Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver tips / Caregiving / Education
by Alzheimer's Association · Published November 3, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and National Caregivers Month! We’ll be posting a series of weekly blogs dedicated to supporting the work of caregivers this month. Caregivers take on no small task, and...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver tips / Caregiving / Education
by Alzheimer's Association · Published November 3, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
The season to vote is here again! November 4 has been designated as the day we fulfill our rights as citizens of the United States and cast our voices to the vote. But what...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver voices / Alzheimer's champions / Caregiving / Profiles
by Alzheimer's Association · Published October 16, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
My father Thomas William Maher worked on his family’s share cropping farm before joining the Air Force and serving as a gunner on a B-29 in the Korean War. This earned him a military scholarship and...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver tips / Caregiving / Education / Education Conferences / News and notes
by Alzheimer's Association · Published October 15, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
2014 Understanding Memory Loss: Strategies for Success VI DATE: Thursday, December 4, 2014 LOCATION: Yountville Community Center 6516 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599 Get Directions The Alzheimer’s Association, in partnership with Napa Valley Hospice &...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver tips / Caregiving / Education / Education Conferences / News and notes
by Alzheimer's Association · Published October 15, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
2014 Alzheimer’s Disease Circle of Care: 10th Annual Conference for Families DATE: Saturday, November 8, 2014 TIME: 9 am – 4 pm LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Hotel 1221 Chess Drive Foster City, CA Get Directions...
Alzheimer's research news / Research
by Alzheimer's Association · Published October 6, 2014 · Last modified January 19, 2016
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) is a worldwide organization – of which the Alzheimer’s Association is a founding member – that supports the future of all peoples through research of dementia diseases. On September 17...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver voices / Alzheimer's champions / Walk to End Alzheimer's / Women and Alzheimer's
by Alzheimer's Association · Published September 15, 2014 · Last modified October 7, 2014
My name is Debby. My husband Mike was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s three and a half years ago. I am not a newby at being a caregiver for Alzheimer’s. In 1990, we rented...
Alzheimer's champions / Profiles / Women and Alzheimer's
by Alzheimer's Association · Published September 15, 2014
Ten years ago, I gained such an incredible friend, mother-in-law and mentor in my life. As a coach’s wife for more than 40 years, she was the quiet, steady, selfless, dependable and incredibly patient...
