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Grant Awarded to Help Dementia Caregivers Handle Grief
Bonnie Shepherd, an AFTD Board member, describes the difficulties associated with long-term caregiving and the support that is…
Utah family gives FTD presentation at State Capital
Utah caregiver Jamie Gordon and her family marked Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Advocacy Day by giving a presentation…
Facing My Mother’s Dementia
Kimberly Williams-Paisley describes the effects of PPA on her once eloquent mother.
When They Don’t Know They Are Ill
Reporter Judith Graham writes about frontotemporal degeneration in this New York Times blog entry.
Medical Research Writer’s Wife Affected with FTD
Dan Browning, a medical research writer for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, writes about his wife’s change…
FTD Article Online in The Atlantic
Writer Erika Hayasaki spoke with Nicole Savini, member of AFTD’s Awareness Committee, about her mother’s struggle with…
Progressive Aphasia: When Words Get Stuck Between Mind and Mouth
The Las Vegas Review-Journal published a story about 65-year-old Jacob Sobotka, a man affected with primary progressive…
Denise’s Decision: When to Put Husband in Nursing Home
Randy Thomas has FTD. He is 63. His wife Denise faces the difficult decision of figuring out…
UCSF Neurologist Develops Brain Imaging Strategies for Mapping Disease
Dr. William Seeley’s research about mapping the course of bvFTD is discussed in an article posted to the…
CA Woman with FTD Calls for More Attention to Disease
A 50-year-old woman diagnosed with FTD in San Rafael, CA spoke with the Marin Independent Journal about being…
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