You don’t want to miss this! What’s happening at AlzAuthors
Oct 30, 2025 1:16 pm
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Hello ,
Thank you for being an integral part of AlzAuthors. We appreciate you, your story, and your willingness to share your caregiving experience.
What began in 2015 as a small project to promote our own books has grown into a valuable, global resource for Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers. Over the last decade, we have proudly shared our platform with nearly 400 authors, launched a podcast and YouTube channel, hosted discussions, and connected with incredible people dedicated to this cause. It has been a thrilling and challenging journey, and we are grateful for the opportunity to serve others through the power of shared stories. Now, however, after 10 years, we've reached a turning point.
Our Next Steps: Transition and Preservation
At the heart of this endeavor has always been you, our authors, who have generously shared your time and stories across our platforms. It is for this reason we want you to be the first to know of our next steps.
The volunteer team managing AlzAuthors has decided to personally step back from our roles effective 12/31/2025. However, the valuable resource we have built will be preserved and will not disappear.
Here’s what you can expect in the future:
Website Transition: Our website, YouTube channel, and all resources are moving to All Home Care Matters, a platform built by our long-time friend and supporter, Lance Slatton. All links will continue to work, preserving years of work and ensuring potential readers can still discover you and your book or other resource:
- Your work will remain accessible, including blog posts, panel discussions, and recordings on our podcast and YouTube channel
- You can continue to use all AlzAuthors badges, images, and links
- Our free resources (Caregiver Guides, Tip Sheets) will remain available
Podcast Continuity: The Untangling Alzheimer's and Dementia podcast exists because of the kindness and vision of our great friend and believer Christopher MacLellan at the Whole Care Network, a global network of care podcasts, blogs, videos, and more. It will remain on its current platform and all published episodes will continue to be available with the same links across all major listening apps, including Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio, etc.
Continuing the Mission: In 2026, our co-founder, Marianne Sciucco, will continue to work with Lance Slatton to bring new books and authors to AlzAuthors. We will also continue to host a monthly Featured Author podcast, offer periodic panel discussions, and maintain our active social media presence.
We hope that you understand our decision to personally step back from AlzAuthors and will continue to support our work in its new iteration. It has been our passion project to serve you and to bring your work to a wider audience.
Connecting caregivers with quality resources has always been our mission and that will never change.
Thank you.
Marianne, Jean, Vicki, Ann, Susan, and Christy
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Nominate an Organization to Receive a Free Custom Caregiver Collection
We’re on a mission to put the power of literature into the hands of those who need it most!
We’re thrilled to announce that we are gifting a number of Custom Caregiver Collections—curated libraries of books written by authors who have walked the dementia journey—to organizations dedicated to supporting those living with dementia and their families. Does your favorite memory cafe, support group, educational program, or non-profit entity deserve a free collection of books hand-selected to meet their unique needs? These books offer comfort, shared experience, and practical guidance from those who understand the challenges of dementia care.
Help us reach the most deserving groups. We're seeking your recommendations for organizations making a real difference in their community.
To nominate a worthy group, please contact alzauthors@gmail.com
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Share Your Story! Expose Dementia is Seeking Submissions for a New Caregiver Anthology
Expose Dementia Inc. will publish a compilation of essays tentatively titled Voices from the Other Side of Memory: Caregivers Speak. This powerful anthology brings together the raw, unfiltered voices of caregivers who have walked the often invisible and emotionally complex path of caring for loved ones living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Through personal essays, letters, poems, and reflections, Voices from the Other Side of Memory captures the deeply human side of caregiving—marked by love, frustration, sacrifice, resilience, and profound transformation.
From adult children navigating reversed roles, to spouses witnessing the slow disappearance of lifelong partners, to grandchildren stepping into unexpected responsibilities, each story reveals the unique challenges and quiet triumphs of caregiving. Some authors share the day-to-day struggles of advocating for their loved ones, while others reflect on grief, healing, and life after loss.
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Free Author Tools to Help Elevate Your Book
Introducing ART: The AlzAuthors Resource Toolkit
We’re excited to share the launch of our new members-only resource hub: the AlzAuthors Resource Toolkit (ART), a growing collection of practical, co-branded tools designed to help YOU share YOUR story professionally and with confidence.
Inside the toolkit, you’ll find:
- Editable Book One-Sheet templates
- Step-by-step Link in Bio guides for Canva and Linktree
- A DIY Book Cover Mock-Up Guide
- A recorded session: Five Essential Visual Tools for Authors
- A Short-Form Video Script Guide to help you confidently start making reels
These tools are simple, customizable, and designed to reduce tech overwhelm.
Explore the Toolkit
https://w-d-m.my.canva.site/alzauthors-toolkit
We’ll continue to expand this resource with your feedback in mind. Let us know what would be most helpful to you!
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Looking for Help Marketing Your Book?
We understand how challenging it can be to get your book noticed in a crowded market. That's why we want to introduce you to Paul Wynn, a trusted media relations specialist who works specifically with authors. Paul focuses on connecting authors with their target audience through strategic media placements and professional promotion.
How Paul Can Help You
Paul offers hands-on support in areas crucial for increasing your book's visibility:
- Media Outreach: He helps secure media interviews, speaking engagements, and keynote presentations at relevant events, particularly those related to caregiving and health (virtual or in-person).
- Professional Materials: He develops essential press kits and collateral material that position you and your book effectively for the media.
- Best-Seller Strategy: As a co-author of the recently released book, The Caregiver's Advocate Vol. 2, Paul has direct experience developing and executing strategies to achieve and sustain Amazon best-seller status. This includes optimizing category placement and driving reader reviews to boost sales and visibility.
Paul is open to setting up introductory calls with authors to simply share more about your book and discuss your goals for media outreach. There's no pressure—just an opportunity to learn more about how a focused strategy can help your book reach a wider audience.
Ready to discuss your book's potential? Learn more about Paul here.
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Our Film Festival Continues
Our first ever Film Festival may be half over but we still have two film discussions remaining! The links to view the films are good until the end of the year, and any discussions you missed can be found on our podcast and YouTube channels. Get the details here. Then, join us for live discussions with the films' creators.
Here's the remaining schedule:
- November 10: Kitty Norton, "Wine, Women, and Dementia"
- December 8: C. Nathaniel Brown, "The Present"
All discussions are at 2 pm EST.
Past Presentations (catch the replays):
- Mary Crescenzo, "Planet A"
- Susie Singer Carter, "No Country for Old People"
- Frank Silverstein, "Lousy: Love in the Time of Dementia"
Thanks to our friends who have supported this event on their podcasts and blogs:
- All Home Care Matters Podcast
- Alzheimer's Speaks Radio with Lori La Bey
- Being Patient Blog
- Connecting Caregivers Radio Show
- Dementia Spring
- Fading Memories Podcast
- Happy Healthy Caregiver
- Love Conquers ALZ Podcast
- The Memories Project
- Dr. Helena Popovic
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2025 New Authors, Podcasts, and AlzAuthors Live! Virtual Events
11/4 - New Author: Eliezer Sobel, The Silver Lining of Alzheimer's: One Son's Journey into the Mystery
11/10 - Film discussion with Kitty Norton and "Wine, Women, and Dementia"
11/19 - Podcast: Film Fest Replay with Kitty Norton
12/8 - Film discussion with C. Nathaniel Brown and "The Present"
12/17 - Podcast: Film Fest Replay with C. Nathaniel Brown
Register for film events here.
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and community stories.
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Take a Chance on Our 10th Anniversary Book Giveaway!
We’ve still got books to give away!
Winners selected monthly!
Please share this giveaway with your audience.
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Let's keep connected ...
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Our mission is to provide quality resources for those concerned with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Please help by connecting with us in at least one new way this week:
Follow our podcast and leave a review
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Share this newsletter
Purchase a Custom Caregiver Collection
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Thank you for supporting our mission to
connect caregivers with resources.
Your Management Team
L to R: Vicki Tapia, Ann Campanella, Christy Byrne Yates,
Marianne Sciucco, Susan Landeis, and Jean Lee
How to reach us:
Marianne Sciucco: podcast host/producer
mariannesciucco@gmail.com
Jean Lee: acquisitions editor, Custom Caregiver Collections
jean@alzheimersdaughter.com
Vicki Tapia: acquisitions editor, children's books
vicki.tapia@gmail.com
Ann Campanella: Custom Caregiver Collections
anncampanella@gmail.com
Susan Landeis: Custom Caregiver Collections
contact@susanlandeis.com
Christy Byrne Yates: podcast host/producer, YouTube channel manager
christy@cbyates.com
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