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8th Annual Al McNulty Benefit
Joel McNulty and family will host the 8th Annual Al McNulty Dementia Benefit on June 29, 2018 at Sunset Grill in Overland Park, KS. The event, which will start at 6:00 pm, will feature live music, a silent auction and raffle. For…
AFTD Appreciates Our Volunteers!
In recognition of National Volunteer Week 2018 (April 15-21), AFTD honors our amazing volunteers, who devote their time to furthering our shared mission of bringing help and hope to families across the U.S. and throughout the world.
Messages of Hope
Keep going. #MessagesOfHope #FTD #ThinkFTD #endFTD #dementia #raredisease #strength #keepgoing #quoteoftheday
AFTD’s 2018 Education Conference
Registration for the 2018 AFTD Education Conference is still open. Join us in Chicago on April 13 to learn about caring strategies for today, and to discover reasons to hope for a future without FTD. Chicago Marriott O’Hare | Chicago,…
FTD, the “Dementia That Is Often Misdiagnosed,” Is Spotlighted in Next Avenue
Frontotemporal degeneration is difficult to diagnose, can bankrupt families, and currently lacks any effective treatments. But while it is still too little known, awareness of the disease is growing, the online publication Next Avenue reported on April 9. The article…
Messages of Hope
#MessagesOfHope #FTD #ThinkFTD #endFTD #dementia #raredisease #courage #strength #practice #quoteoftheday
Help & Hope #38
Issue #38: April 2018 In this issue we highlight AFTD’s post-diagnosis resources, share an important announcement about Department of Defense funding for FTD research, give a sneak peek of walks and runs you can participate in during our upcoming race…
Messages of Hope
Look for the good. ⠀⠀ One day at a time. ⠀⠀ #MessagesOfHope #FTD #ThinkFTD #endFTD#dementia #raredisease #eyeswideopen #lookforthegood #daily #reminder #positive #positivity #lookharder #onedayatatime #quoteoftheday
Partners in FTD Care #23: Understanding and Managing Apathy
This new AFTD resource outlines various strategies for coping with apathy in FTD, including verbal cuing, tailoring activities to past interests, and planning structured activities. The issue also presents two views of apathy: one from a person diagnosed, and another…
Dance in the Rain, by Philip Bimstein
Philip Bimstein, a musician and an associate instructor at the University of Utah, wrote, composed and performed “Dance in the Rain” as part of an interdisciplinary seminar class on dementia that was offered to undergraduate students at the university. The…