Alzheimer’s Changes the American Dream
When we first came to the United States as refugees from Vietnam, my father worked in a cereal factory with a starting wage of $3.75 per hour. Soon after, my mother also started work...
Category: Alzheimer’s champions
A reflection on Dad’s passing: A difficult road was made a little easier with support
I shared with you recently that my father had, among other issues, Alzheimer’s disease. His journey came to an inglorious end in late March after we had moved him to a nursing home. He...
Kathleen Sebelius: It’s not an exaggeration to call Alzheimer’s a public health crisis in our country
To illustrate the fact that Alzheimer’s is a bi-partisan issue, Harry Johns started today’s lunch session by asking the Democrats in the room to applaud. He then asked Republicans to applaud. It became evident...
Don’t take no for an answer!
Day two of the Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum started at 4 a.m. PST. The team from California was blurry eyed but ready to tackle a program jam-packed with great speakers. Following a rousing roll...
The Rally to Remember: “If the love of your life is hit with this insidious disease, you cannot stand by and do nothing”
The Rally to Remember started with a poignant live rendition of Imagine by John Lennon that set a somber but hopeful tone for the rest of the evening. Local Washington, D.C. CBS anchor JC...
Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum Day 1: Advocacy 101 highlights why public policy is the only way we can reach “all the people”
The 2012 Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum has started off on an exciting note: This is the largest Advocacy Forum in the history of the 24 years of the event and the first time ever...
A first-time advocate’s experience at Advocacy Day
Saturday, March 31, dawned heavy and cloudy and by the time I left my gym at 8:30 a.m., it was pouring. But, had the sun not come out on schedule at precisely the moment...
California Advocacy Day: rainy and inspiring!
It was a soggy morning in Sacramento, but more than 200 dedicated Alzheimer’s Association volunteer advocates still showed up in good spirits to the 2012 Advocacy Day at the State Capitol. Among them: people...
