Local Volunteer Leaders Share the Low Down on The Longest Day
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...
Tagged: Alzheimers
A Daughter Discovers the Power of Speaking Out About Alzheimer’s
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...
Secrets to Their Success
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...
Pulling Together for Mom: A Family Caregiving Story
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,...
A Future Robbed by Alzheimer’s
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...
Moments of Joy: A Caregiver’s Story
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...
Free App Makes Caregiving a Little Easier
A free app, CareZone, aims to make life a little easier for caregivers. This handy tool can help caregivers to: Coordinate Care From arranging medical appointments, to keeping care partners informed, care coordination can...
Why I Walk: This 6th Grader is Serious About Ending Alzheimer’s
Why I Walk: This 6th grader is serious about ending Alzheimer’s When 11-year old Bailey Reis was given a school writing assignment, she went big. She described her dream of curing Alzheimer’s disease, and...
