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Joanne Douglas, Affected with PPA, Gets Published in Alzheimer’s Journal
Joanne Douglas, affected with primary progressive aphasia, had an article and abstract published in the American Journal…
FTD: The most common disease no one has ever heard of
Dan Browning, medical writer for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune whose wife is diagnosed with FTD, continues his series of…
Recognizing and Dealing with a Parent’s Dementia – Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley spoke with radio show On Point about her mother and primary progressive aphasia. Click…
Howard Glick’s Blog included in National Library of Medicine Online Archive
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is building an online archive of Web content as part…
Tangled Up in Tau
An article from Massachusetts General Hospital discusses the role of the protein tau in various forms of…
Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley Shares About Mother with PPA
Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, wife of country music singer Brad Paisley, recently shared with Robin Roberts of Good…
Grant Awarded to Help Dementia Caregivers Handle Grief
Bonnie Shepherd, an AFTD Board member, describes the difficulties associated with long-term caregiving and the support that is…
Utah family gives FTD presentation at State Capital
Utah caregiver Jamie Gordon and her family marked Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Advocacy Day by giving a presentation…
Facing My Mother’s Dementia
Kimberly Williams-Paisley describes the effects of PPA on her once eloquent mother.
AFTD to Convene Families Affected by Rare Brain Disease
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD), a national nonprofit based in Philadelphia, will hold its 2014 Education…
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