{
  "id": 4153889,
  "title": "My dad got Alzheimer's when I was in my 30s. Here's what I wish I'd known.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/my-dad-got-alzheimers-when-i-was-in-my-30s-heres-what-i-wish-id-known",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-29T09:05:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/unprepared-for-dads-alzheimers-caregiving-lessons-learned-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kathleen Korpela's father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when she was in her mid-30s. She shares what she learned in the years since, including how to discuss it with her children. Navigating the transition from adult child to parenting a parent was challenging. Korpela founded Living Goldenwell to provide support, education, and guidance to women in eldercare. She wishes her family had planned ahead more and had conversations about eldercare sooner.",
  "summary": "Kathleen Korpela was raising a baby and a 4-year-old when her dad developed Alzheimer's. She shares what she wishes she'd known about eldercare.",
  "key_points": [
    "Kathleen Korpela's father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her mid-30s.",
    "She founded Living Goldenwell to support women in eldercare.",
    "Korpela regrets not having eldercare conversations earlier."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}