Kate Dyer-Seeley  

This summer we had the pleasure of hosting Max Larkin and Emily Boardway as they kicked off the first leg of their Spoke Your Mind bike tour across the country.  Max’s father has Young Onset Alzheimer’s.  As Max and his family (like mine and so many others) tried to navigate the legal system, deal with [...]

The entire reason I first became involved in Alzheimer’s advocacy is because when my family was in the throes of the disease we had the added stress of worrying about how to pay for my mother’s care.  Most of you likely know the saga but as a quick recap her insurance company denied her claim [...]

A little over a year ago Dr. Mario Carrillo, Director of Medical and Scientific Relations for the Alzheimer’s Association, traveled to Portland to give our staff, board members, and donors an update on where we stand in Alzheimer’s research.  I blogged about it at the time because she’s an incredible speaker, completely adept at translating complicated scientific [...]