September 27, 2009 – 9:52 pm
On October 10, 2009, the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk will take place at Treasure Island in San Francisco. This is one of many Memory Walks organized by the Alzheimer’s Association. Collectively these events are the largest in the nation that further the cause to end Alzheimer’s. Proceeds from these events will go to the Alzheimer’s [...]
September 25, 2009 – 5:20 pm
Lives in Great Falls, Montana, can still remember his grandfather talking about the Civil War and recently turned 112! CBS’s Steve Hartman recently went to Great Falls and interviewed the still engaged and articulate Walter Breuning. Although he lives in an assisted living facility, Breuning, needs minimal assistance. In fact, he runs errands on his [...]
September 19, 2009 – 7:25 pm
Monday, September 21st is World Alzheimer’s Day. The theme of this year’s day is “Diagnosing Dementia: Seeing It Sooner.” Memory walks, conferences, lectures, concerts and countless other events are planned in Bermuda, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Jamaica, and many other countries. If you live in Northern California you can contact the Northern California Alzheimer’s Association not only [...]
September 16, 2009 – 11:37 am
Stefan Merrill Block’s The Story of Forgetting is an amazing first novel that attempts to give a voice to Alzheimer’s. It uses early-onset Alzheimer’s or familial Alzheimer’s disease (EOA) as a starting point of examining the human condition. The two narrators of the novel have not only different voices but different perspectives as they’re 15 [...]
September 8, 2009 – 3:04 am
Engage As You Age has created a YouTube channel. Right now you’ll find our Comcast Business Spotlight that recently aired on CBS 5 and a BigSuccess.tv business pitch that Ben Lewis participated in. We’ll be adding new videos over the coming weeks and months so be sure to check back on this blog and also [...]
September 7, 2009 – 8:31 pm
An Elderly Wish Foundation, a non-profit in Contra Costa County, seeks to enrich the lives of those who have terminal illnesses. They do this by granting a wish (and can do almost anything that you can imagine). Mary Chapman, the Executive Director, recently met with Engage As You Age and told us that they have [...]
September 5, 2009 – 11:42 am
I recently met an 85-year-old grandmother of 5 (and mother of 3) who has to get her thigh drained every two months because of infection and has a terrible time getting her shirts on because of a torn rotator cuff. Still, Jean goes swimming three days a week, yells back at Jim Cramer on CNBC [...]
September 1, 2009 – 2:03 am
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