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Giving a Hand to Our Helping Hands!

December 18, 2018

AFTD Volunteer Nanci Anderson As care partner for Gary, her husband of 38 years, AFTD Volunteer Nanci…

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Supporting Families from the Beginning

December 18, 2018

“For so long we wondered what was going on with Mom,” says Amber Dickson. Her mother’s behavior…

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Spotlight on…David Pfeifer, AFTD Board of Directors

December 7, 2018

After experiencing FTD firsthand as a care partner for his wife Cathy, David Pfeifer felt compelled to…

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Marc and Gretchen Toles

The Beach Walk, by Marc Toles

September 19, 2018

The summer of 2007 was proving to be one of the most difficult times in our marriage. The…

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Flooded with Sound, by Tim Ramsey

June 20, 2018

We first noticed Dad’s hearing loss when he was in his early sixties. He would ask us…

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Poem, by Lori Ruhlman

March 30, 2018

One of the difficult aspects of FTD is that the loved one is still physically present. In…

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Frontotemporal Dementia Sucks, by Robin Albright

March 30, 2018

A wife describes the heartbreak of learning of her husband’s diagnosis and the struggles of managing the…

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Reflecting on Hope, by Robin Albright

March 30, 2018

While having a particularly bad day, Robin Albright chooses to see that there is hope. Click here…

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Through the Eyes of a Caretaker

March 30, 2018

In this essay, a husband describes his path to accepting his wife’s diagnosis. Click here to read.

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Caregiver, by Maureen Walsh

March 30, 2018

This poem describes one caregiver’s experience with the toll caregiving exacts.

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