A Wish For My Mom
I would like to tell the story of my mom, a sweet and loving wife and mother who was diagnosed with younger onset Alzheimer’s in October 2013 at the age of 57. When you hear about the toll that Alzheimer’s takes on a family, you hear about the emotional stress of...
Improving Hope for Alzheimer’s
More than two decades passed between my grandmother and my dad’s diagnosis, and many more people were speaking of dementia and Alzheimer’s publicly. We knew what the disease meant for both my dad and for our family, but we didn’t know what services...
The Effect of Caregiving on Business
Family dynamics are complicated, but even more so when staff are dealing with caregiving of family members due to cancer, Alzheimer’s, drug abuse and an almost infinite number of other issues. These caregivers work tirelessly behind the scenes nights and weekends and encounter massive amounts of mental and financial stress.
Philanthropic Entrepreneurship – Compassion and Capitalism Can Coexist
When I think back on my career and life at various points, my perspective on success has continued to evolve over time. At first, especially as an entrepreneur, success was about growing a profitable business, hiring the best people, and delivering value to my...
Being an Alzheimer’s Caregiver is Hard
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s is hard–that is one thing I believe we can all agree on. I can’t sugar coat it. Caring for my Dad through his disease was a beat down on the entire family.
