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...
DEI / Latino-Hispano / News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
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...
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,...
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,...
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 January 21, 2025
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...
