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Missing You Mom, The Grief Just Never Seems To Pass

As many of you know, I stepped into the dementia arena, because my mother lived with dementia symptoms for 30 years. For the first 10 years, she was misdiagnosed and told it was her hormones. She knew it was different from what her girlfriends were going through, but she had never been taken seriously by her doctor. Now, I’ll admit it was a long time ago as Mom passed in 2014, add 30 years on top of...

Studies Reveal Very...

Last month, researchers Francisco Lopera and colleagues reported in the journal Lancet Neurology that they were able to capture a clear decline in...

New Guidelines for...

For the first time in 27 years, new criteria and guidelines for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease have been published by three expert...

Change and Adapt,...

I hate Bingo. There, I said it. That popular activity which people of all ages enjoy at local fire halls, senior living communities...

Joey McIntyre's Story:...

But she does a pretty good job of making me feel like she does. I believe she knows there is a connection. She...

A Night to...

Last month, close to 1,000 Hollywood luminaries came together to raise fun and funds for Alzheimer’s at the Alzheimer's Association's annual A Night...

Relaying from the...

Ciao tutti,My name is Gina Steedley Wills. My biological grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at age 55 and eventually passed away at...

Old Mother Blackbird Takes...

Lori La Bey is a change agent shifting dementia care around the world. Just ask Oprah, Maria Shriver, Sharecare, AARP MN, or The...

Where We Are...

One year closes and another begins. Here are the 2012 Alzheimer’s disease research highlights, as well as new directions that we will likely...

Medicare's Decision on...

Although the FDA approved florbetapir (Amyvid) in April 2012 as a tracer for PET scans in detecting brain amyloid, Medicare has not covered...