Roma Ankolekar-Presentation (002)Roma Ankolekar
●Resident of City of Cupertino for 6 years
●Junior, Monta Vista High School
●Passionate about Dementia Awareness
and Research
●Volunteer at the Youth Movement
Against Alzheimer’s
●Started blogging site in memory of
grandmother: www.dementiainsight.org
●Hosted Seminar Dementia Insight: Aging
Well In The 21st Century on September
21st, 2019 (World Alzheimer’s Day)
Shailaja Ankolekar
●Loving mother and grandmother
●Initially diagnosed with Depression
●Symptoms of Alzheimer’s started in her
early 60s
●Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her
mid-60s
●Major family Impact
●Disease accelerated after 5 years
●24/7 monitoring by a trained nurse
●Severe Stage of Alzheimer’s in the last
year (2018)
Dementia Insight: Aging Well In The 21st Century Seminar 2019
https://www.alz.org/getmedia/e2141cc7-e1b5-4369-b509-f4da3d5b2484/california-alzheimers-facts-figures