The Foundation

The Antcliff family spent just under four years taking care of Sharon Antcliff, who was a victim of young-onset Alzheimer's (YOAD).

Since her death in December of 2004 (at the age of 57), it's been her youngest son's goal to do something to help other families who are going through what they went through.

That's why the Sharon Antcliff Foundation exists.

Too many times to count, he wished that somebody, or some organization, could have come in and taken some of the responsibility off of his dad's shoulders. He wished somebody could have told his dad to go away for a few days, and they'd take care of things at home. He wished somebody could have paid some of his dad's bills to make up for some of the work he missed.

People who take on the responsibility of caring for a loved one at home are doing something amazing, and they need all the help that we can give them.

Sharon Antcliff

Describing Sharon Antcliff on one page of a web site is like trying to get somebody to picture the Grand Canyon with paper and a pencil. No matter how great your drawing may be, that beauty and wonder just isn't going to come across with white paper and a No. 2 pencil.

Sharon Antcliff was - as often as she could be - all things to all people.

She was so much more than just a victim of a nasty disease. More than most people who read this could ever possibly know.

Sharon Antcliff is the inspiration behind this foundation in more ways than one. Yes, she suffered from an awful disease, but she would never want to be remembered for that. Instead, she'd want her legacy to be that, thanks to her experience with Alzheimer's, her family came together, and they were closer than they'd ever been before.

It's hard to imagine anything that would make her happier, really.