‘Epic singer’, ‘salsa dancer’, and ‘bingo-holic,’ are all terms of endearment in their sincerest forms for Evelyn Nazario de Jacobs, Cobb Tharp, aka ‘Mamacita’ to her namesake, her daughter Evelyn Jacobs, [ironically married a Jacobs of Swansboro] of Jacksonville, North Carolina. “She loved volleyball, any outdoor activities, served as our Boy Scouts den mother, our […]
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“Every time I hear the sounds of a piano, I always think of my grandmother,” begins Evan Norconk,” who works with Bank OZK in Gastonia, North Carolina. “She had many years of training and her playing flowed seamlessly.” Evan recalls coming home from school as a boy and often hearing her play in the living room. […]
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“You could live either another twenty minutes or another twenty years. We just don’t know,” stated the neurologist in a matter of fact tone to Donald Cameron about two years ago in a Vermont exam room. He sat in the office alone trying to absorb what he had just heard while his two daughters and then-wife […]
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Grief over the death of a loved one doesn’t just go away one day. You don’t wake up suddenly, however many moons later, and think ‘Well gosh, I’m no longer bothered by this hole in my heart.’ Oddly, grief is comparable to the journey of living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias: ‘good days and bad […]
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Beatrice Kirby not only understood the importance of community – she was a trailblazer and leader among hers in Winston-Salem right up until her late 70’s. Born in 1913, she was the first in her family to go to college. She was involved through her roles as a teacher and daughter of a pastor and […]
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One family’s journey through Alzheimer’s — together. “A little bit crazy, a little bit loud and a whole lot of love” is how the Saltz family best describes themselves. Members of their Saltz family participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s for the first time on September 24, 2022. This date is significant in that […]
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A self-described daddy’s girl, Charlie Laird jokes her father really wanted a boy but upon learning that his first child was a daughter, he still wanted to proceed with the plan to continue the Charlie name in the family. Charlie’s petite frame, sweet demeanor, and smile is no stranger to the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, […]
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An AAIC Conversation with Early Career Researcher Duncan NowlingGraduate Student at the Medical University of South Carolina One year ago at the 2022 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in San Diego, we met graduate student Duncan Nowling at a poster session. After a brief conversation, anyone could see this young researcher’s enthusiasm and fascination with the […]
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“The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” Robert F. Kennedy Lucky are the people in life who have found a way to marry their own personal passions with their professional pursuits. Bruce McReynolds, owner and director of Griswold Homecare of Greensboro and Burlington has managed to find himself […]
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“Based upon what I’ve seen, if you do not yet have a personal connection with Alzheimer’s disease, you soon will,” begins Bob McIntosh, managing partner of McIntosh Law Firm of Davidson, North Carolina — one of the teams and sponsors of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s -Iredell County. Bob, who currently has four or five […]
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