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Q: Tell us about your dad. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: My parents divorced when I was one. Even though we weren\u2019t under the same roof, Dad and I were close. I\u2019d go to his house every other weekend. When I got older, we\u2019d go to lots of movies together. Maybe that\u2019s how I got my love for acting. He cheered me on when I moved from East Cleveland, Ohio, to Los Angeles to pursue acting. We\u2019d have long phone calls every Sunday. Between TV show rehearsals, I\u2019d go home. It was on one of those visits, about nine years ago, that I first noticed a big memory decline.<\/p>\n

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Yvette and her dad, closer than ever<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Q: What happened? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I was at my aunt\u2019s. Dad could drive to her house in his sleep. Yet he kept calling me. \u201cYvette, I\u2019m on this street. I don\u2019t know why.\u201d And I\u2019m like, \u201cDad, make a right on this street and then a left.\u2026\u201d He kept getting lost. I thought, This is weird. <\/em>I sensed Dad knew something was wrong too.<\/p>\n

Q: After that, what did you notice? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Because of my TV schedule, I couldn\u2019t fly home to take him to doctors\u2019 appointments. I couldn\u2019t trust that he\u2019d figure out how to get a doctor. My aunt and her kids would check on him. I saw Dad several months later. He\u2019d always been tidy. When I walked in his home, stuff was stacked everywhere. He had let his hair and beard grow, almost like Father Time. He was kind of bent over. It just broke my heart. I had repeatedly asked him to come live with me, and he finally said yes. Whatever was going on with him was going to be going on with me. That was the start of my becoming his caregiver. I was on the sitcom Community <\/em>at the time. It had just gotten canceled. So two days later, I was back in Ohio to bring my dad to L.A.<\/p>\n

Q: How did you react to his diagnosis? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: A neurologist diagnosed him with dementia. Dad is on medication. We\u2019re fighting to keep him as close to what he used to be as possible. The diagnosis was hard because I think our family was in denial about what was happening even though his dad had Alzheimer\u2019s, which is sometimes genetic.<\/p>\n

Q: The unpredictability of this disease is a downer. How do you cope? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Alzheimer\u2019s is an unwieldy disease. One day he\u2019s up and alert, asking if the dogs need to be fed. And the next he\u2019s in bed, almost catatonic. If I go out on an errand or I come back, the first thing I say is \u201cBye, Daddy\u201d or \u201cHey, Daddy.\u201d I always wait for a \u201cHey, Yvette.\u201d One day, the \u201cHey, Yvette\u201d will not come. I\u2019m preparing myself. But every day that I get a \u201cHey, Yvette,\u201d I celebrate it.<\/p>\n

Q: How has your faith helped you? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I had a moment where I was like, This really sucks that this is happening to my dad. <\/em>But I\u2019ve never felt bad that I\u2019m taking care of him. It\u2019s such a gift from God that, at my dad\u2019s toughest moment, I\u2019m in a position to be there for him. The whole point of being a person of faith is to endure hardship with grace and decency. And to be able to provide that same level of decency and a sense of dignity to those who are going through it. That\u2019s what my goal is with my dad<\/a>\u2014to give him an honorable life and a fun life and a dignified life as long as he\u2019s with me. And I pray that it\u2019s for 20 or 30 more years. I know that would make him 108, but that\u2019s my dream.<\/p>\n

Q: Do you and your dad pray together? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: We have through the years. My dad was the first one to talk to me about God. He had relatives who were pastors. A lot of who I am as a person of faith comes from my father\u2019s side of the family. Dad was always clear that hardship is not a sign of being out of line with God. God never promised that we wouldn\u2019t have hard times. He promised that he would be with us through it all. Which to me is perfect. I can go through anything if God is with me.<\/p>\n

Q: What gives your dad joy? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: He loves music. His favorite is doo-wop. I\u2019ve read that music unlocks a certain part of the mind<\/a> for people with Alzheimer\u2019s. So I play music all the time. I think my dad owns every biopic DVD of Ray Charles, James Brown and The Temptations. He\u2019ll watch those. I\u2019ve found that Alzheimer\u2019s intensifies the person you are. My dad has always been a homebody, pensive, introverted. He never was one to cook a lot, so he never touches the stove. He never tries to leave the house. He just stays in his room, reads his books, watches TV. It\u2019s intensified that pensive, calm, kind side of him. That has been a blessing.<\/p>\n

Q: Are there other upsides to your dad\u2019s condition? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: My dad\u2019s sweet spot in regards to memory is his teens to early twenties, which is when he met, dated and married my mother. My mom moved to be close to us. She\u2019s my rock. She stays with my dad when I\u2019m gone for long periods for work. There\u2019s something about my mom being around that\u2019s wonderful for Dad. If there\u2019s ever a time where he comes alive, it\u2019s when my mom is in the house. I think he sees her as that teenager he met. It\u2019s so sweet to see him around her in his older age.<\/p>\n

Q: The father\/daughter relationship is a special one. You certainly have him on your heart. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: My dad is so much more than his diagnosis<\/a>. And I want to be respectful of that. He\u2019s funny. He\u2019s handsome. He\u2019s smart. He\u2019s principled. He\u2019s an amazing father. He\u2019s just the best of the best. And none of that has changed. His dementia has worsened in different ways, and we\u2019ve worked through it in different ways, but he\u2019s still all of those great things on any given day.<\/p>\n

Q: How has the Alzheimer\u2019s Association helped you? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A: When you have a loved one in this situation, you start searching for some answers<\/a>\u2014the Alzheimer\u2019s Association is the gold standard. Anytime I\u2019m at the grocery wearing my purple #ENDALZ shirt, I invariably have a great conversation about Alzheimer\u2019s with someone. I\u2019ll give somebody a hug in the produce section because they\u2019re a caregiver and need someone who understands. It\u2019s a very specific journey that we caregivers are on. It takes other people who have fought the fight and are fighting the fight to understand. I hope sharing my story helps others.<\/p>\n

Yvette Nicole Brown is a celebrity champion for the Alzheimer\u2019s Association<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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