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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR

TeamAlzheimers Donations

Team Alzheimers has been very busy this year providing the following assistance and services through its generous donations:

Our Runner's Words

Even The Day Couldn�t Dampen Our Spirits

Photo: Mark Pfeil

Here are a few comments from our runners after a long wet day!

Are we nuts!

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD

This song kept running through my head on Sunday. Boy, did it rain! What a crazy day for a half-marathon�

Running The Distance To Make A Difference

The Finish Line

Here we are, just days to go before our big run! I think the last week is the hardest. We are now done with our long runs and have to figure out how to taper off...

Have a Safe and Enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Travel

Traveling with a person who has dementia requires careful planning and flexibility to ensure safety, comfort and enjoyment for everyone�

TIME TO RUN FOR MOM

Mom's Needlework

In less than 3 weeks, we will be running our half marathon for TeamAlzheimers. Once again the time has gone by so quickly. I find it so hard to believe we are ready to run again!

I will be visiting mom this weekend, the last time until after my run. I will tell her about my run and that I am doing this for her. Each mile, I will be thinking about mom�

A DAUGHTER'S STRUGGLE

The Agonizing Mind Games Of Alzheimer's

By Kathy Tyrer

"Do you have a boyfriend?" he asked me. He was about 84 years old and interested in a date.

Sitting before him with my young son on my lap, I gave him the bad news: "No, but I have a husband and two kids. And I am your daughter, Dad..."

To Our Moms

HAPPY MOTHER�S DAY

On this Mother's Day, we thank God for mothers everywhere who push, prod, and prepare us to jump higher than our head, reach farther than our grasp, love wider than our years.

Thank you Mom for teaching me to do all this and more, I love you and miss you dearly...

Informative and In-Depth

Preserving Your Memory Magazine

TeamAlzheimers subscribes to Preserving Your Memory Magazine and finds it full of wonderful and useful information that we want to share with our readers. Click on the link inside and you will be able to download a PDF version.

We hope you find it informative and that it helps you through your journey�

Below is the latest issue of the Preserving Your Memory magazine, available for download immediately.

Emphasis On The Past

Book About Clothing Connects Family
Reported by Jennifer Von Reuter

Communicating with a loved one with Alzheimer's disease can be difficult for family members, but one daughter used fashion as a way to talk to her mother who lost her memory. Now her experience is chronicled in a new book called "My Mother's Clothes." It's a story about a woman's love for fashion and her memory�