EP 155 :: Actors and Artists Unite Against Alzheimer's :: Nancy Daly

To look in the eyes of someone you love and have them not know you is heartbreaking. So, after losing four family members to Alzheimer’s, actor and playwright Nancy Daly knew she had to do something. She started Actors & Artists Unite to End Alzheimer’s – a national team for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Her touching stories of the loved ones she lost to Alzheimer’s and dementia are an inspiration. And now, thanks to her, thousands of artists and actors across the nation are walking in hope and strength for a future that all can remember.

Nancy Daly is an Actor, Alzheimer’s and Veterans Activist in honor of her father and grandfather who both served in the military. Nancy founded AA Unite in 2011 in honor of her family. She has lost four women in her family to the effects of Alzheimer’s- her great-grandmother, grandmother, mother and aunt.

In 2019- She lost her father to the effects of Dementia.  AA Unite was the first non-corporate Friends and Family National team for the Walk to end Alzheimer's for the Alzheimer's Association that has raised over $330,000 to date. She promised her father when she founded AA Unite in 2011- “ A cure in our lifetime. I promise you, Dad. We will find it.” Since his death, she works that much harder, walks that much further to keep her half of that  promise- a cure in hers. The motto of her AA Unite team is-"When Actors and Artists Unite- the world can shift!" 

Anyone can join the national team in any city that has a Walk to End Alzheimer’s. All are welcome!!!

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