/tags/memory-loss-initiative Memory Loss Initiative en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:40:00 GMT /npr-news/2015-11-13/conversations-turn-into-monologues-as-alzheimers-robs-family-of-memories Teresa Valko's family has been battling Alzheimer's disease for generations. She remembers when her mother's memory faded: "I've essentially lost my mother, although she's still living," Valko says. Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:40:00 GMT /npr-news/2015-11-13/conversations-turn-into-monologues-as-alzheimers-robs-family-of-memories NPR Staff