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by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 15, 2025 · Last modified October 17, 2025
When Allison’s father was diagnosed with dementia, she didn’t know anything about the disease and, as a now sandwich generation caregiver, struggled to care for both him and her young daughter. After his death,...
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by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 10, 2025 · Last modified October 14, 2025
Dr. Teresa Sigala, an internal medicine physician for Community Health Partners, became a caregiver for her mother after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Through her personal experience as a caregiver, Dr. Sigala changed the...
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by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 6, 2025 · Last modified October 10, 2025
Sheila Cunnneen was a strong, independent woman whose life was upended by Alzheimer’s. As the disease progressed, her son David and his cousin Laura took legal steps to care for her as her conservators....
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by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published September 22, 2025 · Last modified September 24, 2025
Roger Gonzalez’s mother, Nelida, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the mid 1990s. Sadly, the stress of caregiving deeply affected Roger’s father Angel. After both parents passed in 2003, Roger turned his grief into action,...
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...
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by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 21, 2025 · Last modified February 5, 2025
Nazly Zoar Cobian was raised by her grandmother Rosa Torres. When Rosa’s behavior changed, Nazly was the first to raise concerns. Unfortunately, a doctor dismissed it as the normal signs of aging. Eventually, Rosa...
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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,...
African American / Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver voices / Caregiving / News and notes / Women and Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 28, 2023 · Last modified March 20, 2023
Gloria Brown’s husband Arthur was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2015. She cared for her husband for six years until he passed in 2021. She first shared her story with us in 2019. Since then,...
