On a Personal Note”¦Why I Walk (Steve Barbieri)
My name is Steven A. Barbieri. I will be 55 years old in November of this year, and I have dementia. I was diagnosed about three years ago, on Oct 18, 2012. That phone...
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Mikey Hoag: Calling on a Community to Raise Funds
Nothing made Michaela (Mikey) Hoag of Atherton, California, feel more powerless than when her father, living more than 2,000 miles away on the East Coast, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Unable to help with...
Dagmar Dolby: Amplifying her voice as an Alzheimer’s Advocate
Dagmar Dolby and her husband, Ray, sound pioneer and founder of Dolby Laboratories, led a charmed life. But it was one they eventually found disrupted and forever changed by Alzheimer’s disease. It began when...
Across California and the Globe, Staff Team Members Pursue an End to Alzheimer’s on The Longest Day
Today is The Longest Day of the year and teams are doing activities from sunrise to sunset across the country and the world to fight Alzheimer’s. Staff members of the Alzheimer’s Association in Northern...
Nustepping to End Alzheimer’s
NuStep is a global team for the Alzheimer’s Association’s The Longest Day event. NuStep is the manufacturer of an exercise bike and encourages fitness centers to participate in the Longest Day to promote healthy...
Team RDO BrainiAKAs – Touched by Alzheimer’s, Living a Brain Healthy Lifestyle
Several of us women have banded together from the Rho Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to form team RDO BrainiAKAs. We are a committed team of upwards of 30 excited...
I Never Forget to Remember
by Melissa Belgrave Remembering Alzheimer’s has never been hard for me. When my father was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s, my family and I watched as things got harder and harder for him to...
Alzheimer’s Advocates Paint Sacramento Purple
Wednesday April 29th marked the 15th annual California Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Day. We had volunteers from all over the state come join us, 252 in total (140 from our Northern California and Northern Nevada...
