“Seniors” at Brookdale Fountaingrove

I walk for all the “seniors” I have known in my 26 years as an Activity and Volunteer Director; for the countless daughters and sons who grieved as they walked out of the communities with tears running down their cheeks after their moms or dads didn’t recognize them; for the husbands and wives that held a spouse in their arms who they promised to love and cherish so long ago but can now barely recognize them. I walk for the biological grandfather my daughter didn’t get to meet because he died too young from Alzheimer’s - a game changer for my daughter - she now knows she is at risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

Maureen Milligan