USA2 SPOTLIGHT

A June 17, 2017 Telemundo broadcast segment (in Spanish) reported on the growing impact of Alzheimer’s on the Latino community, and featured UsAgainstAlzheimer’s Board member, Dr. William Vega and Latino Network Advisor, Dr. Maria Aranda, both of the USC Roybal Institute on Aging. 

Listen to the On Pluto Podcast. Journalist Greg O'Brien was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's when he was just 59 years old. The On Pluto podcast chronicles Greg's journey with this disease. It is a production of UsAgainstAlzheimer's and the A-List.

MUST READ

A June 19, 2017 The Sacramento Bee article by Kent Pollock (former Assistant Managing Editor, The Sacramento Bee and Editor, Anchorage Daily News), who was diagnosed with dementia three years ago, chronicles his journey. He writes, “I admit there are moments when I get depressed. I sometimes have a mental image of standing within a circle of dark curtains slowly closing in on me; or of standing on the tracks with arms extended to hold back the short-term and long-term memory trains from colliding and leaving nothing. These thoughts have brought me to private tears.”

MUST LISTEN

A June 19, 2017 NPR All Things Considered radio segment told the story of Sonia Vallabh, who has a prion disease, a fatal brain disorder that took her mom. It’s been described as “Alzheimer's disease on fast-forward.” She is fighting back by working in a lab and trying to get out ahead by searching for preventative treatment, part of a new line of thinking about how to stop even the first symptoms of disease from manifesting.

OPINIONS

A June 18, 2017 Omaha World-Herald opinion piece, by Heather Stauffer of Lincoln, calls dementia a bipartisan issue, penning, “We need to strive to put people first, not political agendas.”

EVENTS AND RESOURCES

Come to the 2017 North American Dementia Conference and interactive technology showcase, hosted by the Dementia Action Alliance. June 25-27in Atlanta. Register here.