LOOKING AHEAD
In 2010, Betsy changed the foundation’s name to The Frank and Barbara Broyles Legacy Foundation in honor of both of her parents. Betsy, alongside her daughter, Molly, looked back once again at what they needed during their time as caregivers and steered the foundation into the present day. Now, the foundation provides a full game […]
FRANK’S LEGACY
John Franklin Broyles passed on August 14th, 2017 with complications from Alzheimer’s disease. His passion to help caregivers will live on for many years. Amongst all the accomplishments in his “charmed life”, how he changed the level and scope of care for someone living with Alzheimer’s disease with his Playbook and the Broyles Foundation may […]
BARBARA’S LEGACY
Three generations of the Broyles family came together to care for Barbara and this multi-generational approach shaped the direction the Broyles Foundation would take in assisting and advocating for caregivers. With the popularity of the Playbook, Coach Broyles, his daughter, Betsy, and his granddaughter, Molly, began traveling together across the country to tell their story […]
THE PLAYBOOK
As soon as it was published, the Playbook was a hit. In 2007, Coach Broyles raised the funds to print another 500,000 Playbooks to distribute all over the country, and two years later he again raised the necessary funds to print an additional 500,000 Playbooks in English, with an additional 100,000 in Spanish. The Playbook […]
THE FOUNDATION
When his wife Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Coach Broyles became her primary caregiver. The experience was so life-changing that, after Barbara passed from the disease, Coach decided he wanted to help other caregivers better understand how to care for someone living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. He asked his daughters, Betsy and […]
