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Coming soon: Alzheimer’s listening session in San Francisco 8/10

You may have noticed the recent news about a new therapy for advanced melanoma. Good news. Listening to an interview with one of the scientists involved, he commented, “this is the payoff of decades of...

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Bruce Bochy tapes a PSA for us at ATT Park

Bruce Bochy rehearses in the Giants' dugout at AT&T Park I am often reminded of how rewarding my work is, but every now and then my job calls on me to do something that is just plain fun and...

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Azheimer’s a “living death?” A response to Pat Robertson

Today’s news created a buzz in our office about the Reverend Pat Robertson’s televised comments about divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer’s while the person with Alzheimer’s was still living and calling...

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s 2011 – some reflections

We are just wrapping up our “marching season,” with Walks to End Alzheimer’s from Fresno to Redding. I was in San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose and Redding. I love these events for many reasons – the...

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Think It Over…Alzheimer’s Association CEO Celebrates 25 years of service

Over twenty years ago, we put together a recognition breakfast for long time Alzheimer’s champion Senator Henry Mello. Our then Board President Tim Millar recognized that Senator Mello “cared about...

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Dad has Alzheimer’s

I have shared before that my maternal grandmother and my wife’s mom were lost to Alzheimer’s. We lost my grandmother in a time when the professionals and family said she was “senile.” My mother-in-law...

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A reflection on Dad’s passing: A difficult road was made a little easier with...

I shared with you recently that my father had, among other issues, Alzheimer’s disease. His journey came to an inglorious end in late March after we had moved him to a nursing home. He was there only...

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When It’s On Your Mind, It’s On eBay – Keeping It Real for My Mom

September is World Alzheimer’s Month and eBay is joining the fight! eBay is supporting our efforts by hosting a celebrity charity auction online. They will also be donating to the Alzheimer’s...

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Think It Over…

While the Alzheimer’s Association is proud be to the largest private, non-profit funder of Alzheimer’s research, most basic science in the U.S. is funded through the National Institutes of Health....

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Think It Over….

It’s the “the Marching Season” – Walk to End Alzheimer’s – that time when we engage our communities to bring Alzheimer’s to the fore, to raise funds and awareness for our cause. Our communications team...

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In memory: Pat Sippel December 4, 1937 – December 10, 2013

With great sadness, I share with you the shocking news that last week, we lost our friend and Board member Pat Sippel. In our work we deal with loss on an on-going basis, and still we are stunned to...

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Think It Over… (February, 2014)

Our Alzheimer’s Association family was stunned over the holidays when our Board Member Pat Sippel of Carmel, Calif. passed away unexpectedly. Our Monterey office Director Sherry Williams tells the...

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Interview with our CEO: What are we doing about Alzheimer’s disease?

In this interview on the podcast The Aging Boomers, our Chapter CEO Bill Fisher discusses Alzheimer’s basics such as the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia and talks about what we are doing to...

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Think It Over…

Bennett or “Little b” I’m a grandfather! We have one daughter Jesse, the fabled Guppy of our family Walk team, the Guppy’s Revenge. She and our son-in-law Erik are the proud parents of young Bennett,...

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Think It Over… (February 2015)

You can be forgiven if you missed this, but in January in the midst of the Federal Budget Reconciliation and the Continuing Resolution – the two bills that kept the Federal government funded – we...

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Think it over…. (Sept. 2015)

Four members of our team are just back from our annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington, D.C. We brought together more than 4,500 scientists from around the world to share...

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So Long….

In September, with ambivalent feelings, I told our board that it was time for me to step away from my post as CEO, which I will do later this year. At that point I will have led the chapter for 29...

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When It’s On Your Mind, It’s On eBay – Keeping It Real for My Mom

September is World Alzheimer’s Month and eBay is joining the fight! eBay is supporting our efforts by hosting a celebrity charity auction online. They will also be donating to the Alzheimer’s...

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In memory: Pat Sippel December 4, 1937 – December 10, 2013

With great sadness, I share with you the shocking news that last week, we lost our friend and Board member Pat Sippel. In our work we deal with loss on an on-going basis, and still we are stunned to...

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Interview with our CEO: What are we doing about Alzheimer’s disease?

In this interview on the podcast The Aging Boomers, our Chapter CEO Bill Fisher discusses Alzheimer’s basics such as the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia and talks about what we are doing to...

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