Category: Advocacy

Advocacy volunteers share their insights from the field.

November 25, 2019

Alzheimer’s Task Force takes on prevention and preparedness

When California’s 31-member Alzheimer’s Prevention and Preparedness Task Force gathered last week in Sacramento for its first meeting, the voices...

April 12, 2019

Would you travel across the country to talk to your representatives? That’s exactly what 60 advocates from Northern California and...

February 25, 2019

If you are traveling with Elizabeth Santos of Ukiah, odds are high that she will ask you to take a...

January 25, 2019

With almost 50 years of fire service experience, Bob Durfee understands the importance of planning and preparedness. After retiring as...

January 4, 2019

When Ria Rabun of Fairfield started volunteering for the Alzheimer’s Association, she didn’t think her family had been affected...

November 20, 2018

Vanessa Carter and her husband, Joe Ording are looking forward to the birth of their son in January. They...

November 12, 2018

Portia Stewart was working as a film editor in Los Angeles in 1997 when she got the disturbing news that...

December 27, 2017

When a primary caregiver dies, other family members may quickly be pulled into the caregiving role. This is what happened...