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Her Parents Survived a Bombing and an Internment Camp. Now She’s Their Caregiver.

June Yasuhara crosses the street with her parents in San Jose's Japandown

In San Jose’s Japantown, June Yasuhara learns more about her parents’ dementia daily

OCTOBER 9, 2020 | By Dr. Christine Nguyen

Meet the 2 Women Behind the Stamp to Stamp Out Alzheimer’s

Lynda Everman and Kathy Siggins, the forces behind the Alzheimer's stamp

A tale of what motivation and persistence can do

OCTOBER 5, 2020 | By Paula Spencer Scott

My Mom Just Wants a Hug: Families Unite to Open Up Nursing Homes

Beth Graham and her mother Betty, taken in the fall of 2019 at her nursing home in Ponte Vedra, Fla.

The pandemic has brought family caregivers together to lobby for change

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 | By Beth Graham

An Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Is Met With Resilience

Purple Alzheimer's awareness ribbon

Brian Van Buren also gets a little help from some high-tech friends

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 | By Sheryl Kraft

New Studies Find 9/11 First Responders May Have Increased Dementia Risk

Two New York City firefighters

Research points to PTSD and Ground Zero toxic dust as contributing factors

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 | By Sherri Snelling

A 40-Year Friendship With Baseball Legend Tom Seaver

Pat Jordan and Tom Seaver

Author Pat Jordan tells how he and the late pitching ace learned from each other

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 | By Pete Croatto

The New Brain Health Center Focused on Racial Disparities

Jason Resendez shaking hands with Congresswoman Donna Shalala (D-FL)

By 2030, half of all Americans living with Alzheimer’s will be Black or Latino

AUGUST 25, 2020 | By Paula Spencer Scott

How Aging Trends Will Reshape Life in 2030

Wharton's Mauro Guillen on ways people 50+ can prepare

AUGUST 20, 2020 | By Richard Eisenberg

Boomers Show Greater Cognitive Decline Than Earlier Generations

childhood trauma

Researchers say mental health disorders explain much of the decline

AUGUST 14, 2020 | By Susan Perry

Caregiving Support Groups Go Virtual

caregiver receiving online support

During the stressful circumstances of the pandemic, support is needed more than ever

AUGUST 10, 2020 | By Randy Rieland

The New Global Study Looking Into Effects of COVID-19 on the Brain

One challenge: the coronavirus is delaying Alzheimer’s research

AUGUST 7, 2020 | By Liz Seegert

A Day in the Life of an End-of-Life Doula

Doula Wendy Brown talking at a distance to Holli Roseberg at Mt. Olivet Nursing Home in Minneapolis

Wendy Longacre Brown helps clients find meaning and families find peace

JULY 31, 2020 | By Julie Kendrick

Finishing College — and Starting Caregiving — at Grandma and Grandpa’s

Lumiere and their grandparents pose for a selfie

Film graduate Lumiere Rostick captures their time together in a PBS special

JULY 31, 2020 | By Grace Birnstengel

New Research Finds Flu and Pneumonia Vaccines May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk

doctor with vaccine

Taking a close look at two studies released at the Alzheimer's Association conference

JULY 30, 2020 | By Sherri Snelling

A Helping Hand for Family Caregivers

home health care worker and client

COVID-19 highlights a growing need for home care as some head back to work

JULY 16, 2020 | By Wendy Helfenbaum

How Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Have Become COVID-19 Victims

man suffering from Alzheimer's

What the pandemic means for Alzheimer's treatment prospects

JULY 9, 2020 | By Stephenie Overman

A Pandemic Lockdown Just for Older People? No!

older person looking out window

What's wrong with targeting Americans who are 65+

JULY 3, 2020 | By Chris Farrell

Granting My Grandmother’s Final Wish

Stephany (at right), her mom and her grandma

Being unable to bury our dead makes it harder to resurrect our memories

JUNE 22, 2020 | By Stephany Wilkes

The Future of Aging in America

Imani Woody, Larry Curley, Ron Long

What 3 Next Avenue Influencers in Aging said, and lamented, in our webinar

JUNE 15, 2020 | By Richard Eisenberg

Feeling Foggy After Cancer Treatment? It Could Be Chemo Brain

abstract image of human brain

Why this side effect happens and what to do about it

JUNE 4, 2020 | By Barbra Williams Cosentino

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