BALTIMORE — The backdrop for this year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Baltimore will look a little different, but the mission remains the same.

“We like to say it's the biggest support group of the year,” said Gabrielle Shifflett, Development Manager for the Alzheimer’s Association Maryland Chapter.

For Shifflett, the cause hits close to home.

“My one grandfather, it was a really long, drawn-out battle,” she said. “He got really combative and was in the hospital for a very long time.”

Not one, but two of her grandfathers passed away from Alzheimer’s disease.

“He’d get a little angry, like yelling at the man in the mirror but he was usually pretty calm,” she said. “He’d hide snacks in his pockets.”

There’s one moment Shifflett will never forget, even though her grandfather couldn’t expl

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