Renay Clark – National Volunteer Week 2021 Spotlight

April 19, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

We are endlessly grateful to our volunteers for giving their time to better the lives of those impacted by Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Our volunteers are truly the heart of the Alzheimer’s Association here in North Carolina. In honor of National Volunteer Week 2021, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Chapter each day. Today […]

Marianne Chanti-Ketterl – National Volunteer Week 2021 Spotlight

April 19, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Suraj Upadhya – National Volunteer Week 2021 Spotlight

April 18, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Parnika Patnaik – National Volunteer Week 2021 Spotlight

April 18, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Journalism, BBQ and P-3 Orions Led Me to the Alzheimer’s Association

April 12, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

I’ll never forget the day in Fall 2013, sitting in the parking lot of a BBQ restaurant next to the ‘World’s Largest Honky Tonk’ in Fort Worth, Texas. I was an anxious-to-graduate senior journalism student at Texas Christian University, fresh off a Summer internship at Dallas TV news station WFAA. Like many universities, TCU hosts […]

Forum Seeks Input on Unique Needs of Rural North Carolina Communities

April 5, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Alzheimer’s Association in North Carolina, in partnership with The North Carolina Rural Health Leadership Alliance (NCRHLA), will be hosting a virtual Alzheimer’s Community Forum, Challenges and Opportunities: Alzheimer’s & Dementia in Rural NC, in April to hear from local area residents of rural communities statewide. The forum is a gathering for people who have […]

Association Hosts Confident Caregiver Symposium This April

March 22, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

More than 11 million family and friends, including 358,000 in North Carolina, provide unpaid care to people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias in the United States. In the middle stage of Alzheimer’s disease, those who were care partners now become hands-on caregivers. Join us for our our four-part series where you’ll hear caregivers and professionals […]

North Carolina Alzheimer’s Disease 2021 Facts and Figures Report Released

March 8, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

New Alzheimer’s Association Report Examines Racial and Ethnic Attitudes on Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Findings from two national surveys appearing in the Alzheimer’s Association 2021 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report reveal that discrimination is a barrier to Alzheimer’s and dementia care. More than one-third of Black Americans (36%) and nearly one-fifth of Hispanic Americans […]

Local Volunteer Finds ‘The Perfect Recipe’ to Create Happiness

February 8, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

To Addie Kirby, it wasn’t the awe-inspiring anecdote others bring to their role as a volunteer at the Alzheimer’s Association. No. It was a simple Facebook post. “I wish I could make up some story, but it was a quote on Facebook about the recipe to a happy life,” Kirby said. Late in 2019, she […]

Navigating a Dementia Diagnosis: 3 Part Series

January 19, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

In the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease, families face new questions as they adjust. What does the diagnosis mean? What kinds of plans need to be made? What resources are available to help? Hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association in North Carolina, this virtual three-part series provides practical answers to the questions that arise in the […]