Tag: Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

A woman runs in a winter landscape

How Running Ultramarathons Saved Carol Seppilu’s Life | INDIE ALASKA

Valerie Lake -
Carol Seppilu describes jogging with a tracheotomy as “trying to breathe through a straw while running.” She's even dealt with her trach freezing shut while running in the frigid winter temperatures in Nome, Alaska where she lives.
Healthy brain next to a brain with severe Alzheimer's Disease.

Dementia: Plight of the Alaska caregivers

Adelyn Baxter, KTOO - Juneau -
More than 8,000 Alaskans live with Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. Filmmaker Mary Katzke tells the stories of five families, and aging experts join us to put this topic in perspective. KSKA: Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Listen now:
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