Hope Found After A Community Mourns

August 20, 2023.Reading time 14 minutes.

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 […]

Aligned Missions Change Lives through Walk to End Alzheimer’s

July 23, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

“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 […]

Daughter asks who’s “got their ears on” for Alzheimer’s Awareness

September 4, 2022.Reading time 15 minutes.

“Hey Shirley, this is Squirrely. You got your ears on?” So goes the refrain of a 1970s song. “A fun memory about my mom, Shirley, is that she loved to talk on the Citizens Band (CB) radio back in the 1970’s,” shares Julie Clarke of Greensboro, N.C. Julie’s parents owned a floor covering business in […]

Family in Search of Rainbow in the Midst of Dementia ‘Storm’

September 7, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

“Change is the only constant in our lives, and we are learning to adapt daily,” shares daughter Reena and wife Varsha Isharani of Greensboro, North Carolina. Their father/husband, Jay, was diagnosed with dementia in 2017. “While we may make the weekly schedule each Sunday night, we know that any day could turn out to be […]