Author: Ellen

Nobody knew each other’s name. Even so, 60 people who either were at risk of having an autosomal-dominant Alzheimer’s mutation, or were accompanying someone who was, exchanged information about a shared problem. There were moments of validation—“Denial has divided my family, too!”—and apprehensive questions—“Do you want to know if you have it?”

He has the disease and he’s lost five family members to it, now he’s enrolled in a study hoping to find some answers in Alzheimer’s disease.