Video

Fundraising for hope: a way to move forward after Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s patients require constant attention. As Tatiana Gonzalez, the niece of a late Alzheimer’s patient, explains, this can lead some carers to feel overwhelmed, isolated, and even that they are not doing enough. But the path to healing might be closer than what they think:

Meeting of family and carers of Alzheimer’s patients for a fundraising event at a restaurant in Coral Gables.
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Healing together: because carers need some TLC too

Family members of Alzheimer patients gather at a restaurant in Coral Gables to spend an evening together and raise money to help fund research into the disease. Through speeches and anecdotes, they expressed how this is a chance to honor loved ones, to offer emotional support for one another and to take a step back from the responsibilities of daily life as a carer.

Podcast

Everything changed: the journey into becoming the caregiver of an Alzheimer’s patient

Romy Perez, psychologist at Jackson Memorial Hospital and granddaughter of Alzheimer’s patient.

Romy Perez, a psychologist at Jackson Memorial Hospital, dealt everyday with patients challenged by mental illness. But when she became the caregiver of her grandmother who suffered from Alzheimer’s, her perspective changed: