Robert J. Sykes, Jr was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia in December 2003 at the age of 47. This rare form of Dementia is a brain disease that slowly erodes cognitive abilities and causes personality changes. He endured the disease for more than three years before succumbing on April 7, 2006. This story will provide support and inspiration to others who are coping with dementia and other irreversible illnesses.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Public Service Announcement
9/24/2018 - Today, in honor of World FTD Awareness Week, The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration is launching an awareness-raising public service announcement about FTD, in partnership with Discovery. Share the video via social media with the hashtags #DementiaUnder60 & #ThinkFTD, to help bring attention to the most common dementia for people under age 60: https://www.theaftd.org/watch-a-new-aftd-awareness-psa/
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