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Life & Love with FTD
A free FTD educational event will be held at Arden Courts in Kensington, MD on Thursday, November…
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Staff Education Week February 2012
For the fourth year, the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners is offering The National Council of…
CurePSP Webinar: Speech and Swallowing in PSP, CBD and MSA
Event: Speech and Swallowing in PSP, CBD and MSA Description: Kristin Larsen, MA, CCC-SLP, a speech-language pathologist…
CME Course – December 12 in New York City
CME Credits Available for Healthcare Professionals – December 12, 2011: AFTD will co-sponsor a CME Course at…
Give Back with an AFTD Credit Card
For those of you who would like to “give back” to AFTD, the organization has teamed up…
New Criteria for Behavioral Variant FTD
In 2011, an international consortium developed and published revised guidelines for the diagnosis of behavioral variant frontotemporal…
Caregiver Research Opportunity in San Francisco
Family caregivers interested in a research study aimed at improving caregiver quality of life can contact Judy…
The Basile Family Shares Their Story with Chicago Newspaper
Irene Basile does a Q&A with a Chicago reporter about her late husband’s battle with FTD. Nick…
Researchers find key mutation that causes FTD and ALS
Researchers find key mutation that causes FTD and ALS: In a landmark paper published in the online…
UCSF Neurologist Wins MacArthur Fellowship for FTD Research
William Seeley, neurologist at UCSF, won a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship for his research into FTD. The no-strings-attached,…
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