What's New
AFTD Invests $2.5 Million in ADDF’s Diagnostics Accelerator Program to Develop FTD Biomarkers
Leveraging generous support from our donors, AFTD’s FTD Biomarkers Initiative is expanding. We are investing $2.5MM in the Diagnostics Accelerator program, an initiative announced earlier this year by the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) with initial funding from Bill Gates,…
“Going Down in Flames” Play
Danny Mankin and his sister, Joan Mankin, wrote a play titled “Going Down in Flames” which is about a clown with dementia. The two started writing the play together in 2010, but a couple of years into the writing process, Joan…
9th Annual Al McNulty Benefit
Joel McNulty and family will host the 9th Annual Al McNulty Dementia Benefit on May 18, 2019 at the Red Room in Overland Park, KS. The event is from 2:00 to 11:00 pm, and will feature live music and a…
Colfax Marathon
Join select AFTD staff and members of the local community as we bring greater FTD awareness to the surrounding Denver area and raise funds to help people affected by FTD. The AFTD-Team will participate in the Colfax Marathon on May…
2019 AFTD Education Conference
The 2019 AFTD Education Conference will be held on Friday, May 3 in Los Angeles! Join us for a day of learning, sharing and making connections with others who understand FTD. Download this flyer for more information, including a list…
Aging in America Conference
We invite you to join the 2019 Aging in America Conference, which takes place in New Orleans, April 15-18. Nearly 3,000 professionals who work with older adults will meet at the conference to discuss a multitude of issues affecting older…
Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias Summit 2019
AFTD is a co-sponsor for the ADRD Summit 2019, which will address special research priorities for Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias, including frontotemporal (FTD), Lewy body (LBD), mixed, and vascular dementias. Organized by the NINDS ,the summit is part of the National Plan…
Treating PSP, MSA, and CBD – What can be done?
Stanford University and Brain Support Network will be co-hosting a free, one-hour webinar on progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, and corticobasal degeneration. Dr. Brent Bluett, DO, movement disorders specialist, Stanford Movement Disorders Center, will present the webinar. Click here…
Hawaii Virtual Meet & Greet
Join AFTD Support Services Manager, Bridget Moran-McCabe, AFTD Southwest Regional Coordinator Volunteer, Kathy Urban and other islanders for the first virtual meet and greet in Hawaii. “E-meet” others whose lives have been affected by FTD in the state of Hawaii…
Psychiatric Admissions in Anosognosia
Partners in FTD Care Winter 2019 “There is nothing wrong with me.” This is a common response by persons with FTD and anosognosia symptoms after being presented with the possibility of an evaluation or care intervention. They can further become…
Behavioral Anosognosia Complicates Diagnosis, Care and Family Relationships
Partners in FTD Care Winter 2019 People with FTD will vary in their capacity for self-awareness or insight. Some people may experience cognitive unawareness reflected in difficulty with memory, language, spatial and temporal orientation, calculation, abstract reasoning, and putting abstract…