AAPI / Caregiving / News and notes
by Alzheimer's Association · Published March 24, 2023 · Last modified March 21, 2023
By Kerry Larkey, MSN, RN Data released earlier this month from the Alzheimer’s Association® 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report highlights the impact on depression and mental health in dementia caregivers. In 2017,...
In June 2022 we held an online event for younger caregivers. During this event, Rudy Brandt discussed her journey of becoming a caregiver while in her early 20s. She was kind enough to allow...
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...
Advocacy / African American / News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 22, 2022 · Last modified February 25, 2022
Cheryl Johnson is an Alzheimer’s Association® advocate whose mother, Lorene, had dementia. After Lorene’s diagnosis, Cheryl and her family felt discriminated against because she was an elderly Black woman. Now, Cheryl is doing her...
Creola was a strong independent Black woman who was a single mother of four children in the 1970s. When she was diagnosed with dementia 40 years later, her children couldn’t believe it. Jeffrey, one...
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 27, 2022 · Last modified February 10, 2022
We introduced you to Claudia and Bud, Alzheimer’s Association® volunteer advocates, in last week’s blog which discussed Bud’s diagnosis and his participation in a clinical trial. This week, we’d like to highlight the work...
Bud of Oakland was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in his early 50s and, as a scientist, was eager to participate in a clinical trial. As luck would have it, Bud was able to join...
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 18, 2022 · Last modified January 20, 2022
Linda S is a retired psychologist who has been writing poems since she was 13. When David, her husband of 43 years, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013 her poetry became an outlet for...
