Advocacy / African American / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 20, 2024 · Last modified February 27, 2024
When April Bolin’s mother, Margie, needed to be taken to the hospital at 2 a.m. because of hallucinations due in part to Alzheimer’s, she never thought she’d need to be dressed up to be...
In September 2021 we held an online event for millennial and sandwich generation caregivers (those caring for both an older adult and a child). As part of this event, Vanessa Louise Carter of Tiburon...
by Michelle Johnston · Published April 12, 2019 · Last modified April 15, 2019
Would you travel across the country to talk to your representatives? That’s exactly what 60 advocates from Northern California and Northern Nevada did last week, when they participated in the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM)...
by Michelle Johnston · Published February 25, 2019 · Last modified March 5, 2019
If you are traveling with Elizabeth Santos of Ukiah, odds are high that she will ask you to take a picture of her holding her purple #ENDALZ sign. This Alzheimer’s Association volunteer carries her...
At age 17, Zack Smith started volunteering with the Alzheimer’s Association, in honor of his grandmother. His volunteer work inspired his choice of college major and has led him to a job with...
by Michelle Johnston · Published January 4, 2019 · Last modified January 21, 2025
When Ria Rabun of Fairfield started volunteering for the Alzheimer’s Association, she didn’t think her family had been affected by Alzheimer’s. She later found out that she was wrong. Sorority partnership with the...
Advocacy / Caregiving / News and notes
by Michelle Johnston · Published November 20, 2018 · Last modified January 21, 2025
Vanessa Carter and her husband, Joe Ording are looking forward to the birth of their son in January. They are already caring for Vanessa’s parents, Ted and Valda Carter, of Tiburon, who are...
by Michelle Johnston · Published July 8, 2018 · Last modified January 21, 2025
Alison Hunter and her sister, Emily, had to grow up fast when their mother developed Alzheimer’s. A call from a concerned sister In 2011, Alison was just about to graduate from college in...
