DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 4, 2024)  The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Quad Cities area residents to attend their annual Memories in the Making event on Friday, May 3, 5:30–10PM, at Vibrant Arena at The Mark. Paintings created by locals living with Alzheimer’s or dementia in the Memories in the Making Art Therapy program will be available to bid on in a silent and live auction.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 20, 2024) — The Alzheimer’s Association 2024 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report reveals that both dementia caregivers and health-care workers report difficulties in navigating dementia care within the US health-care system.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 29, 2024)  On Monday, February 12, dozens of Alzheimer’s Association advocates from across the state will gather at the Iowa State Capitol to ask their state legislators to support two important priorities that will improve Alzheimer’s and dementia early-detection, diagnosis, and care for individuals living with the disease and their families in all Iowa communities.

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 28, 2023)  The Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter is offering a free, four-week virtual education series to help families facing Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 13, 2023) — The Alzheimer’s Association announces a landmark $100 million investment into research initiatives in 2023. This unparalleled commitment stands as the largest single-year investment since the organization’s founding in 1980.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 11, 2023) — On Saturday, October 7, 600 Quad Cities area residents participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Vibrant Arena at The Mark. Walkers helped raise $54,000 to fund the care, support and research programs of the Alzheimer’s Association. Fundraising continues through the end of the year, so there is still time to donate at alz.org/walk.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 25, 2023)  The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Quad Cities area residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer®’s on Saturday, October 7 at the Vibrant Arena at the Mark in Moline beginning at 8AM.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 5, 2023) — The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Quad Cities area residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® on Saturday, October 7, at the Vibrant Arena at the Mark in Moline.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (August 28, 2023) — National Grief Awareness Day is August 30, a good time to discuss the ways dementia caregivers and those living with Alzheimer’s can experience this emotion.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 16, 2023) — On July 1, 2023, Tim Lane of Le Claire, Iowa, and Rhonda Halterman of Davenport, Iowa, joined the Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter Board of Directors. Lane is a Financial Advisor at Edward Jones, and he has a passion to help end Alzheimer’s because he has seen the effects of the disease on clients, friends, and his mother, who passed away from the disease in 2022.

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