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2020 AFTD Annual Education Conference
AFTD’s 2020 Annual Education Conference will be held in Baltimore, MD, on Friday, April 17, 2020. Stay tuned to AFTD’s website, Twitter and Facebook for more details!
Philadelphia Marathon
Join select AFTD staff and members of the local community as we bring greater FTD awareness to the surrounding Philadelphia area and raise funds to help people affected by FTD. The AFTD-Team will participate in the Philadelphia Marathon on November…
Dementia Is a State of Mind: 2019 Inaugural PAC Conference
Teepa Snow’s organization Positive Approach to Care (PAC) is holding its first annual conference, Dementia Is a State of Mind, in Cary, NC. AFTD volunteers will be in attendance to ensure that FTD is included. Click here to download a…
Bill’s Best Brewery: Dine & Donate
Bill’s Best—a longtime supporter of AFTD—is hosting a Dine & Donate to fight FTD! Join fellow patrons on Friday, November 15th from 5:00 to 10:00 pm and 10% of sales will be donated to AFTD! More information can be found…
9th Annual Quest for the Cure Golf Tournament
The ninth annual Quest for the Cure Golf Tournament hosted by the Robert M. Hatfield Foundation is taking place on November 15, 2019 at the Bardmoor Golf & Tennis Club in Seminole, FL. Registration begins at 11:00 am with a…
New Website Addresses Safety and Dementia
Researchers in Colorado launched a new online resource dedicated to helping people navigate difficult decisions concerning safety and dementia, reported by KUNC community radio on November 5. The website, Safety in Dementia, aims to help care partners and persons diagnosed…
Messages of Hope
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Dr. Bradford Dickerson Discusses FTD Symptoms in MD Magazine Video
Dr. Bradford C. Dickerson led a conversation about FTD during a recent MD Magazine video panel on Alzheimer’s disease. The program is part of the Peer Exchange series, which involves panel discussions with medical professionals about specific diseases or conditions…
Broadcast Segment Sheds Light on AFTD Volunteer, FTD Research
The Iowa-based station KIMT-TV shares hope for the future with a segment aired on Nov. 6 that ties one family’s battle with FTD to a new opportunity to advance the science of FTD. The segment features AFTD volunteer Deb Scharper,…
New York Times Covers the “Loneliness” of FTD
A New York Times article published November 7 depicts the effects of FTD on persons diagnosed and their care partners through the story of AFTD volunteer Sandy Karger (pictured above) and her husband Bob, who is living with FTD. In…