Blog
2023 Annual Report
The mission of NAZADA is to build a community of respect and support for those living with or affected by Alzheimer’s and related dementias. We do this by offering educational programs to improve understanding of Alzheimer’s and related dementias, links to additional resources on our webpage, a community café that […]
Flagstaff is on the way to becoming a Dementia Friendly Community
A longtime NAZADA goal has been to become a Dementia Friendly Community.
Cherish the Moments Walk – 2023
These funds are primarily used for our respite care program for care partners. Since last year’s walk, NAZADA assisted care partners to get a much-needed break to take care of themselves while care professionals took care of their loved one.
NAZADA Fall Update
We hope this update finds our NAZADA Community Supporters and your family well and enjoying the fall breezes and autumn leaves in northern Arizona. We want to provide you an update on our progress as well as upcoming events. We also hope that you can see all the good work […]
Life
One life can hide another. Now he is gone and I am here. Who am I? Wife, mother, helpmate, caregiver. His life, his dreams, his success, his fulfillment. One life hidden by another. Wait… at least for a moment, To think and find what was always there waiting to be […]
Cherish the Moments walk raises more than $7,500
We did it! About four years ago one of our Board members, Tasha Vigil, had a dream to organize a walk to raise money for respite and other types of assistance for dementia caregivers in need. Just as we were formulating plans for the walk in 2020, COVID struck. While plans were dashed […]
If Only
If only I could have spared you. The journey was long and you braved it heroically. I had to think for both of us, to keep you safe. I steadied your walk, prepared your medications, bathed you, dressed you, helped you eat. Oh, the indignity of ALZ Once so independent, […]
What’s That Again?
As June is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, this is a good time to highlight this form of dementia. As of last year, the CDC estimates that there were 5.8 million people in the US living with Alzheimer’s. As the number of cases double every five years after 65, it is […]
A Peaceful Death: How I came to accept death at the age of 26
When I began my career as a Nurse 10 + years ago, I naively went into the profession thinking I could heal everyone. That every single patient would be positively and “miraculously” healed because I was a well-trained nurse! As you can imagine, I very quickly was hit hard with […]
What Have We Learned?
There’s an old Yiddish proverb, Mann Tracht, Un Gott Lacht”: “Man Plans and God Laughs”. This is why we love proverbs – they capture life’s realities in a few simple words. I love how often proverbs from various cultures and traditions provide wisdom to us all. Man Plans and God […]