ADAW Announces AlzWalk Honorary Chairs for 2020

ADAW Announces AlzWalk Honorary Chairs for 2020

09/03/2020
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The 22nd Annual Dane County Alzheimer’s Walk is honored to have Joe McNally as their Honorary Chairperson. “Jill likes to get outside for her walks every day,” Joe McNally says of his wife of 44 years. “She’s in good physical shape and enjoys the outdoors.” Walking is an activity this […]

The Richland Medical Clinic earns dementia friendly status in Richland Center

Richland Medical Center Earns Dementia-friendly Designation

12/11/2019
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The Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin and the Aging & Disability Resource Center-Richland County are pleased to announce that the Richland Medical Center has been designated a dementia-free community. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, a dementia-friendly designation implies that a business or an organization helps create […]

Wisconsinites mobilize to fight Alzheimer’s disease

12/06/2019
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“Do not ask me to remember…” That’s the beginning of a poem that lives in a frame on the wall of Carolyn Scheuerell’s room at Park Place Assisted Living. “Just remember that I need you / That the best of me is gone / Please don’t fail to stand beside […]

Westfield Memory Cafe Participants Decorate Cookies and Reminisce

12/04/2019
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Westfield Memory Café participants enjoyed the morning decorating cookies—reminiscing about their most memorable Christmas while listening to festive holiday music. On behalf of Dementia Outreach Specialist Kristine Biesenthal, thank you to Brooke & Dawn from Our House Senior Living in Portage for donating the 225 cutout cookies for today’s event! […]

Wisconsin State Journal: Families, policy makers struggle to address dementia and caregiving

12/02/2019
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Wisconsin faces a dementia crisis, officials and advocates say. Statewide, 17% of people are age 65 or older, higher than the national average of 16%. The state’s population continues to age, especially in the rural north, where more than 25% of residents are 65 or older in nine counties.

Welcome to the new ADAW Website

11/01/2019
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New Look. Same Mission. The Alzheimer’s & Dementia of Wisconsin (ADAW) team is excited to announce our new website has gone live—just in time to celebrate National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. We redesigned the website to improve the look and the readability for our audience as we continue our mission to support individuals […]

NBC15: Group raises awareness of Alzheimer’s disease

03/16/2019
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The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance held its 9th annual even today to raise awareness of the disease in the African-American community.

WKOW: Community brunch highlights impact of Alzheimer’s disease

03/16/2019
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Executive Director Jennifer Bauer talks with NBC 15 about awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease in African American community

Carol Koby Radio Podcast: All About Living: Brain Health Brunch, A Day to Celebrate Memory in the African American Community

02/28/2019
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Carey Gleason, PhD., Assoc. Prof. at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and Fabu Carter, WARDC Outreach Specialist, describe the importance of African Americans learning more about how Alzheimer’s disease affects them.

WISC TV: Editorial: Research for Alzheimer Disease

02/28/2019
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African-Americans are the number one ethnic group to be afflicted with Alzheimer’s. Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller was the first African-American psychiatrist and before his death in 1953, he was a pioneer in Alzheimer’s research.