What number do I call at the Alzheimer's Association in St. Louis?

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800.272.3900. Day or night. Ask for the Missouri Chapter, a husband group near your ZIP, and respite. Write what they say.

Caring for My Wife desk. September 2026. Sources checked 10 September 2026.

Alzheimer's Association St. Louis chapter helpline is the search when you want a live person, not a brochure. There is one national number that does not close. There is a Missouri Chapter that covers this metro. This page is those two doors, what to ask for by name, and the four-hour box that makes a meeting or a clinic visit possible. This desk does not keep a staff roster and does not diagnose anyone.

The number that does not close

The Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline is 800.272.3900. It is a free service available around the clock, 365 days a year, with bilingual staff or interpreter service that accommodates more than 200 languages. 2 a.m. counts. Sunday morning counts. You do not need an appointment. You do not need a membership. Put the number on the fridge tonight.

Call it for a live person when the house is still. Call it when she is up and you need a next job. Call it when you want a group, a local chapter, or a name for respite. It is not 911. If she is missing, that is 911. The Alzheimer's Association says if the person is not found within 15 minutes, call 911 and file a missing person's report, and tell them she has dementia. The helpline is the other phone, for the night you are still in.

The Association reports that an estimated 7.4 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's in 2026, about 1 in 9 people age 65 and older, and that 74 percent of them are age 75 or older. Nearly 13 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer's or other dementias, and 59 percent of dementia caregivers report high to very high emotional stress. Those are their figures. They are not a reading of your house. They are why the helpline is staffed at night.

The Missouri Chapter, which covers this metro

The Alzheimer's Association Missouri Chapter serves 86 counties in Missouri and 10 in Illinois. St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis sit inside that map. Ask the helpline for the chapter by that name. Ask what meets near your ZIP. Ask whether there is a caregiver support group for husbands. Write the day, the time, the format, and whether you have to register. This desk will not print a Tuesday address that will be wrong next month. The husband-group page is the longer list of other doors if the chapter does not have a men-only room.

NIA says dementia is more common with age, but it is not a normal part of aging, and that about one-third of people age 85 or older may have some form of it. If the doctor has not named Alzheimer's, say that on the call. Ask what the helpline can still help with. If they route you to the aging office, take that number. Do not hang up and decide there is no door.

What to ask for, in this order

Write the three asks before you dial. Read them. Then stop talking and write the answers, including no.

1. The Missouri Chapter. "I am in St. Louis County" or "I am in the city." Give the ZIP. Ask for the local chapter contact. The helpline can see a current list. A website from last year cannot.

2. A caregiver support group for husbands near my ZIP. If there is no men-only group, take the spouse group. If there is only a phone group, take the phone group. A room you cannot leave the house for is not a group you will attend. Write the hours someone sits while you go. That is a respite block. The National Institute on Aging already defined it: short-term relief, a few hours to several weeks, at home, in a facility, or at adult day.

3. Respite in St. Louis County, or in the city. In-home hours, adult day, a short stay if hospice is already involved. Ask them to name the aging office for her ZIP. Aging Ahead covers St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin, and Jefferson counties. The city door is SLAAA at (314) 612-5918. The Missouri Senior Resource Line is 1-800-235-5503 if you want the ZIP routed by the state. NIA lists the Eldercare Locator at 800-677-1116. One of those is enough after the helpline.

If the night problem is wandering, ask the helpline for the wandering checklist, then run it. Coats and keys out of sight. Night lights. Do not lock her in. Fifteen minutes, then 911. The night-wandering page is that punch list. If the problem is the 4 p.m. window, the evening sheet is the lamps and the quieter room.

The other local numbers, if the helpline hands you off

United Way 211 in Greater St. Louis tells people to dial 211 to get connected to a trained resource specialist 24/7. The National Family Caregiver Support Program can serve family caregivers of people age 60 or older, and family caregivers of people of any age with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Missouri private duty care does not require a physician order for companion, respite, or personal care if the hours have to be this week. Medicare will not buy sitting by itself. Medicare does not pay for 24-hour-a-day care at your home, or for custodial or personal care when that is the only care she needs.

If you served, the VA Caregiver Support Line is 1-855-260-3274, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET. That line closes. The Alzheimer's helpline does not. Use the one that is open when you are standing in the kitchen.

Paid placement, disclosed

New Plan Care is an independently owned non-medical in-home care company based in Chesterfield, Missouri. Someone to sit with her while you call, while you go to a group, or overnight, in Ballwin, Chesterfield, Eureka, Glencoe, Grover, Pacific, Valley Park and St. Louis. It does no nursing tasks. Call (314) 405-0887.

New Plan Care pays for this spot. It is a client of OwnersFirm, which publishes this site, so read it as an advertisement with a phone number rather than as a result, a rank or a recommendation drawn from any of the articles on this page.

Pocket card

1. Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline: 800.272.3900.
2. Ask for: Missouri Chapter. Husband group near my ZIP. Respite in my county.
3. Missing person: 911 after 15 minutes. Tell them dementia. Helpline is not 911.
4. Aging Ahead, or SLAAA (314) 612-5918, or Senior Resource Line 1-800-235-5503.
5. 211. Eldercare Locator: 800-677-1116.
6. Write the four hours someone sits so you can use a group or a clinic visit.

What to do tonight

1. Write 800.272.3900 on the fridge. Call it now if you need a live person. It is staffed.
2. Write the three asks on a card so you do not forget them on the call.
3. Put a recent photo by the phone if wandering is already part of the night.
4. Write the four hours you would need in order to leave the house. Day. Start. End.

When to ask the care team or the doctor

• The helpline is not a clinic. A sudden change in walking, swallowing, mood, or sleep belongs with the physician who treats her. The Alzheimer's Association says behavioral symptoms that appear suddenly warrant a medical checkup.
• Any question about tablets, doses, or "should she be on something" leaves this page. This site does not name drugs.
• Your own missed care belongs with your internist. Book it. Write sitting hours around it.
• Pills stay in the labeled box. A reminder is prompting. Changing a dose is medicine.