP ]
BP	Blood Pressure
BPSD	Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
[ BR ]
BRAIN	Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies
BRFSS	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
[ BS ]
BSD	Biology of Sex Differences
BSL	Brookdale Senior Living
BSRT	Babcock Story Recall Test
[ BV ]
bvFTD	Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Degeneration
BVRT	Benton Visual Retention Test

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C [CA, CB, CC, CD, CE, CF, CG, CH, CI, CL, CM, CN, CO, CP, CQ, CR, CS, CT, CV]

[ CA ]
C5R	Consortium of Canadian Centers for Clinical Cognitive Research
CACIR	Center for Alzheimer's Care, Imaging and Research
CAD	Coronary Artery Disease
CADRO	Common Alzheimer's Disease Research Ontology
CAHPS	Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CALA	California Assisted Living Association
CAM	Complementary and Alternative Medicine
CAMD	Coalition Against Major Diseases
CANTAB	Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery
CAP	Collaboration for Alzheimer's Prevention
CAPC	Center to Advance Palliative Care
CARIE	Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly
CART	Collaborative Aging (in Place) Research using Technology initiative
CASI	Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument
CASPP	Caregiver and Study Partner Portal
CATD	Clinical Alzheimer's-Type Dementia
[ CB ]
CBAS	Community-Based Adult Services
CBCN	Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition
CBD	Chronic Brain Disorder Corticobasal Degeneration
CBO	Community-Based Organization
CBPR	Community-Based Participatory Research
[ CC ]
CCA	Care Coordinator Assistant
CCAL	Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living
CCCM	Chronic Care Management
CCNA	Canadian Consortium on Neurodengeneration in Aging
CCRC	Continuing Care Retirement Community
CCSQ	HHS / CMS Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
CCTP	Community-based Care Transitions Program
[ CD ]
CDC	HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDCM	Certified Dementia Care Manager
CDER	HHS / FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
CDISC	Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium
CDR	Clinical Dementia Rating
CDR-SB	Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes
[ CE ]
CE	Continuing Education
CEAD	Centers of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease
CEAL	Center for Excellence in Assisted Living
CED	Coverage with Evidence Development
CEE	Conjugated Equine Estrogen
CELA	Certified Elder Law Attorney
CEOi	Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer's Disease
CER	Comparative Effectiveness Research
CERAD	Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease
CERT	Center on Effective Rehabilitation Technology
CES-D	Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale
CEU	Continuing Education Unit
[ CF ]
CFH	Cognitive Functional Hardship
CFPB	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CFRDT	Certified First Responder Dementia Trainer
[ CG ]
CGEP	Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program
[ CH ]
CHD	Coronary Heart Disease
CHF	Congestive Heart Failure
CHILA	Community Health Improvement and Leadership Academies
CHIP	Children's Health Insurance Program
CHIT	Consumer Health Information Technology
CHS	Cardiovascular Health Study
CHW	Community Health Worker
[ CI ]
CI	Confidence Interval Cognitive Impairment
CIHR	Canadian Institute of Health Research
CIND	Cognitive Impairment Not Demented
CIRB	Centralized Institutional Review Board
[ CL ]
CLC	Community Living Center
CLSA	Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
CLTCEC	California Long-Term Care Education Center
[ CM ]
CMCS	HHS / CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
CME	Continuing Medical Education Office of Continuing Medical Education (University of Virginia)
CMHPC	California Mental Health Planning Council
CMMI	HHS / CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
CMP	Civil Monetary Penalty
CMS	HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMT	Contract Management Team
[ CN ]
CNA	Certified Nursing Aide
CNCS	Corporation for National and Community Service
CNS	Central Nervous System
[ CO ]
COA	Clinical Outcome Assessment
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPE	Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environment
COTR	Contract Officer's Technical Representative
COWA	Controlled Oral Word Association test
[ CP ]
CP	Care Partner
CPC+	Comprehensive Primary Care Plus
CPT	Current Procedural Terminology
[ CQ ]
CQUIN	Commissioning for Quality and Innovation framework
[ CR ]
CREATE	Collaborative Research to Enhance Transformation and Excellence
CRECH	University of Michigan Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health
CRP	C-Reactive Protein
CRPD	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
[ CS ]
CSF	Cerebrospinal Fluid
CSI	Caregiver Strain Index
CSI-D	Community Screening Interview for Dementia
CSP	Cooperative Studies Program
CSR&D	Clinical Sciences Research and Development
CSWE	Council on Social Work Education
[ CT ]
CT	Computed Tomography scan
[ CV ]
CVA	Cerebrovascular Accident
CVD	Cardiovascular Disease
CVLT	California Verbal Learning Test

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D [DA, DB, DC, DD, DE, DF, DH, DI, DL, DM, DN, DO, DP, DS, DW]

[ DA ]
D-SNP	Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan
DALTCP	HHS / ASPE Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy
DALY	Disability-Adjusted Life-Years
DASH	Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
[ DB ]
dbGaP	Data Base of Genotypes and Phenotypes
DBP	Diastolic Blood Pressure
[ DC ]
DCM	Dementia Care Manager
DCN	Dementia Caregiving Network
DCT	Digit Cancellation Test
[ DD ]
DDAct	Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
DDC	Arizona Developmental Disability Council
DDNA	Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
DDT	Drug Development Tool
[ DE ]
DES	Directed Enhanced Service
DET	VA Dementia Education and Training Committee
[ DF ]
DFA	Dementia Friendly American
DFC	Dementia Friendly Community
DFO	Designated Federal Official
[ DH ]
DHA	Docosahexaenoic Acid
DHEA	Dehydroepiandosterone
DHS	state Department of Health Services
DHP-CCB	Dihydropyridine-Calcium Channel Blockers
[ DI ]
DIAN	Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network
DIAN-TU	Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Network Trials Unit
DIAN-TTU	Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Network-Therapeutic Trials Unit
DICE	Describe, Inbestigate, Create and Evaluate algorithm
[ DL ]
DLB	Dementia with Lewy Bodies
[ DM ]
DM	Diabetes Mellitus
[ DN ]
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNP	HHS / FDA / CDER Division of Neurology Products
DNR	Do Not Resuscitate
[ DO ]
DO	Doctor of Osteopathy
DoA (or DOA)	U.S. Department of the Army
DoD (or DOD)	U.S. Department of Defense
DoE (or DOE)	U.S. Department of Education
DoJ (or DOJ)	U.S. Department of Justice
DoL (or DOL)	U.S. Department of Labor
DoN (or DON)	U.S. Department of the Navy
DoT (or DOT)	U.S. Department of Transportation
[ DP ]
DPP	Diabetes Prevention Program FDA Division of Psychiatry Products
[ DS ]
DS	Down Syndrome
DSA	Dementia Society of America
DSC	VA Dementia Steering Committee
DSM	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSRTF	Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation
DSST	Digit Symbol Substitution Test
[ DW ]
DWR	Delayed Word Recall
DWS	Dementia Warning Signs

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E [EA, EC, ED, EE, EH, EJ, EL, EM, EP, ES, EU, EW, EX]

[ EA ]
EARDA	Estramural Associates Research Development Award
[ EC ]
ECCO	European Culture Collections' Organisation
eCQM	Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
[ ED ]
ED	Emergency Department
[ EE ]
EEOC	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EERP	EmFinders Elopement Risk Program
EES	VA Employee Education System
[ EH ]
EHR	Electronic Health Record
[ EJ ]
EJA	Elder Justice Act
EJCC	Elder Justice Coordinating Council
[ EL ]
eLTSS	Electronic Long-Term Services and Supports
[ EM ]
EMA	European Medicines Agency
EML	Early Memory Loss
EMR	Electronic Medical Record
EMT	Emergency Medical Technician
[ EP ]
EPA	Eicosapentaenoic Acid
EPC	Evidence-based Practice Center
EPI-COG	European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition - Cognition Consortium
[ ER ]
ER	Emergency Room
[ ES ]
ESP	Evidence-based Synthesis Program
[ EU ]
EU	European Union
[ EW ]
EWA	Eldercare Workforce Alliance
[ EX ]
EXERT	Exercise in Adults with Mild Memory Problems trial

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F [FA, FB, FD, FE, FF, FI, FL, FN, FO, FT, FY]

[ FA ]
FACA	Federal Advisory Committee Act
FAQ	Frequently Asked Question
[ FB ]
FBO	Faith-Based Organization
[ FD ]
FDA	HHS Food and Drug Administration
[ FE ]
FE	Frail Elderly
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
[ FF ]
FFRDC	Federally Funded Research and Development Center
FFS	Fee-For-Service
FFY	Federal Fiscal Year
[ FI ]
FINGER	Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability trial
[ FL ]
FLSA	Fair Labor Standards Act
[ FN ]
FNIH	Foundation for the NIH
[ FO ]
FOA	Funding Opportunity Announcement
[ FT ]
FTD	Frontotemporal Degeneration Frontotemporal Dementia
FTD/ALS	Frontotemporal Degeneration/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease)
FTDDR	Frontotemporal Degeneration Disorders Registry
FTE	Full-Time Equivalent
FTT	Finger Tapping Test
[ FY ]
FY	Fiscal Year

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G [GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, GO, GP, GR, GS, GT, GW]

[ GA ]
GAAIN	Global Alzheimer's Association Interactive Network
GACA	Geriatric Academic Career Awards
GAP	Global Alzheimer's Platform
GARDY	Georgia Alzheimer's and Related Dementias
[ GB ]
GBD	Global Burden of Disease
[ GC ]
GCAD	Genomic Center for Alzheimer's Disease
[ GD ]
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GDS	Geriatric Depression Scale
[ GE ]
GEC	Geriatric Education Center
GEE	Generalized Estimated Equations
GEM	Geriatric Evaluation and Management
[ GO ]
GOC	Goals of Care
[ GP ]
GP	General Practitioner
[ GR ]
GRADE	Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
GRECC	Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center
[ GS ]
GSA	Gerontological Society of America
[ GT ]
GTPD	Geriatric Training for Physicians, Dentists, and Behavioral and Mental Health Providers
[ GW ]
GWAS	Genome-Wide Association Study
GWEP	Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program

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H [HA, HB, HC, HD, HE, HF, HH, HI, HL, HM, HO, HP, HR, HS, HT, HU]

[ HA ]
HAN	CDC Healthy Aging Research Network
HAVA	Help America Vote Act
[ HB ]
HbA1c	Glycosylated Hemoglobin
HBI	Healthy Brain Initiative
HBPC	Home Based Primary Care
HBRN	Healthy Brain Research Network
[ HC ]
HCBS	Home and Community-Based Services
HCC	Hierarchical Condition Categories
HCFAC	Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control
HCIA	Health Care Innovation Award
HCPCS	Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
[ HD ]
HD	Health Disparity
HDDS	Hasegawa Dementia Screening Scale
HDL	High Density Lipoprotein
HDL-C	High Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol
HDRS	Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
[ HE ]
HEDIS	Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
[ HF ]
HFFQ	Harvard Food Frequency Questionnaire
[ HH ]
HHS	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
[ HI ]
HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIT	Health Information Technology
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
[ HL ]
HL7	Health Level Seven International
[ HM ]
HMD	NAS Health and Medicine Division
HMG-CoA	3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarly-coenzyme A
HMO	Health Maintenance Organization
[ HO ]
HOPE	Health Outcomes Planning and Evaluation Act
[ HP ]
HPEB	South Carolina Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
[ HR ]
HR	Hazard Ratio
HRA	Health Risk Assessment
HRS	Health and Retirement Study
HRSA	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
HRT	Hormone Replacement Therapy
[ HS ]
HSA	Health Scientist Administrator
HSR&D	Health Services Research and Development
[ HT ]
HTN	Hypertension
[ HU ]
HUD	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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I [IA, IB, IC, ID, IE, IG, IH, IL, IM, IN, IO, IP, IQ, IR, IS]

[ IA ]
I-AADAPT	Identify and Address Alzheimer's and Dementia in Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through Prevention and Training
IACP	International Association of Chiefs of Police
IADL	Instrumental Activity of Daily Living
IADRFC	International Alzheimer's Disease Research Funder Consortium
IADRP	International Alzheimer's Disease Research Portfolio
IAH	Independence At Home
IAP	Innovation Accelerator Program
[ IB ]
IBD	Inflammatory Bowel Disease
[ IC ]
ICAD	International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease
ICD	International Classification of Diseases
ICF/IID	Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
ICRC	Integrated Care Resource Center
ICRSAD	International Collaborative Research Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease
[ ID ]
ID	Intellectual Disability(ies)
IDD (or I/DD)	Intellectual and Developmental Disability (ies)
IDEAS	Imaging Dementia -- Evidence for Amyloid Scanning
[ IE ]
IEA	HHS Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
[ IG ]
IGAP	International Genomic Alzheimer's Project
[ IH ]
IHI	Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IHS	HHS Indian Health Service
IHSS	In-Home Supportive Services
[ IL ]
IL-1B	Interleukin-1beta
IL-6	Interleukin-6
ILO	International Labor Organization
[ IM ]
IMD	Institution for Mental Diseases
IMI	European Innovative Medicine Initiative
IMPACT	Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training
IMPACT Act	Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act
[ IN ]
IND	Investigational New Drug
INTERACT	Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers
[ IO ]
IOM	Institute of Medicine
[ IP ]
iPSC	Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell
[ IQ ]
IQ	Intelligence Quotient
[ IR ]
IR	Ionizing Radiation
IRAP	Israeli Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention
IRB	Institutional Review Board
[ IS ]
iSHARE	Interprofessional Strategic Healthcare Alliance for Rural Education
ISTAART	International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment

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J [JA, JN, JP]

[ JA ]
J&J	Johnson & Johnson
JAD	Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
[ JN ]
JNC VII	Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
[ JP ]
JPND	European Union Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research

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K [KU]

[ KU ]
KU ADC	University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center

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L [LB, LD, LE, LG, LH, LN, LO, LS, LT]

[ LB ]
LBD	Lewy Body Dementia
LBDA	Lewy Body Dementia Association
[ LD ]
LDL	Low Density Lipoprotein
[ LE ]
LEAD	Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer's Disease
[ LG ]
LGBT	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
[ LH ]
LHHS	Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education, house bill
[ LN ]
LNESC	LULAC National Educational Service Center
[ LO ]
LOAD	Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease
LOS	Length of Stay
[ LS ]
LSSC	Large-Scale Sequencing Center
[ LT ]
LTC	Long-Term Care
LTCC	Long-Term Care Commission
LTCI	Long-Term Care Integration
LTCO	Long-Term Care Ombudsman
LTSS	Long-Term Services and Supports

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M [MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, MH, MI, ML, MM, MN, MO, MP, MR, MS, MT, MU]

[ MA ]
M²OVE-AD	Molecular Mechanisms of the Vascular Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease
MA	Medicare Advantage
MAC	Memory Assessment Clinics
MAPT	Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial
[ MB ]
MB	Megabyte
MBA	Minnesota Board on Aging
[ MC ]
MCBS	Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
MCD	Mild Cognitive Disorder
MCI	Mild Cognitive Impairment
[ MD ]
MDD	Major Depressive Disorder
MDH	Minnesota Department of Health
MDS	Minimum Data Set
[ ME ]
MED	Multiple Etiology Dementia
MEDCAC	Medicare Evidence and Development Coverage Advisory Committee
MeSH	Medical Subject Heading
METC	Memory Evaluation and Treatment Center
[ MH ]
mhGAP	Mental Health Gap Action Programme
[ MI ]
MI	Mental Illness Myocardial Infarction
MIPS	Merit-based Incentive Payment System
MIRECC	Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
[ ML ]
MLN	Medicare Learning Network
MLTSS	Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
[ MM ]
MMCO	CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office
MMP	Medicare-Medicaid Plan
MMSE	Mini-Mental State Examination
[ MN ]
MNC	Mild Neurocognitive disorder
[ MO ]
MOOC	Massive Online Open Course
[ MP ]
MPA	Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
[ MR ]
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan
MRPRA	Military-Relevant, Peer-Reviewed, Alzheimer's Disease Research Program
[ MS ]
MSQ	Mental Status Questionnaire
MSSP	Multi-purpose Seniors Serivces Program
[ MT ]
mTICS	Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
[ MU ]
MUC	Measures Under Consideration
MUFA(s)	Monounsaturated Fatty Acid

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N [NA, NB, NC, ND, NE, NF, NG, NH, NI, NL, NM, NO, NP, NQ, NR, NS, NT, NY]

[ NA ]
n4a	National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
NAC	National Alliance for Caregiving
NACC	National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center
NACDD	National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
NADRC	National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center
NAMI	National Alliance on Mental Health
NAN	National Academy of Neuropsychology
NAPA	National Alzheimer's Project Act
NAPCA	National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
NAS	National Academy of Sciences (part of NASEM)
NASDDDS	National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
NASEM	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
NASUAD	National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities
NASW	National Association of Social Workers
[ NB ]
NBHCAA	National Brain Health Center for African Americans
NBCC	National Board for Certified Counselors
NBREC	National Biomedical Research Ethics Council
[ NC ]
NCATS	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
NCBAC	National Certification Board for Alzheimer Care
NCD	National Clinical Director
NCEA	National Center on Elder Abuse
NCEP-ATPIII	National Cholesterol Education Program-3rd Adult Treatment Panel guideline
NCHS	HHS / NIH National Center for Health Statistics
NCI	National Cencer Institute
NCIRE	Northern California Institute of Research and Education
NCLR	National Council of La Raza
NCMHA	National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging
NCoA	National Council on Aging
NCP	VA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
NCRAD	National Cell Repository for Alzheimer's Disease
NCS	Neurocognitive Study
[ ND ]
NDSS	National Down Syndrome Society
[ NE ]
NEA	National Endowment for the Arts
[ NF ]
NF	Nursing Facility
NFCSP	National Family Caregiver Support Program
[ NG ]
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
[ NH ]
NHANES	National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHATS	National Health and Aging Trends Study
NHC	Nursing Home Compare tool
NHCOA	National Hispanic Council on Aging
NHCQS	National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan
NHGRI	National Human Genome Research Institute
NHS	National Health Service
NHSC	National Health Service Corps
NHSN	National Health Safety Network
[ NI ]
NIA	HHS / NIH National Institute on Aging
NIAGADS	NIA Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage
NICHD	National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIH	HHS National Institutes of Health
NIMH	HHS / NIH National Institute of Mental Health
NIMHD	National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
NINCDS	National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (now NINDS)
NINCDS-ADRDA	National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke-Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association
NINDS	HHS / NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINR	National Institute of Nursing Research
NIRB-ND	National Institutional Review Board for Neurodegenerative Disease
[ NL ]
NLRC	National Legal Resource Center
[ NM ]
NMDA	N-methyl-D-asparate
[ NO ]
NOPR	National Oncologic PET Registry
NORC	National Ombudsman Resource Center
NOTEGA	National Organization To Stop Elder Abuse and Guardianship Abuse
[ NP ]
NPA	Nominated Principal Applicant
NPE	Normal Pressure Encephalitis
NPRM	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NPS	Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
[ NQ ]
NQF	National Quality Forum
[ NR ]
NREPP	National Registry of Effective Programs and Practices
[ NS ]
NS	Not Statistically significant
NSAID	Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
NSF	National Science Foundation
NSLTCP	National Study of Long-Term Care Places
NSOC	National Study of Caregiving
NSRCF	National Survey of Residential Care Facilities
[ NT ]
NTG	National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices
[ NY ]
NYSDOH	New York State Department of Health
NYSOFA	New York State Office for the Aging
NYU	New York University
NYUCI	New York University Caregiver Intervention program

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O [OA, OB, OC, OD, OE, OG, OL, OM, ON, OP, OR, OS, OT, OW]

[ OA ]
OA	CFPB Office for Older Americans
OAA	Older Americans Act
OAC	Older Adult Committee
OAR	HHS / NIH Office of AIDS Research
OASH	HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
[ OB ]
OBRA	Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
[ OC ]
OCR	HHS Office of Civil Rights
OCVAP	Orange County Vital Aging Program
[ OD ]
OD	HHS / ACL Office on Disability
[ OE ]
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
[ OG ]
OGA	HHS Office of Global Affairs
[ OL ]
OLTCOP	ACL Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Programs
[ OM ]
OMAR	HHS / NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research
OMB	U.S. Office of Management and Budget
[ ON ]
ONC	HHS Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology
ONDCP	WH Office of National Drug Control Policy
[ OP ]
OPM	U.S. Office of Personnel Management
[ OR ]
OR	Odds Ratio
ORC	Online Resource Center
ORD	VA Office of Research and Development
[ OS ]
OSG	HHS Office of the Surgeon General
OSTP	WH Office of Science and Technology Policy
[ OT ]
OTC	Over-The-Counter
[ OW ]
OWH	HHS / HRSA Office on Women's Health

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P [PA, PC, PD, PE, PF, PH, PM, PP, PQ, PR, PS, PT, PU, PV, PW]

[ PA ]
PA	Principal Applicant
PAA	Purple Angel Ambassador
PACE	Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly
PACT	Patient Aligned Care Team
PADRECC	Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center
PAL	Paired Associates Learning
PASRR	Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review
[ PC ]
PCA	Posterior Cortical Atrophy
PCORI	Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
PCP	Person-Centered Plans Primary Care Provider
PCPI	Physician's Consortium for Performance Improvement
PCT	Primary Care Trust
[ PD ]
PD	Parkinson's Disease
PDD	Parkinson's Disease Dementia
[ PE ]
PET	Positron Emission Tomography
[ PF ]
PFEC	Patient and Family Engagement Campaign
PFS	Physicians Fee Schedule
[ PH ]
PHN	Public Health Nurse
PHR	Personal Health Record
PhRMA	Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
PHSA	Public Health Service Act
[ PM ]
PMA	Prepare Minnesota for Alzheimer's Disease Primary Mental Abilities
[ PP ]
PPA	Primary Progressive Aphasia
PPHM	Preferred Population Health Management
PPP	Public Private Partnership
PPRN	Patient-Powered Research Network
PPS	Palliative Performance Scale
[ PQ ]
PQRS	Physician Quality Reporting System
[ PR ]
PRARP	Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program
PRC	Prevention Research Center
PreDIVA	Prevention of Dementia by Intensive Vascular Care
PRIDE	Paramedic Referrals for Increased Independence and Decreased Disability in the Elderly
PRO	Patient Reported Outcome
Project ECHO	Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes Project
[ PS ]
PSP	Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
PSPC	Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative
[ PT ]
PTSD	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
[ PU ]
PUFA	Polyunsaturated Fally Acid
[ PV ]
PVD	Peripheral Vascular Disease
[ PW ]
PwD (or PWD)	People Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias People (or Persons) with Dementia

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Q [QI, QO]

[ QI ]
Q4	Fourth Quarter (other quarters would be Q1, Q2, Q3)
QI	Quality Improvement
QIO	Quality Improvement Organization
[ QO ]
QOF	Quality Outcomes Framework

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R [RA, RC, RD, RE, RF, RI, RN, RO, RR, RV]

[ RA ]
R2P	Research to Prevention
RA2	ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's
[ RC ]
RCDC	Research, Condition, and Disease Categories
RCI	Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving
RCMAR	Resource Center for Minority Aging Research
RCT	Randomized Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial
[ RD ]
RDAD	Reducing Disability in Alzheimer's Disease
RDS	Research Down Syndrome
[ RE ]
REACH	Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health
REACH VA	Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health in VA
REAL	Responsible for Equality And Liberty
RERI	Relative Excess Risk from Interaction
[ RF ]
RFA	Request for Application
RFI	Request for Information
RFP	Request for Proposal
[ RI ]
RIALA	Rhode Island Assisted Living Association
RIGEC	Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center
RITT	Rural Interdisciplinary Team Training
[ RN ]
RN	Registered Nurse
RNA	Ribonucleic Acid
[ RO ]
ROAR	Recruiting Older Adults into Research
[ RR ]
RR	Relative Risk
RR&D	Rehabilitation Research and Development
[ RV ]
RVLT	Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test

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S [SA, SB, SC, SD, SE, SF, SG, SH, SI, SM, SN, SO, SP, SS, ST, SW, SY]

[ SA ]
SAMHSA	HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAR	Socially-Assistive Robot
SASH	Support and Services at Home
[ SB ]
SBIR	Small Business Innovation Research
SBP	Systolic Blood Pressure
SBT	Short Blessed Test
[ SC ]
SCOPE	Study on Cognition and Prognosis in the Elderly
[ SD ]
SD	Standard Deviation
SDM	Supported Decision Making
SDMT	Symbol Digit Modalities Test
[ SE ]
SE	Standard Error
SEAR	South East Asia Region
SEB	Syndrom of the Emotional Breakdown
SERM	Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator
SES	Socioeconomic Status
[ SF ]
SF-36	Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey
SFA	Saturated Fatty Acid
[ SG ]
SGE	Special Government Employee
[ SH ]
SHA	Strategic Health Authorities
SHEP	Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program
SHIP	State Health Insurance Program
[ SI ]
SI	Special Initiative
SIP	Special Interest Project
SIS	Six-Item Screener
[ SM ]
SMP	Senior Medicare Patrol
[ SN ]
SNF	Skilled Nursing Facility
SNM	Society of Nuclear Medicine
SNP	Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Special Needs Plan
[ SO ]
SOFA	New York State Office for Aging
[ SP ]
SPARK	Strategic Partnership for Advancing Research and Knowledge
SPMSQ	Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
[ SS ]
SSA	U.S. Social Security Administration
SSDI	Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI	Supplemental Security Income
SSS	Specialized Supportive Services
[ ST ]
STAI	State Trait Anxiety Inventory
STAR	Staff Training in Assisted Living Residences
STMS	Short Test of Mental Status
STTR	Small Business Technology Transfer
[ SW ]
SWHR	Society for Women's Health Research
[ SY ]
Syst-Eur	Systolic Hypertension in Europe trial

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T [TA, TB, TC, TE, TF, TH, TI, TN, TO, TR]

[ TA ]
TAP	Tailoring Activities for Persons with Dementia and Caregivers
TAVR	Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
[ TB ]
TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury
[ TC ]
TCE	Targeted Capacity Expansion
TCPI	Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative
[ TE ]
TEAM-AD	Trial of vitamin E And Memantine in Alzheimer's Disease
TEP	Technical Expert Panel
[ TF ]
TFAM	Transcription Fractor A, Mitochondrial
[ TH ]
THP	Tribal Health Program
[ TI ]
TIA	Transient Ischemic Attack
TICS	Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
TICS-m	Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-modified version
[ TN ]
TNK1	Tyrosine Kinase, Non-recptor 1
[ TO ]
ToP	Technology of Participation
[ TR ]
TRC-PAD	Trial-Ready Cohort for Preclinical/Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease
Trials A/B	Trail Making Test Part A/B
Trials B	Trail Making Test Part B
TRND	Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases

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U [UC, UK, UM, UR, US, UT, UW]

[ UC ]
UCLA	University of California, Los Angeles
UCSF	University of California, San Francisco
[ UK ]
UK	United Kingdom
[ UM ]
UM	University of Michigan
[ UR ]
URC	University Research Company
URI	University of Rhode Island
[ US ]
US (or U.S.)	United States
UsA2	UsAgainstAlzheimer's
USPSTF	U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
[ UT ]
UTI	Urinary Tract Infection
[ UW ]
UWS	University of the West of Scotland

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V [VA, VB, VC, VD, VH, VP, VR]

[ VA ]
VA	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (previously the U.S. Veterans Administration)
VAD	Vascular Alzheimer's Disease
VALA	Virginia Assisted Living Association
VAMC	VA Medical Center
VAS	Alzheimer's Disease/Vascular Interaction Visual Analogue Scale
[ VB ]
VBID	Value-Based Insurance Design
[ VC ]
VCI/D	Vascular Cognitive Impairment/Dementia
VCID	Vascular contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
[ VD ]
VD-HCBS	Veteran-Directed Home and Community-Based Services
[ VH ]
VHA	Veterans Health Administration
[ VP ]
VP	Vascular Pathology
[ VR ]
VRT	Visual Reproduction Test (immediate and delayed recall) from the Wechsler Memory Scale

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W [WA, WD, WE, WF, WG, WH, WM, WR, WV, WW]

[ WA ]
WAIS	Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
WAIS-R	Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised
[ WD ]
WDC	World Dementia Council
[ WE ]
WES	Whole Exome Sequencing
[ WF ]
WF	Word Fluency Test
WFCC	World Federation for Culture Collections
WFN	World Federation of Neurology
[ WG ]
WGS	Whole Genome Sequencing
[ WH ]
WH	White House
WHCOA	White House Conference on Aging
WHO	World Health Organization
[ WM ]
WMD	Weighted Mean Difference
WMS	Wechsler Memory Scale
WMS-R	Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised
[ WR ]
WRAP	Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention
[ WV ]
WV CARES	West Virginia Coordinated Action, Response, Education and Support
[ WW ]
WW-ADNI	World Wide Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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None at this time.

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Y [YM, YO]

[ YM ]
YMAA	Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's
[ YO ]
YOAD	Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease

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None at this time.

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In addition to the NAPA website pages, acronyms have been used from:

Williams JW, Plassman BL, Burke J, et al. (April 2010). Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 193).

List of Acronyms Used Regarding Alzheimer's

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