May 6, 2021
By Jessica Mathews & Jon King / News@whmi.com
Since Alzheimerâs and dementia arenât stopping, neither is a Brighton businesswoman who lost both of her parents to the disease.
Both of Barb Binkley's parents, Bob and Liz Laughery, succumbed to dementia and that experience has now energized her to raise try and awareness about what calls "a horrible disease." She lost her mother in 2013 and then her father five years later.
Binkley, who along with her husband Mark owns Cooper & Binkley Jewelers in Downtown Brighton, says her mother was the first exposure in the family and the disease affected her parents in very different ways. Like many others, she said she didnât know what to expect and was suddenly making decisions for her mother while serving as a primary caregiver.