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Meet Carol Howell, Author of Let’s Talk Dementia
By Carol Howell My mother, Vera, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in October of 2006. That was the day
Meet Marsha L. Burris, Author of Miracles All Around Me
By Marsha L. Burris My parents raised four children in a small community located near Charlotte, NC where
Meet Tanya Ward Goodman, Author of Leaving Tinkertown
By Tanya Ward Goodman I grew up in in the mountains of New Mexico in a roadside attraction
Meet Karen Kaplan, Author of Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died
By Karen B. Kaplan It can get lonely carrying on with this job that most people think I
Meet Shannon O’Donnell, Author of Save the Bones
By Shannon O’Donnell In the late 1990s, I joined a writers’ group. The rules were simple: “Bring three
Meet Rundy Purdy, Author of The Sea Is Wide
By Rundy Purdy I was twenty-four years old when I became a caregiver for my grandpa. I left
Meet Geri Taylor: Living with Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease
By Maria Shriver: In June, Geri Taylor spoke in front of participants of my first-ever Move for Minds Alzheimer’s fundraising and
Living with Younger Onset Dementia, Kate Swaffer Fearlessly Writes: What The Hell Happened To My Brain?
By Kate Swaffer There are currently more than 47.5 million people diagnosed with dementia (WHO, 2015) and I
Meet Ann Garvin, Author of I Like You Just Fine When You’re Not Around
By Ann Garvin Laughter And Alzheimer: A Necessary Contradiction I write about Alzheimer’s because, it seems, I can’t
Meet Gary Joseph LeBlanc, Author of Staying Afloat in a Sea of Forgetfulness and Other Books on Dementia
By Gary Joseph LeBlanc Becoming a caregiver started as far back as my earliest childhood memories. My oldest
Meet Loretta Woodward Veney, Author of Being My Mom’s Mom
By Loretta Woodward Veney I decided to write my book because I felt so helpless when my Mom
Meet RJ Thesman, Author of the Reverend G Series
A Trilogy by RJ Thesman “We have to park here,” Mom said, as I drove her to the
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