Caring for the caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients
Zelda Fitzgerald Hill said he is on a mission to educate the community, help patients and caregivers find support and make them aware of all the resources available about Alzheimer’s disease. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease is often an all-consuming task, and caregivers often don’t access the resources available to them.
“We have a huge number of people in our community dealing with family members with Alzheimer’s, and a lot of people don’t know there are resources out here for them,” said Zelda Fitzgerald Hill, 52, a community volunteer with the Alzheimer’s Association’s Memphis chapter.
Seven million people in the U.S. have the brain disorder, which slowly destroys their memories and thinking skills.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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