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CARING HEARTS

AWARD

Martha Diaz is receiving the Caring Hearts
Award for her selfless efforts as a caregiver

and ambassador for Alzheimer’s Los Angeles.

In 2004, Martha Diaz was married, had a
government job for 29 years, and a family
that was healthy and happy. Later that year

Martha had to leave her old life behind and
enter into unfamiliar and uncharted territory;

sudden forgetfulness, a sign of Alzheimer’s.

Martha’s mother, who once had a mind as
sharp as a tack, was starting to experience

gradual symptoms of Alzheimer’s. She
became increasingly forgetful and the
neighbors oftentimes found her wandering

outside. What started out as a gradual
MARTHA DIAZ cognitive impairment for Martha’s mom
turned into the inability to feed and bathe
Caregiver herself.

Alzheimer’s Los Angeles honors Martha began to educate herself more about
Martha Diaz with the CARING the disease by reading online articles and
HEARTS AWARD for bringing books. She researched local support groups

comfort and inspiring others. and came across Alzheimer’s Los Angeles,

who provided her with information and made
her feel like she was no longer alone in this
journey. Martha says she is now in a much

better place and hope that others going
through the same thing know there is help out
there as long as they seek it out.