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Today’s hero: Roger Strom

0 comments By News and notes, Profiles Tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , September 19th, 2011 @ 1:30 pm

The Strom family: Jane and Roger along with sons Erik, Zack and AJ

Leave a comment below to let us know about the everyday heroes in your life! In honor of Alzheimer’s Action Day on September 21, we are highlighting 21 Everyday Heroes. Today, meet Roger Strom, our 12th everyday hero. As of today, Roger is the top fundraiser for Walk to End Alzheimer’s in San Jose, with $11,000 raised to date! Roger’s wife has younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease and he and has family have made fundraising a family affair, with son Erik raising funds with his fraternity for the San Francisco Walk. Read more about Roger and his family in this Los Altos Town Crier article: When memory slips away, caregivers are challenged or donate to Roger here: Donation page of Roger Strom. Learn more about how you can raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease at www.alz.org/wam.

Today’s hero: Annemiek Storm

1 comment By News and notes, Profiles Tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , September 16th, 2011 @ 9:51 am

Leave a comment below to let us know about the everyday heroes in your life! In honor of Alzheimer’s Action Day on September 21, we are highlighting 21 Everyday Heroes. Today, meet Annemiek Storm, our 11th everyday hero. As of today, Annemiek is the top fundraiser for Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Sacramento. She’s already raised more than $10,000 and hoping to get to her goal of $13,000 by the event on October 1 at the State Capitol. As a long term care insurance agent, Annemiek sees families who are coping with Alzheimer’s every day. She knows that nearly 50 percent of long term care insurance claims are dementia related (and most of those Alzheimer’s) and they are also on average the longest lasting claims. Visit Annemiek’s donation page here: Donation Page of Annemiek Storm and learn more about how you can raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease at www.alz.org/wam.

Azheimer’s a “living death?” A response to Pat Robertson

2 comments By Bill, chapter CEO Tagged with , , , , , , , , , , September 15th, 2011 @ 3:13 pm

Today’s news created a buzz in our office about the Reverend Pat Robertson’s televised comments about divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer’s while the person with Alzheimer’s was still living and calling the disease “a kind of living death.” Not being a viewer of his program, I was at first perplexed as to why he felt the need to comment on this, but on reading the transcript, he was asked the question and to his credit, he suggested they ask an “ethicist besides me.”

In my 24 years of working with the Alzheimer’s Association, I just haven’t seen this issue. I’ve seen divorced spouses return to the relationship to provide care. I’ve had spouses tell me they almost divorced because they didn’t recognize the early signs and mistook them for trouble in the relationship. I’ve known divorce to be discussed in the context of preserving assets as long term care and MediCal loomed (there are better options). I’ve know many people to developed close relationships with friends who helped the well spouse get through the journey and who married after the person with dementia died.

However, the story raises issues as to the challenges of maintaining spousal relations as Alzheimer’s inevitably progresses, why and how being a spouse caregiver has special challenges and why or if actions that would be unacceptable otherwise are viewed differently when one partner is cognitively impaired and will only continue to decline. Continue reading “Azheimer’s a “living death?” A response to Pat Robertson” »

Today’s hero: Dr. Lea Grinberg

0 comments By News and notes, Profiles Tagged with , , , , , , , , , , September 15th, 2011 @ 12:06 pm

Leave a comment below to let us know about the everyday heroes in your life! In honor of Alzheimer’s Action Day on September 21, we are highlighting 21 Everyday Heroes. Today, meet Lea Grinberg, MD, Ph.D., our tenth everyday hero. Dr. Grinberg stopped by the Alzheimer’s Association to talk about her Alzheimer’s Association-funded research at UCSF and a few more exciting areas of her work. What’s a brain bank? Why is autopsy important for Alzheimer’s research? What is the role of ethnicity in the expression of Alzheimer’s disease? Watch the videos above to learn more and read more about Dr. Grinberg here: Lea Grinberg Bio. Learn more about how you can raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease at www.alz.org/wam.

Today’s hero: Dennis O’Donnell

0 comments By News and notes, Profiles Tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , , September 14th, 2011 @ 1:30 pm

CBS5/CW Sports Director - and Alzheimer's Champion - Dennis O'Donnell

Leave a comment below to let us know about the everyday heroes in your life! In honor of Alzheimer’s Action Day on September 21, we are highlighting 21 Everyday Heroes. Today, meet Dennis O’Donnell, our ninth everyday hero. Dennis is the Sports Director at the Bay Area’s CBS affiliate CBS5. Dennis lost his father to Alzheimer’s disease and he uses his position in the public eye to help promote a World without Alzheimer’s. Dennis graciously donates his time to emceeing several Alzheimer’s Association events – including the largest Walk in the nation in San Francisco September 24 – and he has his own Walk team! Read more about Dennis here: Dennis O’Donnell Bio and donate to his Walk team here: Donation Page of Dennis O’Donnell. Learn more about how you can raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease at www.alz.org/wam.

Today’s hero: Molly Kimberling

0 comments By News and notes, Profiles Tagged with , , , , , , , , , , September 13th, 2011 @ 9:57 am

Leave a comment below to let us know about the everyday heroes in your life! In honor of Alzheimer’s Action Day on September 21, we are highlighting 21 Everyday Heroes. Today, meet Molly Kimberling, our eighth everyday hero. As of today, Molly is the top fundraiser for Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Chico. With a goal of raising $200, she is way over top at $2,000 and she isn’t done yet! While Molly doesn’t have a personal connection to the disease, she is leading the corporate team for her employer, Walk sponsor Sunseri Construction, Inc. Molly sends letters soliciting donations from their vendors and partners and has had great success, even in these tough economic times.  Visit Molly’s donation page here: Donation Page of Molly Kimberling and learn more about how you can raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease at www.alz.org/wam.

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