written with the support of a journalism fellowship from The Gerontological Society of America, The Journalists Network on Generations, and
Biomedical Sciences, the Joseph T. Freeman Award from the Gerontological Society of America, and the Irving Wright Award of Distinction from
2 The Alzheimer’s Association, Chicago, IL, United States 3 Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC, United States Purpose: The
heartbreaking.” During a session about FTD at the 2025 Gerontological Society of America conference, Lauren Massimo, codirector of the Penn