African American / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 21, 2023 · Last modified February 22, 2023
After her mother passed with dementia, Karen Chiles found she was angry at the disease. Channeling her anger into something positive, Karen decided she wanted to help people. She created a Facebook group for...
Latino-Hispano / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 13, 2023 · Last modified February 21, 2023
Felipe Cobarruvias and his sister Rosa care for their mother, Maria, who is living with Alzheimer’s disease. Through education and resources provided by the Alzheimer’s Association® and Valley Caregiver Resource Center, Felipe and his...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published December 9, 2022 · Last modified January 26, 2024
This blog was originally written in December 2022 and has been updated to reflect recent changes. We asked Walk participants to share with us why they raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to...
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published November 18, 2022 · Last modified December 11, 2023
Ralph Vigil, whose mother has Alzheimer’s disease, knows how important it is to have support when caring for a loved one living with the disease. As a board member of the Fresno American Indian...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published November 14, 2022 · Last modified November 18, 2022
When Lynn McKenna’s father started experiencing memory loss in the 1960s, Lynn and her mother found themselves alone, without access to help or resources. More than 50 years later, Lynn joined the Walk Committee...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published November 6, 2022 · Last modified November 18, 2022
This blog has been updated for 2022 and was originally published on November 16, 2021 on our nationwide blog and can be found here. Bob MacDonnell bought land in Napa Valley in 1978, with...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 31, 2022 · Last modified November 7, 2022
Keely White, whose grandmother, Roberta, had Alzheimer’s, has been participating in Walk to End Alzheimer’s® for five years. Within the last year Keely moved to San Francisco and is now a part of the...
Bill Brees first realized he was at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease when his father, Walt, died of the disease at age 84. In 2021, also at the age of 84, Bill’s brother Bob...
