Rich Carle

Carle graduated in 1966 from the University of Washington with a degree in Electrical Engineering and started work with Weyerhaeuser in Longview, WA, retiring in 1999. However, he continued working as a consultant for another ten years. His passion is the game of...

Vera Colombo

Vera has been a member of a dementia support group since 2008 when Art, her husband of 40 years, was diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. She began with a group led by Shanti Potts until her husband was placed in Hampton Memory Care. She then began attending...

Debbie Docksteader

Debbie was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, and later moved to Portland.  She went to college and studied Accounting while working as a Caregiver in an Adult Family Home.  After a move to Longview, WA, a career managing restaurants, she decided that her passion was...

Diane Toth

Diane cared for her mother who had dementia and passed away 8 years ago. A few years after relocating from the Seattle area to Ashland, Oregon, she joined Becky Martin in starting a HOPE group for the Ashland area. Diane is retired and spent her career as a Womens’...

Becky Martin

Becky joined an online HOPE group while caring for her mother who had dementia and found it to be an important lifeline. A year after her mother’s death, Becky agreed to co-lead the group with Beth Johnson. She has since moved from Portland back to Ashland and...

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