Frontotemporal Dementia: What you need to know about FTD! 9-26-09

Take the time to learn about the form of dementia known as FTD. Frontotemporal dementia can strike as early as 30 and affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain leading to loss of reasoning, difficulty finding words, inpulse control, and loss of executive functioning. Often misdiagnosed as Alzheimers, FTD is a much more rapidly progressing form of dementia striking individuals at a younger age. Dr Murray Grossman, leading FTD researcher of Penn Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania, is our guest. He gives an over view of the disease, clinical trials and the need for brain tissue donation after the death of affected individuals inorder to find a cure.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ftd
http://www.med.upenn.edu/grossmanlab
(215) 662-3606.
Susan Grant, a former financial advisor, shares her story of living with FTD. She and her life partner, Cindy Dilks have created a documentary to educate the world about the impact of this disease. Cheryl Ann Borne, a marketing executive in the pharmaceutical industry, whose mother is in the final stages of FTD shares her personal journey. This one hour is filled with education about the disease, true stories of those living with it and hope for the future cure.
http://ftdtheotherdementia.com
Donations to finish the film "Planning for Hope" can be made at
http://ftdtheotherdementia.com/donate.html
Mail your donations to:
SonShine Mountain Retreat
2425 Highway #9
Black Mountain, NC
28711
For more information go to
http://www.ftd-picks.org
Produced by Nancy J Webster
www.whitehorsecommunications.com