Spanish translation Grandma’s birthday party “That’s not my food.” Alexandra Castillo Weisgerber’s 99-year-old grandmother, who has dementia, was having fun at her birthday party – until dinner was served. Alexandra comes from a...
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by Michelle Johnston · Published December 11, 2017 · Last modified December 9, 2018
The ability to honor a loved one with dementia, a desire to support a local nonprofit, a wish to meet new people, the love of an activity, the desire to give back as...
by Michelle Johnston · Published December 4, 2017 · Last modified August 20, 2018
Earlier this year, at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Gil Rabinovici from UCSF Memory and Aging Center reported early results from the Imaging Dementia – Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study. The goal of...
Emilie Sanders Lee has experienced Alzheimer’s disease twice in her family. In junior high, her grandfather started showing signs of dementia. Years later, Emilie’s mother, Debbie, was diagnosed with younger onset Alzheimer’s disease at...
by Alzheimer's Association · Published November 20, 2017 · Last modified October 22, 2018
Team captains, top walkers, sponsors and volunteers gathered this week to celebrate everyone’s hard work on the Silicon Valley Walk to End Alzheimer’s. At the Thank You Party, we asked some of our fabulous...
After his smart, independent mom fell prey to an IRS scam, Brian O’Shea knew something was terribly wrong. He shared with us how he and his sisters pulled together after learning their mother, Mary,...
by Alzheimer's Association Staff · Published November 6, 2017 · Last modified January 8, 2024
29-year-old Jasmeen Karan of San Mateo grew up with a mom she describes as “very loving, definitely a homemaker, a typical Indian mom.” Now roles have reversed and Jasmeen and her dad, John, are...
Scott and Katrina Thomas were married on March 20, 2005. Katrina says they picked the first day of spring as their wedding date “because it symbolized new beginnings.” Ten years later, in 2015, they...
