Veronica Shanklin left her top marketing job to care for her grandmother with dementia in May 2013.
My grandmother, then 82, who I called "Mama Nell," had become aggressive and physically lashed out at my mom.
They'd shared a home in my native Dallas since Mama Nell was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease a few years earlier.
I've established a nonprofit to help dementia carers like meMama Nell died in 2017 at the age of 86.
In 2019, I founded the nonprofit Dementia Care Warriors to help Texan caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's and related diseases.
Persons:
Veronica Shanklin, —, Mama Nell, They'd, Mom, Veronica Shanklin I'd, I've, it's
Organizations:
Service, PBS, Business, Business Administration, Arts Management, Shanklin, Dementia, Warriors
Locations:
Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, California