Information about us and how we work

Brian earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology from the Indiana University School of Medicine.  He is also a Board Certified Medical Affairs Specialist.  He spent 3 years at Alma College as a professor of biology and biochemstry before moving to Cary, NC in 1998.  He served as the Director of Medical Information at Voyager Pharma, a small biotechnology company focused on finding a therapy for Alzheimer's disease, then as a Senior Director of Clinical Operations for a large, multinational Phase III Alzheimer's program.  In 2006, he left the industry sector to become a Senior Clinical Project Leader at the Duke University School of Medicine where he worked for 10 years.  For the last two years, Brian has been a Sr Project Leader in oncology for a large pharmaceutical company working in Health Economics Outcomes Research.  Brian has been a member of the Alzheimer's Associations Research Roundtable and part of their grant review committee and has been an invited presenter a Alzheimer's conferences in Europe and the US.  He is passionate about sharing information that might help people live more fully in the midst of Alzheimer's disease or possibly prevent or delay the onset of AD by lifestyle modifications.  He has particular interest in finding creative ways to help caregivers live happier lives.

Our objective is to provide a place for people to come to get current and sound information on how they might proceed and maybe even thrive when faced with a diagnosis of dementia either personally or in a loved one.  We hope to be a place where you can ask questions and interact with other folks;  a venue for learning about how to possibly prevent or delay the onset of dementia and ideas about how to better cope with circumstances if dementia is already present.

We've been writing and posting information about this and other topics on sites like Facebook for a while now and have decided to make that information more accessible to the public.  We have products listed on our site.  EVERY ONE of those products has been assessed for its value to a caregiver or patient through 1,000's of hours spent in chat rooms and caregiver support groups - asking questions and listening - finding out what they really want and need and what's worked for them.  If you click on a product, it will take you to another site - like Amazon for example.  We don't receive any money if you buy them, but hope you'll consider them as they might be of value to you.  If you have insights that might be useful to community members, please share them with us!!

All of the products are those that we believe in and many have been referred to us directly by caregivers.