Sang travels regularly from Southern California to the Bay Area to help care for her dad, Quan, who has Alzheimer’s. Along with her mom and three siblings, their family has come together to keep...
Data appearing in the Alzheimer’s Association® 2025 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report highlights the perspective on early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. Roy’s wife, Tracy, was showing signs of cognitive decline, but the couple didn’t feel as though...
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published April 24, 2025 · Last modified May 12, 2025
When Jackie’s husband Tony started showing signs of cognitive issues, she thought it was just normal aging. When their daughters insisted Tony see a doctor, the doctor refused to give him a dementia diagnosis...
Advocacy / African American / DEI / Education Classes and Support Groups / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published April 21, 2025 · Last modified May 12, 2025
When Aubrey’s mother, Edith, was diagnosed with dementia, he didn’t know much about the disease, let alone how to best care for his mother. After attending an Alzheimer’s Association education program at a local...
DEI / Latino-Hispano / News and notes / Research
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published March 24, 2025 · Last modified May 12, 2025
By Gina Carnago Dani Macri, a fellow for the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), recalls his experience caring for his grandfather, who died after living with Alzheimer’s disease for four years. Dani felt the...
Jennifer Harrington cared for her mother, Joan Preston, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. At the time, it was the early 2000s and Jennifer felt lost. She found the Alzheimer’s Association® and called their...
African American / DEI / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 21, 2025 · Last modified March 17, 2025
When Gleoria’s husband Curtis was first diagnosed with dementia, she turned to the Alzheimer’s Association® for help. Through the Association she found support and resources she would have otherwise not known about. Because of...
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by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 18, 2025 · Last modified March 17, 2025
On March 5, 2025, advocates from across the state of California will come together to share their stories with state legislators at the Capitol in Sacramento. Their ask is to support critical policy priorities that will...
Caregiving / Love Stories / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 10, 2025 · Last modified March 17, 2025
David Gunter was the primary caregiver for his wife Peggy, who was diagnosed at 57 with younger onset dementia. Because of her young age, Peggy’s dementia symptoms were dismissed as anxiety. David shares their...
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by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 3, 2025 · Last modified February 5, 2025
Anjanette Ellison has five people in her family who died with dementia, four grandparents and her father. Her first three grandparents died nearly twenty years ago, when Anjanette had less access to resources and...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 27, 2025 · Last modified February 5, 2025
Noriene Butterfield spent nearly a decade caring for her husband Tom, who had dementia with Lewy bodies. During this time, she faced emotional and financial challenges, continuing to work despite being of retirement age,...
