alzheimer's

Don't forget about the Saddle Up For Alzheimer's event happening at the Brackenridge Event Center in Edna.  This three day event is fun for the whole family.  For more information visit their website alz.org/sanantonio or you can give Lacey a call at 361 571-2899...

It's almost that time again. Crossroads cowboys and cowgirls will soon gather their teams to saddle up and prove their skills in the arena during the annual Saddle Up for Alzheimer's Event from Aug. 15 to 17 at the Brackenridge Main Event Center, 284 Brackenridge Parkway, in Edna. This event grows larger every year. It's a great chance to see local cowboys and cowgirls do what they do best and sup

Senior Helpers and the Victoria Generals are teaming up to host Purple out the Park at Riverside Stadium on Thursday in support of the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

Senior Helpers is hosting a bi-weekly support group for those caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia. The next session is on Thursday, June 12th starting at 10:15 a.m. at Copperfield Village Senior Living, 501 E. Larkspur St...

Although country music legend Glen Campbell is working on an album of re-recorded hits, he struggles with Alzheimer's Disease daily. The singer's daughter, Ashley Campbell, gave an emotional plea for Alzheimer's research at a Senate hearing at Capitol Hill this week; her testimony is a grim reminder that this is a heartbreaking disease.

Cowboys of all ages from all over will be gathering near Victoria to help find a cure for Alzheimers. AlzCare's fourth annual Rope to Remember is Aug. 17 and 18 at the Brackenridge Main Event Center in Edna. Proceeds go to fund Alzheimer's research.

Alzheimer’s disease has long been a medical mystery, but new research may point to at least one cause for the debilitating condition. After a study involving 300,000 veterans aged 55 and up, scientists at the University of California-San Francisco learned that older people who’ve experienced a traumatic brain injury — or TBI — during their lives have more than twice the risk of developing dementia

Actor Peter Falk, who for decades played the titular character on the detective telepic series ‘Columbo,’ died Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, CA. He was 83. Falk had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s, which was first made public in December 2008, according to the AP. The actor “died peacefully,” his family said in a statement.

Mild, Moderate, and Severe. These are the three stages of Alzheimer’s. And it affect millions, many right here in the Crossroads area, with memory loss, problems with familiar tasks, disorientation to time and place, changes in personality and more...