Triple Your Impact This Holiday Season
Triple Your Impact This Holiday Season
Celebrate the holidays with a year-end gift that can go 3x as far to help provide care and support to the millions affected by Alzheimer's disease, and to advance critical research. But please hurry — this 3x Match Challenge ends soon.
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DO WHAT YOU LOVE TO END ALZ™
WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S®
RIDE TO END ALZ®
Ride to End ALZ Nation's Capital is a unique opportunity to pedal through the history and beauty of the Virginia countryside and raise funds for Alzheimer's research. Scenic routes start and finish at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia and range from 25-100 miles. Register for the 2026 Ride to End Alz Nation's Capital and contact us if you have any questions.
REFLECTIONS FROM THE 2025 ANNUAL DEMENTIA CONFERENCE
If you weren't able to attend the 20th Annual Dementia Conference on March 26, you can view the slides from two of the presentations and enjoy a poignant poem by Natasha Jasso Smith.
View the slides from "Advancing the Science"
View the slides from "Navigating Doctor's Visits"
"In Realms of Fractured Mind"
By Natasha Jasso Smith
In shadows deep, where memories are lost,
Dementia's grasp, its cruel and tragic cost,
The worst affliction, stealing minds away,
A silent thief, that claims its price to pay.
I look unchanged, my visage stays the same,
Yet deep within, a flicker fades, in shame,
Beneath this mask, a world unknown to all,
A lonely realm, where understanding falls.
No words can bridge the void that lies between,
No gestures, touch, can bring my soul's serene,
For in this realm, I wander all alone,
A place where empathy cannot be shown.
Oh, cruel dementia, haunting every hour,
You rob my essence, fade each vibrant flower,
And as I tread this path, you claim as mine,
I yearn for solace, understanding kind.
But in this maze, where thoughts forever stray,
I am adrift, forever lost, they say,
No one can comprehend this world I bear,
No one can enter, no one can repair.
So, here I stand, a figure of deceit,
A familiar face, with secrets held complete,
In silence, I remain, my spirit confined,
A poet lost, in realms of a fractured mind.
But though this battle rages fierce within,
I'll strive to find that light, amidst the din,
A glimmer of my essence still remains,
And seek the solace, where true love sustains.
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