News & Events

Not All Forms of PPA Are FTD, as Recent High-Profile Case Highlights

Not all forms of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) are caused by the same disease pathology with logopenic variant PPA (lvPPA) capable of being associated with either FTD or Alzheimer’s disease.…

MORE

AFTD Ambassador Honors Daughter by Spreading FTD Awareness: “FTD Didn’t Win in the End”

In a recent interview with WTHI AFTD Ambassador Dawn Kirby recently shared her daughter’s FTD journey with WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Ind., explaining how she turned her family’s pain into…

MORE

Balancing Safety and Autonomy When Persons Diagnosed Leave the Home

In recent days, national media outlets have reported on the disappearance of Edmond Bradley Solomon III, a 66-year-old South Carolina man living with an FTD diagnosis, in Mexico. Mr. Solomon…

MORE

Dear HelpLine: Hyperorality

Dear HelpLine, My loved one is focused on eating sweets like cookies and candy bars, which is so different than how he used to eat. I’m concerned he’s not eating…

MORE

Researchers Adapt Digital Intervention for Dementia Care Partners for FTD, Other Dementias

In a study published in the International Journal of Environmental Health and Research, researchers at Bangor University in Wales and University College London adapted a digital training resource for dementia…

MORE

Recent Study Highlights Reliability and Validity of ALLFTD Mobile App for Diagnosis and Research

A study recently published in the journal JAMA Network Open highlights the reliability and validity of a digital assessment tool, the ALLFTD Mobile App (ALLFTD-mApp) for the remote diagnosis of…

MORE

April 30, 2024: In-Person New York City Meet & Greet

Join and learn from others who understand the FTD journey at this in-person AFTD Meet & Greet event at 5th & Mad (36th Street between 5th and Madison) on Tuesday,…

MORE

April 27, 2024: In-Person Meet & Greet in Terre Haute, Ind.

Join and learn from others who understand the FTD journey at this in-person AFTD Meet & Greet event in Terre Haute, Indiana on Saturday, April 27, starting at 2:00 p.m.…

MORE
SEE CALENDAR VIEW