ASK FOR HELP

“Heck no! No way did I like to talk about it before,” says MSNBC and NBC News anchor Richard Lui of his father Stephen’s Alzheimer’s, now late-stage. Two weeks each month, he travels from his New York City home to help his parents in San Francisco. After he became affiliated with the Alzheimer’s Association and began attending local chapter events, he says he was surprised how much they helped him. “They’re safe spaces,” he says, “a place of calm, understanding, spirituality if you are spiritual, friendship and love if you need that, or just a place to learn.” One big takeaway: “When someone asks how you are, don’t just quickly say, ‘I’m good.’ Stop and really answer. Talking about it has been my therapy along the way.”