AAPI / Caregiving / DEI / Education / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 15, 2026 · Last modified January 6, 2026
This is the second installment of a two-part series on long distance caregiving. Please check out last week’s blog to learn more about Mr. Sen Gupta and his diagnosis. Nita Sharma, a long-distance caregiver...
AAPI / Caregiving / DEI / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 8, 2026 · Last modified January 6, 2026
In the first installment of this two-part long distance caregiver series, we meet Nita Sharma and her father Mr. Ashoke Sen Gupta who had dementia. Nita lives in the California Bay Area while her...
LGBT / News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published August 27, 2024 · Last modified October 8, 2024
Frank, a San Francisco resident, is a caregiver for his mother who lives on the other side of the world in Berlin, Germany. Through the help of technology and a very supportive local community...
Advocacy / Caregiving / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 3, 2020 · Last modified January 12, 2020
Caregiving for a parent with Alzheimer’s can be challenging. It’s even harder when both parents have the disease. Add on the extra stress of being an only child to parents living over 350 miles...
Michael Mendoza of Rodeo is one of five generations to have earned a commission as an officer in the U.S. Army. His great grandfather served in the U.S. Army during World War I...
