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First-ever World FTD Awareness Week Launches at One World Trade Center
On October 1, AFTD, with President of Advance Publications, Inc. Donald Newhouse, convened supporters and community members to host an inaugural event at One World Trade Center. Together, we gathered to…
Richard E. Rainwater, Billionaire Texas Dealmaker, Dies at 71
AFTD extends condolences to the family and friends of Richard E. Rainwater, who passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015, from conditions related to PSP, a subtype of FTD. An…
World FTD Awareness Week (Oct. 4-11, 2015) Social Media Kit
AFTD’s Social Media Kit offers an easy way to tell your story during World FTD Awareness Week. Simply choose the template that suits you best: Social Media Template, for persons living with…
A Dance With Dementia: How Spiritual Discipline Helps the Process of Losing Who We Are
In this recent Elephant Journal article written by D. Patrick Miller, FTD gets a provocative aka: “Alzheimer’s on steroids.” Miller writes, “It’s an ideal of spiritual growth that may not be…
Stroups’ 50th anniversary filled with family, food and lots of love
When you’re 21 and madly in love, ‘For better or for worse’ and ‘In sickness and in health’ are just words,” notes Times-Picayune columnist Sheila Stroup. Click here to read…
16th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
The 16th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery will be held Oct. 5-6, 2015, in Jersey City, NJ (right across the Hudson River from NYC). This annual Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)…
Marathon-for-Dad
Russell Zomback is running in another marathon to benefit AFTD! Marathon-for-Dad is in memory of his dad, Paul. Russell is raising money not only to help find a cure for…
FTD Awareness Dinner (Oxnard, CA)
FTD Awareness Dinner Sunday, September 20, 2015; 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Hollywood Beach in the Channels Islands Marina 3500 South Harbor Boulevard, Oxnard, CA 93035 Lydia’s FTD House, based…
Well Spouse Association National Conference
The 2015 Well Spouse® Association (WSA) Conference will be held October 23-25, 2015, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The WSA’s mission is not disease-specific; the WSA provides peer-to-peer emotional support to individuals…
8th Canadian Conference on Dementia (CCD)
The 8th CCD will be held in downtown Ottawa from October 1-3, 2015, and will bring together a group of national and international scholars to share clinically relevant, cutting-edge developments…
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