I played flag football as a kid; now I play to fight Alzheimer’s
I grew up playing flag football with my dad and most of the 12 boys on my street. We also played hockey, baseball and soccer. We played for fun, to get our exercise and...
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Feinstein co-sponsors Alzheimer’s Accountability Act
Achieving change through legislation can be a long, drawn-out process. When you’re impatient for a way to cure and treat Alzheimer’s disease, the pace can seem particularly slow. So it was very exciting to...
Why I Walk: Victoria’s story
I Walk to End Alzheimer’s for my grandmother Maria Villarreal. My grandmother is my family’s rock. She has six children and worked as a field laborer and a homemaker. Everything we did while I...
Alzheimer’s Association Conference in Sacramento – Understanding Memory Loss: Strategies for Care
2014 Understanding Memory Loss: Strategies for Care Thursday, May 22, 2014 9 am – 4 pm Registration begins at 8 am Sacramento Convention Center 1400 J Street Sacramento, 95814 Get Directions This annual education...
Take care when giving to your caregiver
by Charles Warner “There are only four kinds of people in the world – those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need...
Caregiver Corner: Keep calm and carry on!
We’ve all had times when we felt overwhelmed to the point of “losing it.” For me this happened when I badly injured my knee in the Alps and was alone in a hospital where...
On a Personal Note”¦(Nicole)
Nicole walked and fundraised for Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Sacramento in honor of her dad who has Alzheimer’s, then that very same evening, her dad walked her down the aisle for her wedding!...
The perfect Valentine’s gift
These last few months have been very intense. John’s cancer diagnosis last month was just the icing on the cake. Before the holidays, I was already looking at different care homes and only put...
