About Us
We work only to help families … one at a time
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There’s so much families CAN do to boost cognition, connections, and quality of Life and so much JOY we find every day!
Proving that simple statement, Betty’s Love is changing brains, lives, and the world re the way people think and talk about, live with, and thrive despite Alzheimer’s, dementia, and cognitive impairment. We don’t fund research. We don’t lobby. We do advocate for families. Better, and because we get it, we journey with families ‘in the trenches’ – supporting, empowering, and engaging them … one family like yours at a time.
We’re called Betty’s Love for two reasons: 1. ‘The’ Betty did ordinary things with extraordinary Love As an Action Verb™ – despite her 25-year battle against Alzheimer’s. 2. We believe – and are proving every day – that the only thing someone with Alzheimer’s needs is Love as an Action Verb.™
Started in Compellment and privately funded as a charity of one person, Betty’s Love has changed the brains and lives of more than 500 families – literally one family at a time. Now, via this site, Betty’s Love is resourced by families across Chicagoland and around the world* who desperately seek one source for support, information, and action. We endeavor to be that one resource to ensure families like yours find:
the embrace of people who understand;
the empowerment they need (including the questions they need to ask); and
the engagement in which they can begin to boost and sustain their cognition and find Joy every day.
We invite you to browse our site and learn more about What We Do, Our Mission, and Who We Are. Join in our brain-boosting Activities.
You don’t have to be local to benefit from Betty’s Love! All of our individual and group programs and services are available to your family for free or at a low cost; and our Embrace Meetings are always free. Whether or not you choose to work with Betty’s Love, please also remember these Betty’s Three Things™:
1. Everything you’re doing-with-Love is sufficient – i.e., just doing your best is exactly what is needed, one day/hour/breath at a time.
2. You are not alone.
3. You are Loved.
$1,000,000 probably won’t cure Alzheimer’s; worse, it mightn’t even determine its cause(s), define a diagnosis, or discover sustainable treatment. Read what others say about Alzheimer’s fundraising and research. But/AND: Your donation CAN change the world for families like yours! Working one family at a time, Betty’s Love has helped 1,000 Betty’s Love Families – at every stage of their journeys, wherever in the world they live. Now – via reference, media, and ‘word of click’ – thousands more families seek Betty’s Love around the clock and from 100+ countries around the world. That’s as one person working with one family at a time. With your generous support today: Imagine how many families like yours Betty’s Love can help. We do!
Please help us help 52 more families like yours. Thank you!