Alzheimer’s turned my grandma Reva into a shell of the warm, kind person she once was. It started when she had trouble forming full sentences. And now, the woman who once delighted in the company of her large family has lost all ability to speak. There’s nothing that can be done for my grandma—there’s no […]
Cassandra Friedman’s children have jokingly asked their mother to change her name. After all, they don’t want to be associated with a woman who hangs around coffee shops playing music in hopes of raising money for Alzheimer’s. “I’m not shy, I’ll do anything to spark an interest in donating,” Friedman, 56, says. “It wouldn’t be […]
Each year more than 5.3 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Though there is currently no cure for the memory degenerating disease, the Alzheimer’s Association and its Memory Walk on Sept. 13 look to raise money and speed the process of finding a cure. The walk takes place at 9 […]
