Employees, family members and friends of Freedom Plaza will be walking in the Freedom Plaza Sun City Center Memory Walk 2008 to help find a cure for Alzheimer's. Freedom Plaza is part of Brookdale Senior Living, an Independent Living Community. ...more

November 19, 2008

Dear Lyn: My grandmother lives with us. My 5-year-old daughter, Megan, is her only great-grandchild and they're very close. Granny has Alzheimer's and yesterday she was cross with Megan for the first time in Megan's life. I've done a little to explain Alzheimer's to Megan, but I don't know if I've done enough. She hasn't said anything about the apparent changes in Granny, but I keep wondering if Megan really understands and if her feelings were hurt yesterday. She hasn't said anything about it. What should I be doing to help Megan cope? - Kelly ...more

November 8, 2008

The job cuts made last month at the Byrd Alzheimer's center will help save the troubled institute $2 million, but they will not be enough to sustain the enterprise for long, the center's chief executive officer told his board of directors Monday. ...more

October 21, 2008

The job cuts made at the Byrd Alzheimer's center helped save the troubled institute $2 million, but they won't be enough to sustain the enterprise for long, the center's chief executive officer told his board of directors today. ...more

October 20, 2008

Monday will mark the first meeting between the weakened board of the Byrd Alzheimer's center and the board -- made up mostly of University of South Florida representatives -- that now runs the institute. ...more

October 17, 2008

A Clearwater man with Alzheimer's disease who vanished during the weekend was found Sunday night wandering the St. Petersburg campus of the University of South Florida. ...more

October 13, 2008

The wife of a 79-year-old Alzheimer's patient stabbed him in the neck with two steak knives at the same time this morning while he was in bed, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

October 7, 2008

The University of South Florida took control of the troubled Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute this summer, and on Wednesday it announced that 19 of the center's 71 workers have been laid off, most of them administrators. The cuts will save the center $2 million a year, roughly 40 percent in salaries and benefits. ...more

September 25, 2008

After assuming control of the troubled Byrd Alzheimer's center in July, the University of South Florida laid off 19 of its workers today, most of whom are administrators USF says it can no longer afford. ...more

September 24, 2008

Dear Lyn: My husband has Alzheimer's. He's constantly forgetful and he loses, misplaces or breaks things. I understand it's all part of the disease. But he generally has an elaborate excuse for why he can't remember something, why he can't find something, or why something doesn't work. He even accuses me of taking something he can't find. I don't mean to be cross with him, but sometimes I am. I need coping strategies on this. - Little Patience ...more

August 30, 2008