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
“What if we write a play about a clown who gets dementia?” That’s the question that renowned actor and professional clown, Joan Mankin asked her brother in 2010. A few years later, they would find out the hard way. Based…
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. Click here for more information. The all-day conference will…
Colorado Springs, CO Meet & Greet
Join AFTD Volunteer Nancy Harvalis and AFTD Southwest Regional Coordinator Volunteer, Kathy Urban, for an informal gathering in Colorado Springs, CO to meet others in your community whose lives have been affected by FTD. An RSVP by April 14th would…
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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…
2019 AFTD Education Conference Breakout Sessions
Clinical Issues (1:15 p.m.) Managing Behavioral Variant FTD Chuang-Kuo Wu, MD, PhD Marianne Sanders, RN Amy and George Shives Jill Shapira, PhD, RN, facilitator Explore behavioral variant FTD from four distinct and complementary perspectives – from the clinical perspective, a…
AFTD Thanks Our Volunteers!
In honor of National Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 7-13), the staff of AFTD would like to thank all our amazing volunteers for donating their time and talents in support of our mission! To learn more about becoming an AFTD volunteer,…
Help & Hope #49
Issue #49: April 2019 In this issue we provide registration links for AFTD’s 2019 Education Conference — whether you will be joining us in person or tuning in via LiveStream, an article about using Awareness Cards to navigate social situations,…