By Sarah Osment Alzheimer’s is not a stranger in my household. Growing up, I remember 15-minute car rides with my Nanny, Lillian Lacy, where she would comment, “The corn sure is getting high,” no less than 15 times. (My parents live near Mennonite farms.) I remember the emotions of moving my grandparents to a home […]
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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 2025, we’ll be spotlighting a different volunteer from our Eastern North Carolina Chapter […]
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The unveiling of the new Walk to End Alzheimer’s promotional campaign not only comes with a new look and theme, but features participants from a Walk to End Alzheimer’s® event in North Carolina! With last year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Triangle in Raleigh, N.C. as the backdrop for our new digital and print campaign […]
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Nearly 100 volunteer advocates, from 31 counties, representing all regions of the state gathered in Raleigh on February 11 for North Carolina Alzheimer’s Advocacy Day. They urged lawmakers to support better access to early diagnostic testing for Alzheimer’s and increased funding for Project C.A.R.E., the only state-funded dementia-specific respite care program. Meeting with 140 legislators […]
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As a teenager, Samantha Strazanac would tell her grandmother, “You’re so weird.” “I know,” she would say, “and I want to be weird. Normal is boring. Don’t be normal – be weird.” Her grandmother, Eduly Ross, or as her grandchildren know her, Vóduly (a combination of avó, Brazilian Portuguese for grandmother, and her first name […]
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To those around him, Joe McKee was a hard-working family man with a long and successful career in business. However, what many didn’t know is that he also harbored a lifelong dream of one day becoming a homebuilder. To fulfill this desire, he put his passion for homebuilding into constructing several homes for his family, […]
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Two years ago, Elizabeth Reinstein was a normal college student at East Carolina University, worried about finals and finishing her senior year. But when she graduated, her whole life changed. Her father, Jay, who she describes as her sports-watching buddy and “best friend,” was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease. He was only 57. “It hit […]
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Years ago, Henry Edmonds was a pastor in Durham when his wife’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. “He was a very outgoing person,” Henry says of his father-in-law. “He was very active in the church, acting as a member of the deacon board and singing in the choir.” But once his Alzheimer’s began progressing, […]
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