A Student’s Perspective

College student Allie Dayno spent one summer trying to untangle the complexity that surrounds our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. As an intern with Making Sense of Alzheimer’s, she dug into the questions that confuse many of us: What is the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia? Is Alzheimer’s disease a cause or type of dementia? Is dementia a normal part of aging?

You can follow her journey toward understanding in the video above.

About The Author

Allie Dayno

Allie Dayno was a Summer 2014 intern with Making Sense of Alzheimer’s, when she was an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Health and Societies.

Making Sense of Alzheimer’s is a creative space for people to understand the past, present and future of Alzheimer’s disease. It is an evolving forum, a gallery of ideas, a museum without walls.

Making Sense of Alzheimer’s features stories and ideas that tackle the many and changing understanding of what Alzheimer’s disease is and how we try to make sense of it in our own lives. The voices of patients, scientists, writers, caregivers, students, singers, doctors, and artists are expressed here through words, images and sounds.

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