African American / News and notes
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published February 22, 2021 · Last modified February 23, 2021
Written by Tahera Ali Khan Debra Johnson shares the challenges she faced in getting a diagnosis for her mother and also her attempts to bring Alzheimer’s support to the Black community. Despite the death of...
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 25, 2021 · Last modified January 29, 2021
In November 2020 the Alzheimer’s Association® hosted a Facebook live session featuring Dr. Marcy Adelman, Clinical Psychologist, Alzheimer’s Association board member and cofounder of Openhouse. She interviewed Arthur Chan, LGBTQ Project Manager and Family...
Steven Goldenkranz met the love of his life, Betty, at age 18. Now, over 70 years later, Betty is living with dementia and cannot speak. Currently, Betty lives in a care setting that has...
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published January 4, 2021 · Last modified January 11, 2021
By Susan DeMarois At the end of 2019 the Governor of California launched the Master Plan for Aging stakeholder advisory committee. With the help of the Alzheimer’s Association and other key supporters within the...
News and notes / The Longest Day
by Alzheimer's Association · Published December 11, 2020 · Last modified December 16, 2020
By Sharon Rohwer Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in early spring, Masako Yokota couldn’t fly to Japan to help her mother, who is living with early stage dementia. Instead, she made the best of...
Having both a grandmother and then, thirty years later, a mother with dementia, Joan Marks knows what it’s like to be a caregiver. Because of her experience with the disease, she decided to give...
News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published November 27, 2020 · Last modified December 7, 2020
When JoAnn Jones’ father Butch was diagnosed with dementia, she knew she had to help care for him. Because of the support and flexibility of her employer, JoAnn was able to spend more time...
November is Native American Heritage month. As the number of older Native Americans grows, so does the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. Native Americans encounter difficulties getting a diagnosis, receiving care and educating their communities....
