Brian Van Buren

Advocate Living with Alzheimer's

Brian Van Buren was diagnosed in 2015 with early onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 64 and became an advocate early on, realizing the need to put a face on Alzheimer’s as an Afro American living with the condition. His mother and grandmother also had Alzheimer’s. Mr. Van Buren is a speaker on radio shows and conferences and was a 2017 member of the National Alzheimer’s Association early onset advisory group. He is also a member of the Dementia Action Alliance Advisory Board and is bringing awareness to people of color and the LGBT community.

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