💜 This Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Awareness Month, I honor my grandmother, Doña Patria, and the millions of families affected by this disease.

➡️ Progress depends on research, prevention, early diagnosis, and the caregivers who hold everything together.

💜To every caregiver out there: you are seen, you are valued, and you are heroes.

#AlzheimersAwareness #BrainHealth #EndALZ #Caregivers #HealthEquity #Boston #Love #Dementia #Aging

Every country, every culture, every community, and every person has an equal stake in addressing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

#Alzheimers #dementia #HumanRights #EndAlz #quote

The holiday season can be hard, esp. if you are someone w/#dementia and/or a #caregiver for someone w/#dementia. #HFC has many support groups for #caregivers, inc. "Keeping Each Other Company: Caregiving & #Grief." We meet 12.17 at 11 am PT.

Please consider filling out this google doc & joining one of these groups if you are feeling sad &/or lonely. Weirdly, sometimes talking w/people you don't know is easier than confiding in people you do.

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU6Waw5K_qdJ2AvowQwjNUORcAus16weFE2AsLpxYtCvrR9w/viewform?pli=1&authuser=0

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December 17th at 11 am PT, I will be leading the last HFC support group -- "Keeping Each Other Company: Caregiving & Grief" -- of this year. The holidays can be especially hard for #caregivers & those they care for, so if you want/need a place to talk, listen, decompress, please consider joining one of the support groups offered by Seth & Lauren Miller Rogen's amazing foundation Hilarity for Charity. Here is a link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU6Waw5K_qdJ2AvowQwjNUORcAus16weFE2AsLpxYtCvrR9w/viewform?pli=1

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“I think the thing that I hope to dispel about Alzheimer’s is the reality of how hard it is,” Lauren [Miller Rogen] said. “There are many people who are lucky enough to have not been touched by it, & that’s amazing—but I hope they understand how dark it can get, how long it can last, & what it is like for a caregiver. When we don’t understand those things, we don’t strive for change & we don’t work toward making things better.”

https://lamag.com/philanthropy/hilarity-for-charity-hosts-friendsgiving/

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Johns Hopkins UP is discounting all books by 50%. Purchases over $50 get free shipping. Use discount code HCYB25.

Here is a link to the preface of my #memoir, written w/the brilliant #UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain. His explanations of how the #brain works (or w/#dementia, why it doesn't) are beautifully written & incredibly helpful to those who struggle to understand.

https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12605/finding-right-words

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