ALS clinics are multidisciplinary centres aimed at delivering expert care to people and families living with ALS. Clinics provide education, monitoring and timely interventions, while promoting regular communication with your family doctor and community healthcare providers. In addition, the clinics and their teams of professionals are among the community of researchers in Canada who are working to discover effective ALS treatments.

ALS treatment centres are places where people and families can receive ALS care but may or may not have multidisciplinary care and opportunities to participate in research.

Early referral to an ALS clinic can often speed up diagnosis of the disease,¹ and numerous studies have shown that patients who receive care at multidisciplinary clinics have better outcomes.^2,3

¹Molina et al, “Early Referral to an ALS Center Reduces Several Months the Diagnostic Delay: A Multicenter-Based Study,” Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Dec 18;11:604922. ²Paipa AJ, Povedano M, Barcelo A, Domínguez R, Saez M, Turon J, Prats E, Farrero E, Virgili N, Martínez JA, Corbella X. Survival benefit of multidisciplinary care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Spain: association with noninvasive mechanical ventilation. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2019;12:465-470

³Traynor BJ, Alexander M, Corr B, et al, Effect of a multidisciplinary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinic on ALS survival: a population-based study, 1996–2000. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2003;74:1258-1261.