Alzheimer’s disease, affecting as many as 5.1 million Americans, is expensive, and resources are limited. increasingly families of those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s are taking the care of loved ones into their own hands.

House cooperatives, or co-ops, provide an alternative living space for students and non-students in Santa Cruz and across the country. Despite recent setbacks, cooperative members in Santa Cruz are working towards a brighter future.

A general trend of sleep loss has become more prominent than in previous decades. Though most take losing sleep lightly, general studies show the adverse effects this can have on people.